Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
{{Short description|Lifetime achievement award given by the Writers Guild of America}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Writers Guild of America Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
| presenter = Writers Guild of America
| country = United States
| year = 1953
| holder_label = Most recent recipient(s)
| holder = David Lynch
| website = https://www.wga.org
}}
The Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement (also known as the Screen Laurel Award) is a lifetime achievement award given by the Writers Guild of America. It is given "to that member of the Guild who, in the opinion of the current Board of Directors, has advanced the literature of the motion picture through the years, and who has made outstanding contributions to the profession of the screen writer."[http://www.wga.org/wga-awards/previous-screen-laurel.aspx Official description by Writers Guild of America] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227013754/http://www.wga.org/wga-awards/previous-screen-laurel.aspx |date=2014-02-27 }} With the exception of 2009, 2021, and 2022 in which no awards were given, it has been presented annually since the 6th Writers Guild of America Awards in 1953.{{cite web|url=https://awards.wga.org/awards/awards-recipients/laurel-awards/screen-laurel-previous-recipients|title=The Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement|website=Writers Guild Awards|accessdate=22 February 2019}}{{Cite web |title=Screen Laurel Award Previous Recipients |url=https://awards.wga.org/awards/awards-recipients/laurel-awards/screen-laurel-previous-recipients |access-date=2025-04-04 |website=awards.wga.org |language=en}} Billy Wilder is the only person to win the award multiple times, winning in 1957 and 1980 (both as part of a partnership).
Recipients
=1950s=
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| style="text-align:center;" | 1953 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1954 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1955 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1956
| Julius Epstein & Philip Epstein and Albert Hackett & Frances Goodrich |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1957 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1958 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1959 |
=1960s=
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| style="text-align:center;" | 1960 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1961 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1962 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1963 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1964 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1965 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1966 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1967 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1968 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1969 |
=1970s=
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| style="text-align:center;" | 1970 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1971 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1972 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1973 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1974 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1975 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1976 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1977 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1978 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1979 |
=1980s=
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| style="text-align:center;" | 1980 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1981 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1982 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1983 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1984
| Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose, Norman Panama, and Melvin Frank |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1985 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1986 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1987 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1988 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1989 |
=1990s=
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| style="text-align:center;" | 1990 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1991 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1992 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1993 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1994 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1995 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1996 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1997 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1998 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 1999 |
=2000s=
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| style="text-align:center;" | 2000 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2001
| Betty Comden and Adolph Green |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2002 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2003 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2004 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2005 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2006 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2007 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2008 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2009
| No award given |
=2010s=
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| style="text-align:center;" | 2010 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2011 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2012 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2013 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2014 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2015 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2016 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2017 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2018 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2019
| Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel |
=2020s=
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| style="text-align:center;" | 2020 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2023 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2024 |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2025 |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160331222940/http://awards.wga.org/wga-awards/previous-screen-laurel Official Description of the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement and list of recipients]
{{Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement}}
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