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February 15, 2025
February 15, 2025
The Valentine Davies Award
The Valentine Davies Award is given to the Writers Guild of America West member whose contributions to the entertainment industry and the community-at-large have brought dignity and honor to writers everywhere.
VALENTINE DAVIES AWARD RECIPIENTS
2001
Paul Haggis
2000
Alan Alda
1999
Barry Kemp
1998
Gary David Goldberg
1997
Jonathan Estrin and Shelley List (posthumously)
1996
Mike Farrell
1995
Garry Marshall
1994
Phil Alden Robinson
1993
True Boardman
1992
Allan Burns
1991
Frank Pierson
1990
John Furia Jr.
1989
Michael Kanin & Garson Kanin
1988
Lois Peyser
1987
William Froug
1986
Ronald Austin
1985
Charles Champlin
1984
Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
1983
Hal Kanter
1982
Mort R. Lewis
1981
Arthur Orloff
1980
David W. Rintels
1979
Melville Shavelson
1978
Norman Lear
1977
Carl Forman
1976
Winston Miller
1975
Fay Kanin
1974
Ray Bradbury & Philip Dunne
1973
William Ludwig
1972
Michael Blankfort & Norman Corwin
1971
Dan Taradash
1970
Richard Murphy
1969
Dore Schary
1968
George Seaton
1967
Edmund H. North
1966
Leonard Spigelgass
1965
James R. Webb
1964
Morgan Cox
1963
Allen Rivkin
1962