Overview
- Ryan Coogler’s Sinners won original screenplay and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another took adapted screenplay at the 78th Writers Guild Awards in New York.
- HBO’s The Pitt swept television writing with wins for drama series, new series and episodic drama for the episode “7:00 A.M.”
- WGA West canceled its Los Angeles ceremony during an ongoing staff‑union strike, as the staff union alleged surveillance, terminations and bad‑faith bargaining, while the board called it a postponement to preserve an uncomplicated celebration.
- Michael Bauman won the American Society of Cinematographers’ theatrical feature prize for One Battle After Another at the Beverly Hilton, a result seen as boosting the film’s Oscar prospects.
- These guild outcomes land days before the March 15 Academy Awards and just ahead of WGA–AMPTP contract negotiations set to begin in mid‑March.