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Film
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screenplay
Chinatown, Written by Robert Towne
A Woman Under the Influence, Written by John Cassavetes
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Written by Robert Getchell
Harry and Tonto, Written by Paul Mazursky and Josh Greenfeld
The Conversation, Written by Francis Ford Coppola
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screenplay
Blazing Saddles, Written by Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor and Alan Uger
California Split, Written by Joseph Walsh
Claudine, Written by Tina Pine and Lester Pine
Phantom of the Paradise, Written by Brian de Palma
The Sugarland Express, Written by Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins and Steven Spielberg
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium
The Godfather: Part II, Screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo; Based on the novel by Mario Puzo
Conrack, Screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr.; Based on the book "The Water Is Wilde" by Pat Conroy
Lenny, Screenplay by Julian Barry; Based on the play by Julian Barry
The Parallax View, Screenplay by David Giler and Lorenzo Sempler Jr.; Based on the novel by Loren Singer
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Screenplay by Peter Stone; Based on the novel by John Godey
Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Screenplay by Mordecai Richler and Lionel Chetwynd; Based on the novel by Mordecai Richler
The Front Page, Screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond; Based on the play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
Young Frankenstein, Screenplay by Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks; Based on characters in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Television
Episodic Drama
"Thirty a Month and Found" - Gunsmoke (CBS) - Jim Byrnes
"The Colorado Cattle Caper" - McCloud (NBC) - Michael Gleason
"The World Is: Growth" - The New Land (ABC) - William Blinn
"The Conflict" - The Waltons (CBS) - Jeb Rosebrook
Episodic Comedy
"O.R." - M*A*S*H (CBS) - Larry Gelbart and Laurence Marks
"Private Charles Lamb" - M*A*S*H (CBS) - Sid Dorfman
"You Can Go Home Again" - Rhoda (CBS) - Patricia Nardo and Gloria Banta
"Parent's Day" - Rhoda (CBS) - Charlotte Brown
"Will Mary Richards Go to Jail?" - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (ABC) - Ed Weinberger and Stan Daniels
Daytime Serials
Search for Tomorrow (CBS) - Ann Marcus, Joyce Perry, Pamela Wylie and Ray Goldstone
Days of Our Lives (NBC) - William J. Bell, Patricia Falken Smith, Bill Rega and Margaret Stewart
Love of Life (CBS) - Paul Avila Mayer, Claire Labine, Nancy Ford and Clarice Blackburn
Special Awards
Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
Preston Sturges
Valentine Davies Award
Fay Kanin
Morgan Cox Award
Edmund H. North
Edmund J North Award
James R. Webb