56th Writers Guild of America Awards
Award ceremony for writing of 2003
- ← 55th
- WGA Awards
- 57th →
The 56th Writers Guild of America Awards, given in 2004, honored the film and television best writers of 2003.
Winners
Film
Best Adapted Screenplay
American Splendor - Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
- Cold Mountain - Anthony Minghella
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
- Mystic River - Brian Helgeland
- Seabiscuit - Gary Ross
Best Original Screenplay
Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
- Bend It Like Beckham - Guljit Bindra, Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges
- Dirty Pretty Things - Steven Knight
- In America - Jim, Kirsten and Naomi Sheridan;
- The Station Agent - Tom McCarthy
Television
Best Episodic Drama
Day 2: 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M - 24 - Evan Katz
- Bounty - Law & Order - Michael S. Chernuchin
- Loss - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters
- Abomination - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Michelle Fazekas and Tara Butters
- Pilot - The O.C. - Josh Schwartz
- Disaster Relief - The West Wing - Alexa Junge and Lauren Schmidt
Best Episodic Comedy
No Sex, Please, We're Skittish - Frasier - Bob Daily
- Malcolm Films Reese - Malcolm in the Middle - Dan Kopelman
- Day Care - Malcolm in the Middle - Gary Murphy and Neil Thompson
- A Woman's Right to Shoes - Sex and The City - Jenny Bicks
Best Animation Screenplay
Best Original Long Form Screenplay
Best Adapted Long Form Screenplay
Out of the Ashes - Anne Meredith Bastogne (Episode 6 of 2001 miniseries 'Band of Brothers')
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