Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
Award
This is a list of the winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie .
Winners and nominations
indicates the winner
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
Year
Program
Episode
Nominee(s)
Network
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or Movie
2000 (52nd) [36]
The Corner
David Mills and David Simon
HBO
Cheaters
John Stockwell
HBO
Homicide: The Movie
Tom Fontana , Eric Overmyer and James Yoshimura
NBC
If These Walls Could Talk 2
"1961"
Jane Anderson
HBO
RKO 281
John Logan
2001 (53rd) [37]
Conspiracy
Loring Mandel
HBO
61*
Hank Steinberg
HBO
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
Kirk Ellis
ABC
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows
Robert Freedman
Wit
Mike Nichols and Emma Thompson
HBO
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
2002 (54th) [38]
The Gathering Storm
Larry Ramin and Hugh Whitemore
HBO
Band of Brothers
Erik Bork, E. Max Frye , Tom Hanks , Erik Jendresen , Bruce C. McKenna , John Orloff , and Graham Yost
HBO
The Laramie Project
Stephen Belber , Leigh Fondakowski, Amanda Gronich, Moisés Kaufman , Jeffrey LaHoste, John McAdams, Andy Paris , Greg Pierotti, Barbara Pitts, Kelli Simpkins and Stephen Wangh
Path to War
Daniel Giat
Shackleton
Charles Sturridge
A&E
2003 (55th) [39]
Door to Door
William H. Macy and Steven Schachter
TNT
Hysterical Blindness
Laura Cahill
HBO
Live from Baghdad
Richard Chapman, Timothy Sexton, John Patrick Shanley and Robert Wiener
My House in Umbria
Hugh Whitemore
Normal
Jane Anderson
2004 (56th) [40]
Angels in America
Tony Kushner
HBO
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Larry Gelbart
HBO
Iron Jawed Angels
Eugenia Bostwick-Singer, Jennifer Friedes, Sally Robinson and Raymond Singer
The Reagans
Elizabeth Egloff, Jane Marchwood and Tom Rickman
Showtime
Something the Lord Made
Robert Caswell and Peter Silverman
HBO
2005 (57th) [41]
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
HBO
Empire Falls
Richard Russo
HBO
The 4400
"Pilot "
René Echevarria and Scott Peters
USA
The Office Special
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant
BBC America
Warm Springs
Margaret Nagle
HBO
2006 (58th) [42]
The Girl in the Café
Richard Curtis
HBO
Bleak House
Andrew Davies
PBS
Elizabeth I
Nigel Williams
HBO
Flight 93
Nevin Schreiner
A&E
Mrs. Harris
Phyllis Nagy
HBO
2007 (59th) [43]
Prime Suspect: The Final Act
Frank Deasy
PBS
Broken Trail
Alan Geoffrion
AMC
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Daniel Giat
HBO
Jane Eyre
Sandy Welch
PBS
The Starter Wife
Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott
USA
2008 (60th) [44]
John Adams
"Independence "
Kirk Ellis
HBO
Bernard and Doris
Hugh Costello
HBO
Cranford
Heidi Thomas
PBS
Extras
"The Extra Special Series Finale "
Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant
HBO
Recount
Danny Strong
2009 (61st) [45]
Little Dorrit
Andrew Davies
PBS
Generation Kill
"Bomb in the Garden "
Ed Burns and David Simon
HBO
Grey Gardens
Patricia Rozema and Michael Sucsy
Into the Storm
Hugh Whitemore
Taking Chance
Ross Katz and Michael Strobl
2010s
Year
Program
Episode
Nominee(s)
Network
Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special
2010 (62nd) [46]
You Don't Know Jack
Adam Mazer
HBO
The Pacific
"Part 8"
Michelle Ashford and Robert Schenkkan
HBO
"Part 10"
Bruce C. McKenna and Robert Schenkkan
The Special Relationship
Peter Morgan
Temple Grandin
William Merritt Johnson and Christopher Monger
2011 (63rd) [47]
Downton Abbey
Julian Fellowes
PBS
Mildred Pierce
Todd Haynes and Jonathan Raymond
HBO
Sherlock
"A Study in Pink "
Steven Moffat
PBS
Too Big to Fail
Peter Gould
HBO
Upstairs, Downstairs
Heidi Thomas
PBS
2012 (64th) [48]
Game Change
Danny Strong
HBO
Hatfields & McCoys
"Part 2"
Bill Kerby , Ted Mann and Ronald Parker
History
The Hour
Abi Morgan
BBC America
Luther
Neil Cross
Sherlock
"A Scandal in Belgravia "
Steven Moffat
PBS
2013 (65th) [49]
The Hour
Abi Morgan
BBC America
Behind the Candelabra
Richard LaGravenese
HBO
Parade's End
Tom Stoppard
Phil Spector
David Mamet
Top of the Lake
Jane Campion and Gerard Lee
Sundance
2014 (66th) [50]
Sherlock
"His Last Vow "
Steven Moffat
PBS
American Horror Story: Coven
"Bitchcraft "
Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk
FX
Fargo
"The Crocodile's Dilemma "
Noah Hawley
Luther
Neil Cross
BBC America
The Normal Heart
Larry Kramer
HBO
Treme
"...To Miss New Orleans "
David Simon and Eric Overmyer
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special
2015 (67th) [51]
Olive Kitteridge
Jane Anderson
HBO
American Crime
"Episode One "
John Ridley
ABC
Bessie
Dee Rees , Christopher Cleveland, Bettina Gilois and Horton Foote (posthumous)
HBO
Hello Ladies: The Movie
Stephen Merchant , Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg
The Honorable Woman
Hugo Blick
Sundance
Wolf Hall
Peter Straughan
PBS
2016 (68th) [52]
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
"Marcia, Marcia, Marcia"
D. V. DeVincentis
FX
Fargo
"Loplop"
Bob DeLaurentis
FX
"Palindrome"
Noah Hawley
The Night Manager
David Farr
AMC
The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story
"From the Ashes of Tragedy"
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski
FX
"The Race Card"
Joe Robert Cole
2017 (69th) [53]
Black Mirror
"San Junipero "
Charlie Brooker
Netflix
Big Little Lies
David E. Kelley
HBO
Fargo
"The Law of Vacant Places "
Noah Hawley
FX
Feud: Bette and Joan
"And the Winner Is... (The Oscars of 1963)"
Ryan Murphy
"Pilot"
Jaffe Cohen , Michael Zam and Ryan Murphy
The Night Of
"The Call of the Wild"
Richard Price and Steven Zaillian
HBO
2018 (70th) [54]
Black Mirror
"USS Callister "
Charlie Brooker and William Bridges
Netflix
American Vandal
"Clean Up"
Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus
Netflix
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
"House by the Lake"
Tom Rob Smith
FX
Godless
Scott Frank
Netflix
Patrick Melrose
David Nicholls
Showtime
Twin Peaks
Mark Frost and David Lynch
2019 (71st) [55]
Chernobyl
Craig Mazin
HBO
Escape at Dannemora
"Episode 6"
Brett Johnson , Michael Tolkin and Jerry Stahl
Showtime
"Episode 7"
Brett Johnson and Michael Tolkin
Fosse/Verdon
"Providence"
Steven Levenson and Joel Fields
FX
A Very English Scandal
Russell T Davies
Prime Video
When They See Us
"Part 4"
Ava DuVernay and Michael Starrbury
Netflix
2020s
Total awards by network
Individuals with multiple awards
Individuals with multiple nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations
Programs with multiple awards
Programs with multiple nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations
References
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^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
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^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy" . Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
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