The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain has unveiled the winners of its 2018 awards.
The awards aim to highlight UK writing for film, television, radio, theatre, comedy, books and videogames.
At tonight’s (Jan 15) ceremony, hosted by writer and actor Vicki Pepperdine, Jonathan Perera’s script for the Jessica Chastain-starring political drama Miss Sloane won the best screenplay award, beating Gaby Chiappe’s and Paul Laverty’s nominations for Their Finest and The Olive Tree respectively.
The best first screenplay award went to Babak Anvari for his BAFTA-winning horror Under The Shadow, which triumphed over Johnny Harris’ nomination for Jawbone and Francis Lee’s nomination for God’s Own Country.
The awards aim to highlight UK writing for film, television, radio, theatre, comedy, books and videogames.
At tonight’s (Jan 15) ceremony, hosted by writer and actor Vicki Pepperdine, Jonathan Perera’s script for the Jessica Chastain-starring political drama Miss Sloane won the best screenplay award, beating Gaby Chiappe’s and Paul Laverty’s nominations for Their Finest and The Olive Tree respectively.
The best first screenplay award went to Babak Anvari for his BAFTA-winning horror Under The Shadow, which triumphed over Johnny Harris’ nomination for Jawbone and Francis Lee’s nomination for God’s Own Country.
- 1/15/2018
- by Jasper Hart
- ScreenDaily
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