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And the 2014 Writers Guild Awards Nominees Are …

Today, the Writers Guild of America announced its nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards, which honor writers in original and adapted screenplay as well as documentary. Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell is nominated for Documentary Screenplay alongside Jeremy Scahill and David Riker’s Dirty Wars. Terence Winter gets a nod for adapting Jordan Belfort’s memoir, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Tracy Letts for adapting his own play, August: Osage County. Spike Jonze’s original screenplay Her is nominated alongside Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine and David O. Russell’s American Hustle — all three of them also directed the films they penned.

See the entire list of nominees below.

Original Screenplay:

American Hustle, Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine, Written by Woody Allen
Dallas Buyers Club, Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack
Her, Written by Spike Jonze
Nebraska, Written by Bob Nelson
 
Adapted Screenplay:

August: Osage County, Screenplay by Tracy Letts; Based on his play
Before Midnight, Written by Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke; Based on characters created by Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
Captain Phillips, Screenplay by Billy Ray; Based on the book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty
Lone Survivor, Written by Peter Berg; Based on the book by Marcus Lutrell with Patrick Robinson
The Wolf of Wall Street, Screenplay by Terence Winter; Based on the book by Jordan Belfort
 
Documentary Screenplay:

Dirty Wars, Written by Jeremy Scahill & David Riker
Herblock – The Black & The White, Written by Sara Lukinson & Michael Stevens
No Place on Earth, Written by Janet Tobias & Paul Laikin
Stories We Tell, Written by Sarah Polley
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks, Written by Alex Gibney

The 2014 Writers Guild Awards Nominees Are …