41st Writers Guild of America Awards (1990)

Film
Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screenplay
Bull Durham, Written by Ron Shelton
A Fish Called Wanda, Written by John Cleese, and Charles Crichton
Big, Written by Gary Ross, and Anne Spielberg
Rain Man, Written by Ronald Bass, and Barry Morrow; story by Barry Morrow
Working Girl, Written by Kevin Wade
Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Dangerous Liaisons, Screenplay by Christopher Hampton; based on the novel by Choderlos de Laclos
Gorillas in the Mist, Screenplay by Anna Hamilton Phelan, and Tan Murphy; based on the work by Dian Fossey, and the article of Harold T.P. Hayes
The Accidental Tourist, Screenplay by Frank Galati, and Lawrence Kasdan; based on the book by Anne Tyler
The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Screenplay by Jean-Claude Carrière, and Philip Kaufman; based on the novel by Milan Kundera
Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Screenplay by Jeffrey Price, and Peter S. Seaman; based on the novel by Gary K. Wolf
Television
Episodic Drama
"Therapy" - Thirtysomething (ABC) - Susan Shilliday
"Thirtysomething" - Thirtysomething (ABC) - Marshall Herskovitz, and Edward Zwick
"Home" - China Beach (ABC) - William Broyles Jr.
"Full Marital Jacket" - L.A. Law (NBC) - Terry Louise Fisher, David E. Kelley, and Steven Bochco
"A Moon for the Misbegotten" - St. Elsewhere (NBC) - Tom Fontana, John Tinker, and Channing Gibson
"Nice Work If You Can Get It" - Thirtysomething (ABC) - Paul Haggis, and Jean Vallely
Episodic Comedy
"My Father's Office" - The Wonder Years (ABC) - Carol Black, and Neal Marlens
"The Way We Were" - Family Ties (NBC) - Gary David Goldberg
"No Hard Feelings" - Night Court (NBC) - Tom Straw
"Old Friends" - The Golden Girls (NBC) - Kathy Speer, and Terry Grossman
"Episode #1.1." - The Slap Maxwell Story (ABC) - Jay Tarses
"Pilot" - The Wonder Years (ABC) - Neal Marlens, and Carol Black
Daytime Serials
Ryan's Hope (ABC) - Claire Labine, Eleanor Mancusi, William Burritt, Madeline B. David, Dave Appell, Rocco Bufano, Matt Labine
Guiding Light (CBS) - Pamela K. Long, Nancy Williams Watt, Stephen Demorest, Trent Jones, Melissa Salmons, Pete T. Rich, Nancy Curlee, N. Gail Lawrence, Richard Culliton, Nancy Franklin
Anthology Episode/Single Program
"Tales from the Hollywood Hills: Natica Jackson" - Great Performances - Andy Wolk
"There Was a Little Girl (Daddy's Girl) - Alfred Hitchcock Presents (NBC) - Charles Grant Craig
"Mad Avenue" - CBS Summer Playhouse (CBS) - Christopher Knopf, and David A. Simons
Original Long Form
God Bless the Child (ABC) - Dennis Nemec
My Father, My Son (CBS) - Jacqueline Feather, and David Seidler
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (NBC) - Norman Morrill
Adapted Long Form
"Foxfire" - Hallmark Hall of Fame (CBS) - Susan Cooper
"Part 1" - Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (ABC) - Jacqueline Feather, and David Seidler
A Friendship of Vienna (NBC) - Richard Alfieri
Special Awards
Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Ring Lardner Jr.
Laurel Award for TV Writing Achievement
Hal Kanter
Valentine Davies Award
Garson Kanin, and Michael Kanin
Morgan Cox Award
Robert I. Holt