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Adapted screenplay for 'Perks of Being a Wallflower' garners Writers Guild nomination for Stephen Chbosky
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Stephen Chbosky, left, with Emma Watson and Logan Lerman on the set of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower," set and filmed in the Pittsburgh area.
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Stephen Chbosky's script for "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" has earned a best adapted screenplay nomination from The Writers Guilds of America, West and East. The WGA announced its motion-picture nominees yesterday; winners will be honored at awards ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York on Feb. 17.
Mr. Chbosky, an Upper St. Clair native, wrote the book of the same name and directed the movie, which was set and filmed in Pittsburgh. In November, he was nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Award in the category of best first feature.
"Perks" has tough competition among adapted-screenplay nominees: "Argo" (adapted by Chris Terrio); "Life of Pi" (David Magee); "Lincoln" (Tony Kushner); and "Silver Linings Playbook" by David O. Russell.
Other WGA Movie Nominees
• Original screenplay: "Flight" (John Gatins); "Looper" (Rian Johnson); "The Master" (Paul Thomas Anderson); "Moonrise Kingdom" (Wes Anderson); "Zero Dark Thirty" (Mark Boal).
• Documentary screenplay: "The Central Park Five" (Sarah Burns, David McMahon and Ken Burns); "The Invisible War" (Kirby Dick); "Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God" (Alex Gibney); "Searching for Sugar Man" (Malik Bendejelloul); "We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists" (Brian Knappenberger); "West of Memphis" (Amy Berg and Billy McMillin).
WGA TV Nominees
• Drama Series: "Boardwalk Empire," "Breaking Bad," "Game of Thrones," "Homeland," "Mad Men."
• Comedy Series: "30 Rock," "Girls, "Louie," "Modern Family," "Parks and Recreation."
• • New Series: "Girls," "The Mindy Project," "Nashville," "The Newsroom," "Veep."
• Episodic Drama: "Buyout" ("Breaking Bad," Gennifer Hutchison); "Dead Freight" ("Breaking Bad," George Mastras); "Fifty-One" ("Breaking Bad," Sam Catlin); "New Car Smell" ("Homeland," Meredith Stiehm); "The Other Woman" ("Mad Men," Semi Chellas and Matthew Weiner); "Say My Name" ("Breaking Bad," Thomas Schnauz).
• Episodic Comedy: "The Debate" ("Parks and Recreation," Amy Poehler); "Episode 9" ("Episodes," David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik); "Leap Day" ("30 Rock," Luke Del Tredici); "Little Bo Bleep" ("Modern Family," Cindy Chupack); "Mistery Date" ("Modern Family," Jeffrey Richman); "Virgin Territory" ("Modern Family," Elaine Ko).
• Long Form -- Original: "Hatfields & McCoys," Nights 2 & 3 (Ted Mann and Ronald Parker); "Hemingway & Gellhorn" (Jerry Stahl and Barbara Turner); "Pilot: Political Animals" (Greg Berlanti).
• Long Form -- Adapted: "Coma, Nights 1 & 2" (John McLaughlin"); "Game Change" (Danny Strong).
• Animation: "A Farewell to Arms" ("Futurama," Josh Weinstein); "Forget-Me-Not" ("Family Guy," David A. Goodman); "Holidays of Future Passed" ("The Simpsons," J. Stewart Burns); "Ned 'N Edna's Blend Agenda" ("The Simpsons," Jeff Westbrook); "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" ("The Simpsons," David Mandel and Brian Kelley).
• Comedy/Variety Series: "The Colbert Report," "Conan," "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Key & Peele," "Portlandia," "Real Time with Bill Maher," "Saturday Night Live."
• Comedy/Variety Special: "66th Annual Tony Awards," "2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards, "After the Academy Awards," "National Memorial Day Concert."
• Daytime Drama: "Days of Our Lives," "One Life to Live," "The Young and the Restless."
• Children's -- Episodic & Specials: "The Good Sport" ("Sesame Street," Christine Ferraro).
Children's -- Long Form or Special: "Girl vs. Monster" (Annie DeYoung & Ron McGee).
Documentary -- Current Events: "The Anthrax Files" ("Frontline," Michael Kirk); "A Perfect Terrorist" ("Frontline," Thomas Jennings); "Lost in Detention" ("Frontline," Rick Young); "Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode One" ("Frontline," Martin Smith & Marcela Gaviria); "Money, Power and Wall Street: Episode Three" ("Frontline," Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser) and "Money, Power ... Episode Four" ("Frontline," Marcela Gaviria & Martin Smith).
• Documentary -- Other Than Current Events: "The Amish" ("American Experience," David Belton); "Clinton" (American Experience," Barak Goodman); "Death and the Civil War" ("American Experience," Ric Burns); "The Fabric of the Cosmos: The Illusion of Time" ("Nova, Randall MacLowry); "The Fabric of the Cosmos: Quantum Leap" ("Nova," Josh Rosen & Julia Cort); "Johnny Carson: King of Late Night" ("American Masters," Peter T. Jones).
• News -- Regularly Scheduled, Bulletin or Breaking Report: "Tragedy In Colorado: The Movie Theatre Massacre" (ABC News, Lisa Ferri & Joel Siegel).
• News -- Analysis, Feature or Commentary: "The Ghost of Joe McCarthy" ("Moyers & Co.," Bill Moyers & Michael Winship); "Making History at Ole Miss" (Polly Leider); "The Regime Responds" ("Frontline," Marcela Gaviria); "Stem Cell Fraud" (60 Minutes," Scott Pelley, Michael Rey & Oriana Zill de Granados).
More at www.wga.org.
First Published January 4, 2013 3:07 pm
