Valentine Davies Award

The Valentine Davies Award, named after Valentine Davies, is a special award given to a member of the Writers Guild of America, West whose contributions to the entertainment industry and the community-at-large have brought dignity and honor to writers everywhere.^[1]

Recipients

Year	Person(s)	Reference
1962	Mary C. McCall Jr.	^[1]
1963	Allen Rivkin
1964	Morgan Cox
1965	James R. Webb
1966	Leonard Spigelgass
1967	Edmund H. North
1968	George Seaton
1969	Dore Schary
1970	Richard Murphy
1971	Dan Taradash
1972	Michael Blankfort & Norman Corwin
1973	William Ludwig
1974	Ray Bradbury & Philip Dunne
1975	Fay Kanin
1976	Winston Miller
1977	Carl Foreman
1978	Norman Lear
1979	Melville Shavelson
1980	David W. Rintels
1981	Arthur Orloff
1982	Mort R. Lewis
1983	Hal Kanter
1984	Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
1985	Charles Champlin
1986	Ronald Austin
1987	William Froug
1988	Lois Peyser
1989	Michael Kanin & Garson Kanin
1990	John Furia Jr.
1991	Frank Pierson
1992	Allan Burns
1993	True Boardman
1994	Phil Alden Robinson
1995	Garry Marshall
1996	Mike Farrell
1997	Jonathan Estrin & Shelley List (posthumously)
1998	Gary David Goldberg
1999	Barry Kemp
2000	Alan Alda
2001	Paul Haggis
2002	David Angell (posthumously)
2003	Aaron Ruben
2004	Neal Baer
2005	Irma Kalish	^[2]
2006	Not presented
2007	Larry Gelbart
2008	Tom Schulman
2009	Carl Reiner & Victoria Riskin	^[3]
2010	Not presented
2011	Seth Freeman & Susannah Grant	^[4]
2012	Philip Rosenthal
2013	Sam Simon
2014	Ben Affleck
2016	John August
2017	Richard Curtis
2018	Dustin Lance Black
2020	Brad Falchuk

References

^ ^a ^b "Valentine Davies Award Previous Recipients". awards.wga.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
^ "Veteran TV Writer Irma Kalish to Receive Valentine Davies Award From Writers Guild of America, west". awards.wga.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
^ "Carl Reiner and Victoria Riskin to Receive WGAW's Valentine Davies Award". awards.wga.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
^ "Writers Seth Freeman and Susannah Grant Named 2011 WGAW Valentine Davies Award Honorees". awards.wga.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.

[:0-1] "Valentine Davies Award Previous Recipients". awards.wga.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.

[2] "Veteran TV Writer Irma Kalish to Receive Valentine Davies Award From Writers Guild of America, west". awards.wga.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.

[3] "Carl Reiner and Victoria Riskin to Receive WGAW's Valentine Davies Award". awards.wga.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.

[4] "Writers Seth Freeman and Susannah Grant Named 2011 WGAW Valentine Davies Award Honorees". awards.wga.org. Retrieved 2019-05-12.

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v t e Valentine Davies Award
1960s	Mary C. McCall Jr. (1962) Allen Rivkin (1963) Morgan Cox (1964) James R. Webb (1965) Leonard Spigelgass (1966) Edmund H. North (1967) George Seaton (1968) Dore Schary (1969)
1970s	Richard Murphy (1970) Dan Taradash (1971) Michael Blankfort & Norman Corwin (1972) William Ludwig (1973) Ray Bradbury & Philip Dunne (1974) Fay Kanin (1975) Winston Miller (1976) Carl Foreman (1977) Norman Lear (1978) Melville Shavelson (1979)
1980s	David W. Rintels (1980) Arthur Orloff (1981) Mort R. Lewis (1982) Hal Kanter (1983) Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee (1984) Charles Champlin (1985) Ronald Austin (1986) William Froug (1987) Lois Peyser (1988) Michael Kanin & Garson Kanin (1989)
1990s	John Furia Jr. (1990) Frank Pierson (1991) Allan Burns (1992) True Boardman (1993) Phil Alden Robinson (1994) Garry Marshall (1995) Mike Farrell (1996) Jonathan Estrin & Shelley List (1997) Gary David Goldberg (1998) Barry Kemp (1999)
2000s	Alan Alda (2000) Paul Haggis (2001) David Angell (2002) Aaron Ruben (2003) Neal Baer (2004) Irma Kalish (2005) Not presented (2006) Larry Gelbart (2007) Tom Schulman (2008) Carl Reiner & Victoria Riskin (2009)
2010s	Not presented (2010) Seth Freeman & Susannah Grant (2011) Philip Rosenthal (2012) Sam Simon (2013) Ben Affleck (2014) Not presented (2015) John August (2016) Richard Curtis (2017) Dustin Lance Black (2018) Not presented (2019)
2020s	Brad Falchuk (2020)

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