Screenwriters Choice Awards nominees include 'Blue Jasmine,' 'Her,' and '12 years a Slave'
The second annual Screenwriters Choice Awards winners will be announced on Jan. 7 at the Final Draft Awards ceremony on the Paramount Studios lot. Some standout nominees include Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine, Spike Jonze's Her and John Ridley's 12 Years a Slave. The awards are being sponsored by Final Draft, the makers of the prominent screenwriting software, and the winners will be chosen by previous winners.
The nominees were picked by a committee of working screenwriters, who include Ted Griffin, Simon Kinberg, Larry Karasyewski, John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, Stan Chervin, Brian Duffield, Dustin Lance Black, Amy Berg, Kirsten Smith and David Wain.
"What's unique about these awards is that Final Draft users range from award-winning professional writers to aspiring writers who will one day define this business," said Marc Madnick, CEO of Final Draft, Inc.
Nancy Meyers, known for her role as director, writer and producer will be this years inductee into the Final Draft Hall of Fame Award. She's known for her work with The Parent Trap, Something's Gotta Give, The Holiday and It's Complicated.
The host of this year's awards show will be Jay Chandrasekhar. He is a writer, director and comedian who is best known for his work with comedy group Broken Lizard.
Here is the list of all of the nominees:
Best Original Screenplay
Blue Jasmine - Woody Allen
Gravity - Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón
Her - Spike Jonze
Inside Llewyn Davis - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
Nebraska - Bob Nelson
Best Adapted Screenplay
12 Years a Slave - John Ridley (based on the book Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup)
Before Midnight - Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke (based on characters created by Linklater and Kim Krizan)
Captain Phillips - Billy Ray (based on the book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips & Stephan Talty)
Philomena - Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope (based on the book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith)
The Wolf of Wall Street - Terence Winter (based on the book The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort)
Best TV Comedy
Arrested Development - Mitchell Hurwitz (series creator)
Girls - Lena Dunham (series creator)
Modern Family - Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd (series creators)
Parks and Recreation - Greg Daniels, Michael Schur (series creators)
Veep - Armando Iannucci (series creator)
Best TV Drama
Breaking Bad - Vince Gilligan (series creator)
Downton Abbey - Julian Fellowes (series creator)
Game of Thrones - David Benioff, D.B. Weiss (series creators)