Press Room
2019
April 29
Writers Guild of America West Issues Inclusion Report Card for 2017-18 TV Staffing Season
As part of its ongoing efforts to call attention to discrimination and promote diversity in the entertainment industry, the WGAW has released its first Inclusion Report Card for the 2017-18 TV staffing season.
April 17
Writers Guild of America Announces Lawsuit to End Talent Agencies’ Conflicted Business Practices
The WGA today filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking to establish that talent agency packaging fees are illegal under both California and federal law.
April 10
Writers Guild Applauds House for Passing the Save the Internet Act
The Writers Guild of America West today issued the following statement regarding the Save the Internet Act.
March 29
WGA Statement on Endeavor’s Planned IPO
WGA issued the following statement today regarding the announcement that Endeavor is planning an initial public offering.
March 18
WGA Issues New Report - "Agencies For Sale"
A new report from the WGA sheds light on how the $3 billion in investments into Hollywood’s largest talent agencies, William Morris Endeavor and Creative Artists Agency, is upending Hollywood talent representation.
March 04
Writers Guild of America West Announces 2019 TV Writer Access Project Honorees
The WGAW has announced its 2019 TV Writer Access Project honorees: 21 diverse writers whose work has been cited by a committee of high-level writers and showrunners in Comedy (Half-Hour) and Drama (One-Hour) script categories.
February 17
2019 Writers Guild Awards Winners Announced Tonight
The WGAW and the WGAE tonight announced the winners of the 2019 Writers Guild Awards.
February 04
Presenters Talent Line-Up Announced for 2019 Writers Guild Awards West Coast Show
The WGAW has announced its initial talent line-up of presenters scheduled to appear at the 2019 Writers Guild Awards West Coast ceremony
January 31
Vice Screenwriter-Director Adam McKay to Receive WGAW’s 2019 Paul Selvin Award
Acclaimed screenwriter-director Adam McKay is set to receive the 2019 Paul Selvin Award in recognition of outstanding achievement in writing for his audacious and subversively comic film Vice.
January 28
French Filmmaker Agnès Varda to Receive WGAW’s 2019 Jean Renoir Award for International Screenwriting Achievement
French filmmaker Agnès Varda, whose innovative, unconventional films helped define France’s New Wave cinema, has been named the recipient of the WGAW’s 2019 Jean Renoir Award.