15th Writers Guild of America Awards

15th Writers Guild of America Awards
15th Writers Guild of America Awards
Date	May 7, 1963
Site	Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
	← 14th; WGA Awards; 16th →;

The 15th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers and television writers of 1962. Winners were announced in 1963.^[1]

Winners & Nominees

Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.

Best Written Musical The Music Man, Screenplay by Marion Hargrove; Based on the musical by Meredith Willson Billy Rose's Jumbo, Screenplay by Sidney Sheldon; Based on the musical by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur Gypsy, Screenplay by Leonard Spigelgass; Based on the memoir of Gypsy Rose Lee Hey, Let's Twist, Written by Hal Hackady State Fair, Screenplay by Richard L. Breen; Based on the novel by Philip Stong	Best Written American Drama To Kill a Mockingbird, Screenplay by Horton Foote; Based on the novel by Harper Lee Billy Budd, Screenplay by Peter Ustinov and DeWitt Bodeen; Based on the novel by Herman Melville, and the play by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman Birdman of Alcatraz, Screenplay by Guy Trosper; Based on the book by Thomas E. Gaddis Freud, Screenplay by Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt; Story by Charles Kaufman The Miracle Worker, Screenplay by William Gibson; Based on his play
Best Written American Comedy That Touch of Mink, Written by Nate Monaster and Stanley Shapiro Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation, Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson; Based on the novel "Mr. Hobbs' Vacation" by Edward Streeter The Notorious Landlady, Screenplay by Blake Edwards and Larry Gelbart; Based on the story "The Notorious Tenant" by Margery Sharp Period of Adjustment, Screenplay by Isobel Lennart; Based on the play by Tennessee Williams The Pigeon That Took Rome, Screenplay by Melville Shavelson; Based on the novel by Donald Downes

Episodic Drama *"Today the Man Who Kills Ants Is Coming" – Naked City* (ABC) – Kenneth M. Rosen and Howard Rodman** "I Remember a Lemon Tree" – Ben Casey (ABC) - Jack Laird and Marcus Demian "The Multiplicity of Herbert Konish" – Naked City (ABC) – Ernest Kinoy "Goodnight Sweet Blues" – Route 66 (CBS) – Will Lorin and Leonard Freeman "The Benefactor" – The Defenders (CBS) – Peter Stone	Anthology, Any Length *"Price of Tomatoes" – The Dick Powell Theatre* (NBC) – Richard Alan Simmons** "The Jail" – Alcoa Premiere (ABC) – Ray Bradbury and Tad Mosel "People Need People" – Alcoa Premier (ABC) – Henry F. Greenberg "Death in a Village" – The Dick Powell Theatre (NBC) – Christopher Knopf and Aaron Spelling "The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk" – Thriller (NBC) – Donald S. Sanford Westinghouse Presents: That's Where the Town Is Going (CBS) – Tad Mosel
Comedy/Variety, Any Length *"I Won't Go" – Car 54, Where Are You?* (NBC) – Nat Hiken and Gary Belkin** "Birds and Bees" – My Three Sons (ABC) – George Tibbles "Where Did I Come From?" – The Dick Van Dyke Show (CBS) – Carl Reiner

Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Valentine Davies Award
Allen Rivkin

^ "Awards Winners". Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
^ "Writers Guild of America, USA (1963)". IMDb. Retrieved May 23, 2019.

v t e Writers Guild of America Awards
Film Awards	Best Adapted Screenplay Best Original Screenplay Best Documentary Screenplay
Television/ New Media Awards	Animation Comedy Series Comedy/Variety Talk Series Comedy/Variety Specials Comedy/Variety Sketch Series Daytime Serials Drama Series Episodic Comedy Episodic Drama Long Form – Adapted Long Form – Original Short Form New Media New Series Children's Script Documentary Script – Current Events Documentary Script – Other Than Current Events
Special Awards	Paul Selvin Award Valentine Davies Award Animation Writers Caucus Animation Writing Award Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement Evelyn F. Burkey Award
Former Awards	Musical Western American Scene Drama Comedy
Ceremonies	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Years are of film release; ceremonies are held the following year