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Spike Jonze’s Her and Billy Ray’s Captain Phillips have earned top

screenplay honours from the Writers Guild of America.

Winning the prize for original screenplay on Saturday was Her,

Jonze’s futuristic exploration of a man’s relationship with his

computer, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson as the

voice of an operating system.

Ray won for adapted screenplay for Captain Phillips, the Somali

pirate saga based on the book A Captain’s Duty- Somali Pirates,

Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips and

Stephan Talty. The film, nominated for a best picture Oscar, stars

Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi, a limo driver-turned actor, who

earned a supporting actor Oscar nomination.

Sarah Polley won the documentary award for Stories We Tell, a film

about her parents and how the filmmaker was the product of an

extramarital affair.

The Writer’s Guild Awards are Hollywood’s final honours before the

Academy Awards on March 2.

Her has picked up a number of accolades over the course of awards

season, including the Golden Globe for best screenplay, Critics’

Choice award for best original screenplay and the AFI award for

movie of the year.

Jonze’s film is nominated for five Academy Awards, including best

original screenplay and best picture. This guild victory gives the

computer love tale an edge in the journey to the Oscars.

Among the guild’s TV winners-

Drama series- Breaking Bad, written by Sam Catlin, Vince Gilligan,

Peter Gould, Gennifer Hutchison, George Mastras, Thomas Schnauz

and Moira Walley-Beckett.

Comedy series- Veep, written by Simon Blackwell, Roger Drew,

Sean Gray, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, Georgia Pritchett, David

Quantick, Tony Roche and Will Smith.

New series- House of Cards, written by Kate Barnow, Rick

Cleveland, Sam Forman, Gina Gionfriddo, Keith Huff, Sarah Treem

and Beau Willimon.