WGA Nominations

The Writers Guild of America announced their screenplay nominees for the 2012 film year. Many screenplays were ineligible for a variety of reasons. The awards will be announced on February 17, 2013. Here is a list of the Original, Adapted and Documentary screenplay nominees.

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Flight, written by John Gatins
• Looper, written by Rian Johnson
• The Master, written by Paul Thomas Anderson
• Moonrise Kingdom, written by Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola
• Zero Dark Thirty, written by Mark Boal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Argo, screenplay by Chris Terrio; based on a selection from The Master of Disguise by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired Magazine article "The Great Escape" by Joshuah Bearman
• Life of Pi, screenplay by David Magee; based on the novel "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
• Lincoln, screenplay by Tony Kushner; based in part from the book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln" by Doris Kearns Goodwin
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower, screenplay by Stephen Chbosky; based on his book "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
• Silver Linings Playbook, screenplay by David O. Russell; based on the novel "Silver Linings Playbook" by Matthew Quick

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

• The Central Park Five, written by Sarah Burns, Ken Burns & David McMahon
• The Invisible War, written by Kirby Dick
• Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God, written by Alex Gibney
• Searching for Sugar Man, written by Mark Bendejelloul
• We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists, written by Brian Knappenberger
• West of Memphis, written by Amy Berg & Billy McMillin