The 53rd Writers Guild of America Awards, given in 2001, honored the film and television best writers of 2000.
Traffic - Stephen Gaghan
Chocolat - Robert Nelson Jacobs
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) - James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai and Hui-Ling Wang
High Fidelity - John Cusack, D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink and Scott Rosenberg
Wonder Boys - Steve Kloves
You Can Count on Me - Kenneth Lonergan
Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe
Best in Show - Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy
Billy Elliot - Lee Hall
Erin Brockovich - Susannah Grant
Frasier - Joe Keenan and Christopher Lloyd for writing "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue"
Frasier - Joe Keenan for writing "Out With Dad"
Sex and the City - Cindy Chupack for writing "Attack of the 5'10" Woman"
Sex and the City - Michael Patrick King for writing "Ex and the City"
Will & Grace - Jeff Greenstein for writing "Hey La, Hey La, My Ex-Boyfriend's Back"
The West Wing - Rick Cleveland and Aaron Sorkin for writing "In Excelsis Deo"
Once and Again - Richard Kramer for writing "Strangers and Brothers"
The Sopranos - Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green for writing "The Knight In White Satin Armor"
The Sopranos - Terence Winter for writing "Big Girls Don't Cry"
The West Wing - Patrick Caddell, Rick Cleveland and Lawrence O'Donnell for writing "Enemies"
The West Wing - Lawrence O'Donnell, Paul Redford and Aaron Sorkin for writing "Take This Sabbath Day"
