2015 Writers Guild Awards – THE IMITATION GAME, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL Big Winners

The Writers Guild of America announced the winners of the 2015 Writers Guild Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio, promotional, and graphic animation categories.

This is one of the final guilds to announce prior to the close of Oscar voting on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 5pm pst.

Original Screenplay went to THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL.

Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness; Fox Searchlight

Adapted screenplay was awarded to THE IMITATION GAME.

Written by Graham Moore; Based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges; The Weinstein Company

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY:

The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, Written by Brian Knappenberger; FilmBuff.

Here’s how the Oscar nominations lineup:

Adapted screenplay

• “American Sniper” Written by Jason Hall
• “The Imitation Game” Written by Graham Moore WGA winner
• “Inherent Vice” Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
• “The Theory of Everything” Screenplay by Anthony McCarten
• “Whiplash” Written by Damien Chazelle

Original screenplay

• “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo
• “Boyhood” Written by Richard Linklater
• “Foxcatcher” Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman
• “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Screenplay by Wes Anderson; Story by Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness WGA winner
• “Nightcrawler” Written by Dan Gilroy

To see the complete list of winners, visit www.wga.org.