56th Writers Guild of America Awards
# 56th Writers Guild of America Awards

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**

Godfellas - Futurama

**Best Adapted Long Form Screenplay**

Out of the Ashes - Anne Meredith Bastogne (Episode 6 of 2001 miniseries 'Band of Brothers')

