Tina Fey Nominated For Writer's Guild Award

Posted on January 14, 2005

The Writer's Guild of America has announced the shortlist for the best screenplays of the year. One pleasant surprise in the list is the nomination of Saturday Night Live head writer Tina Fey, who wrote the screenplay for the very funny film, Mean Girls, which starred Lindsay Lohan and was based on Rosalind Wiseman's book, Queen Bees and Wannabes.

Also up in the Best Adapted Screenplay Award category are Jose Rivera for The Motorcycle Diaries; Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor for Sideways; Paul Haggis for Million Dollar Baby based on the stories from Rope Burns by F.X. Toole; and Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, who collaborated with Richard Linklater for Before Sunset.

The Best Original Screenplay nominees are: John Logan, Aviator; Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Keir Pearson and Terry George, Hotel Rwanda; Zach Braff, Garden State; and Bill Condon, Kinsey. The awards will be announced Saturday, February 19, 2005.