Writers Guild of America Awards 2004

The 57th Writers Guild of America Awards, given on February 19, 2005, honored the film and television best writers of 2004.

Winners and nominees

Film

Adapted Screenplay

Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

• Before Sunset - Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Kim Krizan
• Mean Girls - Tina Fey
• Million Dollar Baby - Paul Haggis
• The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta) - José Rivera

Original Screenplay

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Pierre Bismuth, Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman

• The Aviator - John Logan
• Garden State - Zach Braff
• Hotel Rwanda - Keir Pearson and Terry George
• Kinsey - Bill Condon

Documentary Screenplay

Super Size Me - Morgan Spurlock

• Bright Leaves - Ross McElwee
• Control Room - Julia Bacha and Jehane Noujaim
• Home of the Brave - Paola di Florio
• Hunting of the President - Nickolas Perry and Harry Thomason
• In the Realms of the Unreal - Jessica Yu

Television

Best Episodic Drama

The Supremes - The West Wing - Debora Cahn

• Falling Into Place - Six Feet Under - Craig Wright
• Long Term Parking - The Sopranos - Terence Winter
• Memorial Day - The West Wing - John Sacret Young and Josh Singer

Best Episodic Comedy

Pier Pressure - Arrested Development - James Vallely and Mitch Hurwitz Ida's Boyfriend - Malcolm In The Middle - Neil Thompson

• Splat! - Sex and The City - Jenny Bicks and Cindy Chupack
• The Ick Factor - Sex and The City - Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky
• Pilot - Wonderfalls - Bryan Fuller and Todd Holland

• Best Animation Screenplay:
  • The Simpsons - "Catch 'Em If You Can"
• Best Daytime Serial:
• The Guiding Light