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Encyclopedia > Writers Guild of America Award

Annual awards given out by the Writers Guild of America for outstanding achievements in film, TV, or radio writing. In 2004, the show was broadcast on television for the first time in its history. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries. ...

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2005 - 58th Annual WGA Awards

Saturday, February 4, 2006. February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Film

Brokeback Mountain is an Academy Award-nominated film directed by Ang Lee. ... Larry McMurtry (born June 3, 1936 in Wichita Falls, Texas) is an American novelist, essayist and screenwriter. ... Diana Ossana is an American writer who has collaborated on writing screenplays, teleplays, and novels with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry since they first worked together in 1992, on the semi-fictionalized biography Pretty Boy Floyd. ... Crash is a 2004 drama film directed by Paul Haggis. ... Paul Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian screenwriter, film director, and a director/producer of television programs working in Hollywood. ...

Television

Lost is an American drama-adventure television series surrounding the survivors of a plane crash on a mysterious tropical island. ... Curb Your Enthusiasm is an American television sitcom starring Seinfeld writer & co-creator Larry David. ... Larry Gene David (born July 2, 1947) is an American actor, writer, producer, and film director born and raised in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, New York. ... Greys Anatomy is an American primetime television medical drama. ... House (formerly titled House, M.D.) is an American television series, an hour-long medical drama that debuted in the fall of 2004 and stars Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning British actor Hugh Laurie. ... Weeds may be: Weed, an undesired plant growth (weeds, plural) Slang for Cannabis, the herb used for its psychoactive effects, but also grown into hemp Weeds (television), the 2005 Showtime television series starring Mary-Louise Parker and Elizabeth Perkins. ... Warm Springs may refer to: Warm Springs, Georgia Warm Springs, Oregon Hot spring Warm Springs Indian Reservation This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

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  • Writers Guild of America, West

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Writers Guild of America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (828 words)
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries in the United States.
Generally, a writer who lives east of the Mississippi River belongs to the east branch, while a writer who lives to the west of it belongs to the west.
However, under the terms of the affiliation agreement between the two Guilds, any writer who works in theatrical films is automatically a member of the Writers Guild of America, west no matter where he or she lives.
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