11th Writers Guild of America Awards

11th WGA Awards
11th WGA Awards
Date	1959
Organized by	Writers Guild of America, East and the Writers Guild of America, West
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The 11th Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best film writers of 1958. Winners were announced in 1959.^[1]

Date1959

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Winners and nominees

Best Written Musical Gigi, Screenplay by Alan Jay Lerner; Based on the novella by Colette Damn Yankees, Screenplay by George Abbott; Based on the book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop The Girl Most Likely, Screenplay by Devery Freeman South Pacific, Screenplay by Paul Osborn; Based on "Tales of the South Pacific" by James A. Michener Tom Thumb, Screenplay by Ladislas Fodor; Based on a story of the Brothers Grimm	Best Written American Drama The Defiant Ones, Screenplay by Harold Jacob Smith and Nedrick Young Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Screenplay by Richard Brooks and James Poe; Based on the play by Tennessee Williams I Want to Live!, Screenplay by Nelson Gidding and Don Mankiewicz The Long, Hot Summer, Screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.; Based on the novel "The Hamlet" by William Faukner Separate Tables, Screenplay by Terence Rattigan and John Gay; Based on the play by Terence Rattigan
Best Written American Comedy Me and the Colonel, Screenplay by S.N. Behrman and George Froeschel; Based on the play by Franz Werfel Houseboat, Screenplay by Melville Shavelson and Jack Rose Indiscreet, Screenplay by Norman Krasna; Based on the play The Reluctant Debutante, Screenplay by William Douglas-Home and Julius J. Epstein Teacher's Pet, Screenplay by Fay Kanin and Michael Kanin