Feature Winners
| 2011 | David Seidler | THE KING'S SPEECH |
| 2010 | Geoffrey Fletcher | PRECIOUS |
| 2009 | Andrew Stanton, Jim Reardon & Pete Docter | WALL-E |
| 2008 | (tie) Nancy Oliver | LARS AND THE REAL GIRL |
| 2008 | (tie) Ronald Harwood | THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY |
| 2007 | (tie) Richard LaGravenese | FREEDOM WRITERS |
| 2007 | (tie) Hanif Kureishi | VENUS |
| 2006 | Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco | CRASH |
| 2005 | Keir Pearson & Terry George | HOTEL RWANDA |
| 2004 | Steven Knight | DIRTY PRETTY THINGS |
| 2003 | Antwone Fisher | ANTWONE FISHER |
| 2002 | Richard Eyre & Charles Wood | IRIS |
| 2001 | Kenneth Lonergan | YOU CAN COUNT ON ME |
| 2000 | Eric Roth & Michael Mann | THE INSIDER |
| 1999 | Lewis Colick | OCTOBER SKY |
| 1998 | Matt Damon & Ben Affleck | GOOD WILL HUNTING |
| 1997 | Mike Leigh | SECRETS & LIES |
| 1996 | Tim Robbins | DEAD MAN WALKING |
| 1995 | Frank Darabont | THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION |
| 1994 | Steven Zaillian | SCHINDLER'S LIST |
Sundance Winners
| 2011 | Thomas McCarthy | WIN WIN |
| 2010 | Anne Rosellini & Debra Granik | WINTER'S BONE |
| 2009 | Cherien Dabis | AMREEKA |
| 2008 | Paris Qualles | A RAISIN IN THE SUN |
| 2007 | Salvatore Stabile | WHERE GOD LEFT HIS SHOES |
| 2006 | Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland | QUINCEAÑERA |
| 2005 | Michael Kang | THE MOTEL |
| 2004 | Jacob Aaron Estes | MEAN CREEK |
| 2003 | Niki Caro | WHALE RIDER |
| 2002 | George LaVoo & Josefina Lopez | REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES |
| 2001 | Timothy Linh Bui & Tony Bui | GREEN DRAGON |
| 2000 | Gina Prince-Bythewood | LOVE AND BASKETBALL |
90 Min. Winners
| 2011 | George Stevens, Jr. | THURGOOD |
| 2010 | Christopher Monger & William Merritt Johnson | TEMPLE GRANDIN |
| 2009 | Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl & Ross Katz | TAKING CHANCE |
| 2008 | Daniel Giat | BURY MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE |
| 2007 | Peter Morgan | LONGFORD |
| 2006 | Richard Curtis | THE GIRL IN THE CAFÉ |
| 2005 | Ruben Santiago-Hudson | LACKAWANNA BLUES |
| 2004 | Tony Kushner | ANGELS IN AMERICA |
| 2003 | Gordon Rayfield | OUR AMERICA |
| 2002 | Kirk Ellis | ANNE FRANK |
| 2001 | Suzette Couture | HAVEN, PART II |
| 2000 | Tom Rickman | TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE |
| 1999 | Nicholas Wootton | NYPD BLUE |
| 1998 | Toni Ann Johnson | RUBY BRIDGES |
| 1997 | Horton Foote | WILLIAM FAULKNER'S OLD MAN |
| 1996 | Simon Moore | GULLIVER'S TRAVELS, PART II |
| 1995 | Cathleen Young & Lee Guthrie | A PLACE FOR ANNIE |
| 1994 | Bob Randall | DAVID'S MOTHER |
| 1993 | Anna Sandor | MISS ROSE WHITE |
| 1992 | Joshua Brand & John Falsey | I'LL FLY AWAY |
| 1991 | John Axness & Jennifer Miller | LUCKY DAY |
| 1990 | Edward Hume | COMMON GROUND, PART II |
| 1989 | No Award Given | |
| 1988 | Dennis Nemec | GOD BLESS THE CHILD |
| 1987 | Richard Friedenberg | PROMISE |
| 1986 | Vickie Patik | DO YOU REMEMBER LOVE? |
| 1985 | Hume Cronyn & Susan Cooper | THE DOLLMAKER |
| 1984 | John Pielmeier | CHOICES OF THE HEART |
| 1983 | Marshall Herskovitz | SPECIAL BULLETIN |
| 1982 | Donald Wrye & Linda Elstad | DIVORCE WARS |
| 1981 | Michael Christofer | SHADOW BOX |
| 1980 | Suzi Lyte Kaufman, Barry Neil Kaufman & Steven Kandel | SON-RISE: A MIRACLE OF LOVE |
| 1979 | Jane Howard-Hammerstein | SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER |
| 1978 | John Sacret Young | SPECIAL OLYMPICS |
| 1977 | David Seltzer | GREEN EYES |
| 1976 | Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston & John Korty | FAREWELL TO MANZANAR |
| 1975 | David Seltzer | LARRY |
PBS/Cable Winners
| 2002 | Moises Kaufman and the members of the Tectonic Theater Project |
THE LARAMIE PROJECT |
| 2001 | Emma Thompson & Mike Nichols | WIT |
| 2000 | Ann Peacock | A LESSON BEFORE DYING |
| 1999 | John Sacret Young | THANKS OF A GRATEFUL NATION |
| 1998 | Paul Monash & Marshall Frady | GEORGE WALLACE |
| 1997 | Walter Bernstein | MISS EVERS’ BOYS |
| 1996 | John Hopkins & Toshiro Ishido | HIROSHIMA |
| 1995 | William Mastrosimone, Michael Tolkin & Ron Hutchinson | THE BURNING SEASON |
| 1994 | Arnold Schulman | AND THE BAND PLAYED ON |
| 1993 | Lee Blessing | COOPERSTOWN |
| 1992 | Sara Flanigan | WILDFLOWER |
| 1991 | Jon Robin Baitz | THREE HOTELS |
60 Min. Winners
| 2011 | Jason Katims | FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS |
| 2010 | (tie) Robert King & Michelle King | THE GOOD WIFE |
| 2010 | (tie) Ryan Murphy | GLEE |
| 2009 | Jason Katims | FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS |
| 2008 | Kirk Ellis | JOHN ADAMS: PART 1 |
| 2007 | R. Scott Gemmill & David Zabel | ER |
| 2006 | David Shore | HOUSE |
| 2005 | John Wells | THE WEST WING |
| 2004 | Barbara Hall | JOAN OF ARCADIA |
| 2003 | David E. Kelley | THE PRACTICE |
| 2002 | (tie) Aaron Sorkin | THE WEST WING |
| 2002 | (tie) Lukas Reiter & David E. Kelley | THE PRACTICE |
| 2001 | Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick | ONCE & AGAIN |
| 2000 | Aaron Sorkin | THE WEST WING |
| 1999 | T.J. English | HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET |
| 1998 | Bill Cain | NOTHING SACRED |
| 1997 | David Mills | NYPD BLUE |
| 1996 | Nick Harding | PICKET FENCES |
| 1995 | Christopher Keyser & Amy Lippman | PARTY OF FIVE |
| 1994 | Burton Armus | NYPD BLUE |
| 1993 | Barbara Hall | I'LL FLY AWAY |
| 1992 | Henry Bromell | I'LL FLY AWAY |
| 1991 | Ann Lewis Hamilton | THIRTYSOMETHING |
| 1990 | Joseph Dougherty | THIRTYSOMETHING |
| 1989 | Patricia Green | CHINA BEACH |
| 1988 | Paul Haggis & Marshall Herskovitz | THIRTYSOMETHING |
| 1987 | Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger | FAMILY TIES |
| 1986 | Robert Eisele | CAGNEY & LACEY |
| 1985 | John Masius & Tom Fontana | ST. ELSEWHERE |
| 1984 | Peter Silverman | HILL STREET BLUES |
| 1983 | David Milch | HILL STREET BLUES |
| 1982 | Gene Reynolds | LOU GRANT |
| 1981 | Michael Kozoll & Steven Bochco | HILL STREET BLUES |
| 1980 | Sally Robinson | FAMILY |
| 1979 | Leon Tokatyan | LOU GRANT |
| 1978 | Carol Evan McKeand & David Jacobs | FAMILY |
| 1977 | James Lee & William Blinn | ROOTS, SHOW #4 |
| 1976 | Jay Presson Allen | FAMILY |
| 1975 | Joel Oliansky | THE LAW |
30 Min. Winners
| 2011 | Abraham Higginbotham | MODERN FAMILY |
| 2010 | (tie) Liz Brixius, Linda Wallem & Evan Dunsky | NURSE JACKIE |
| 2010 | (tie) Steve Levitan & Christopher Lloyd | MODERN FAMILY |
| 2009 | Aseem Batra | SCRUBS |
| 2008 | Dave Tennant | SCRUBS |
| 2007 | Jennifer Crittenden | THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE |
| 2006 | Greg Garcia | MY NAME IS EARL |
| 2004 | Jacqui Clay | THE BERNIE MAC SHOW |
| 2003 | Teri Schaffer & Steve Tompkins | THE BERNIE MAC SHOW |
| 2002 | Matt Tarses | SCRUBS |
| 2001 | Jennifer Crittenden | EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND |
| 2000 | Jay Kogen | FRASIER |
| 1999 | Aaron Sorkin, Matt Tarses, David Walpert & Bill Wrubel | SPORTS NIGHT |
| 1998 | Marilyn Suzanne Miller | MURPHY BROWN |
| 1997 | Bob Tischler | SOMETHING SO RIGHT |
| 1996 | Steven Levitan | FRASIER |
| 1995 | David Richardson | THE JOHN LARROQUETTE SHOW |
| 1994 | Rob Bragin | MURPHY BROWN |
| 1993 | Rob Ulin | ROSEANNE |
| 1992 | John Masius | BROOKLYN BRIDGE |
| 1991 | Bob Brush | THE WONDER YEARS |
| 1990 | Todd W. Langen | THE WONDER YEARS |
| 1989 | Matthew Carlson | THE WONDER YEARS |
| 1988 | Hugh Wilson | FRANK'S PLACE |
| 1987 | Bob Randall | KATE & ALLIE |
| 1986 | John Markus | THE COSBY SHOW |
| 1985 | John Markus | THE COSBY SHOW |
| 1984 | Gary David Goldberg & Ruth Bennett | FAMILY TIES |
| 1983 | Elias Davis & David Pollock | M*A*S*H |
| 1982 | David Pollock & Elias Davis | M*A*S*H |
| 1981 | Hugh Wilson | WKRP IN CINCINNATI |
| 1980 | Alan Alda | M*A*S*H |
| 1979 | Michael Leeson | TAXI |
| 1978 | Larry Rhine & Mel Tolkin | ALL IN THE FAMILY |
| 1977 | Earl Pomerantz | MARY TYLER MOORE |
| 1976 | Larry Gelbart | M*A*S*H |
| 1975 | M. Charles Cohen | SUNSHINE |
Children's Live Action Winners
| 2009 | Arika Lisanne Mittman | SOUTH OF NOWHERE |
| 2008 | Ann Austen, Douglas Sloan, Max Enscoe & Annie DeYoung | JOHNNY KAPAHALA: BACK ON BOARD |
| 2007 | Anna Sandor | MOLLY: AN AMERICAN GIRL ON THE HOME FRONT |
| 2006 | Willy Holtzman | EDGE OF AMERICA |
| 2005 | Karen Leigh Hopkins & Alan Marc Levy | SEARCHING FOR DAVID’S HEART |
| 2004 | Toni Ann Johnson & Michael D'Antonio | CROWN HEIGHTS |
| 2003 | Marita Giovanni & Bruce Graham | A RING OF ENDLESS LIGHT |
| 2002 | Anna Sandor | MY LOUISIANA SKY |
| 2001 | Joel Kauffman & Donald C. Yost | THE MIRACLE IN LANE TWO |
| 2000 | Paris Qualles | THE COLOR OF FRIENDSHIP |
| 1999 | Heather Conkie | THE ARTISTS' SPECIALS |
| 1998 | Hilary Jones-Farrow | SMUDGE |
| 1997 | Bruce Harmon | SOMEONE HAD TO BE BENNY |
| 1996 | Betty G. Birney | FAST FORWARD |
| 1995 | Pamela Douglas | BETWEEN MOTHER AND DAUGHTER |
| 1994 | Joseph Maurer | LOVE IN THE DARK AGES |
| 1993 | Betty G. Birney | BIG BOYS DON'T CRY |
| 1992 | Joseph Maurer | DEDICATED TO THE ONE I LOVE |
| 1991 | Paul W. Cooper | ABBY, MY LOVE |
| 1990 | Bruce Harmon | A TOWN'S REVENGE |
| 1989 | Alan Gansberg | MY PAST IS MY OWN |
| 1988 | Joanna Lee | THE KID WHO WOULDN'T QUIT: THE BRAD SILVERMAN STORY |
| 1987 | Melvin Van Peebles | THE DAY THEY CAME TO ARREST THE BOOK |
| 1986 | Josef Anderson | NO GREATER GIFT |
| 1985 | Charles Purpura | THE DAY THE SENIOR CLASS GOT MARRIED |
Children's Animation Winners
| 2011 | Jonathan Groff & Jon Pollack | KUNG FU PANDA |
| 2008 | Brian Hohlfeld | MY FRIENDS TIGGER AND POOH |
| 2007 | Sindy McKay, Dennis Haley & Marcy Brown | JAKERS! THE ADVENTURES OF PIGGLEY WINKS |
| 2006 | Alice Prodanou, Michael Stokes & Steven Sullivan | MISS SPIDER'S SUNNY PATCH FRIENDS |
| 2005 | Kelly Ward & Cliff MacGillivray | JAKERS! THE ADVENTURES OF PIGGLEY WINKS |
| 2004 | Chris Nee | LITTLE BILL |
| 2003 | Dwayne McDuffie | STATIC SHOCK |
| 2002 | Dev Ross | BALTO II "WOLF QUEST" |
| 2001 | Larry Swerdlove | CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG |
| 2000 | Harvey Fierstein | THE SISSY DUCKLING |
| 1999 | Richard Gitelson | RUGRATS |
| 1998 | Marcy Gray Rubin & David Silverman | LIFE WITH LOUIE |
| 1997 | Alex Taub | LIFE WITH LOUIE |
| 1996 | Alex Taub | LIFE WITH LOUIE |
| 1995 | Ntozake Shange | WHITE WASH |
| 1994 | James Howard Kunstler | AMERICAN HEROES AND LEGENDS |
| 1993 | David J. Corbett & Diane Dixon | THE LEGEND OF PRINCE VALIANT |
| 1992 | Bruce Reid Schaefer | THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH |
| 1991 | Betty G. Birney | CAMP CANDY |
| 1990 | Cliff Ruby & Elana Lesser | DINK, THE LITTLE DINOSAUR |
| 1989 | Doug Hutchinson, Larry Bernard & Mark Zaslove | THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WINNIE THE POOH |
| 1988 | Mary Jo Ludin | THE FLINTSTONE KIDS |
| 1987 | John Loy & Alan Burnett | THE SMURFS |
| 1985 | Jeffrey Scott | JIM HENSON'S MUPPET BABIES |
Special Award Winners
| 2008 | Stephen Walker | YOUNG @ HEART |
| 2006 | Davis Guggenheim | AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH |
| 1995 | Bill Moyers & Judith Davidson Moyers | WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT VIOLENCE?: A BILL MOYERS SPECIAL |
| 1993 | Melissa Jo Peltier & Arnold Shapiro | SCARED SILENT: ENDING AND EXPOSING CHILD ABUSE |
| 1991 | Carol L. Fleisher | OVER THE INFLUENCE: PREVENTING OUR KIDS FROM USING DRUGS & ALCOHOL |
| 1991 | Geoffrey C. Ward & Ric Burns with Ken Burns |
THE CIVIL WAR |
| 1990 | Carol L. Fleisher | SEE DICK & JANE LIE, CHEAT & STEAL: TEACHING MORALITY TO KIDS |
| 1989 | Sasha Ferrer | DESTINED TO LIVE |
| 1988 | Helen Whitney & Marshall Frady | ABC NEWS CLOSE UP |
| 1986 | Ruth C. Streeter & Perry Wolff | CBS REPORTS |
| 1986 | Bryant Gumble, William Schechner & Patric Trese |
MAINSTREET |
| 1985 | Marvin Kalb, Anthony Potter & William Turque |
NBC WHITE PAPER |
| 1982 | Lloyd Dobyns | AMERICA WORKS WHEN AMERICA WORKS |
| 1981 | Chris Wallace & Morton Silverstein | NBC REPORTS |
| 1980 | Bill McLaughlin & Anthony Potter | NBC WHITE PAPER |
| 1979 | John Korty | WHO ARE THE DEBOLTS? |
| 1978 | Bill Moyers & Tom Spain | CBS REPORTS |
| 1977 | Bill Moyers & Tom Spain | CBS REPORTS |