Brian Damage
03-26-2008, 03:52 PM
The Sopranos" creator David Chase will receive the Writers Guild of America West's Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television, honoring lifetime achievement for outstanding writing.
Kudo will be presented at the guild's April 23 honorary awards luncheon at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. Previous recipients include Steven Bochco, David E. Kelley, Susan Harris, Stephen J. Cannell, and last year's honoree, John Wells.
"We had to give this award to David Chase following the remarkable run of 'The Sopranos.' Not doing so would be to deny him the closure that -," said WGA West president Patric Verrone, in an effort to spoof the quick-cut ending of last year's "Sopranos" finale seg.
Chase won five Emmys and three PGA awards for his work on HBO's "Sopranos." He also received the DGA Honors Award in 2006.
Chase broke into showbiz as both writer and producer of "The Rockford Files," which earned him his first Emmy in 1978. He won an Emmy and WGA award two years later for the telefilm, "Off the Minnesota Strip."
Chase's other credits include "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Almost Grown," "I'll Fly Away" and "Northern Exposure."
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Kudo will be presented at the guild's April 23 honorary awards luncheon at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. Previous recipients include Steven Bochco, David E. Kelley, Susan Harris, Stephen J. Cannell, and last year's honoree, John Wells.
"We had to give this award to David Chase following the remarkable run of 'The Sopranos.' Not doing so would be to deny him the closure that -," said WGA West president Patric Verrone, in an effort to spoof the quick-cut ending of last year's "Sopranos" finale seg.
Chase won five Emmys and three PGA awards for his work on HBO's "Sopranos." He also received the DGA Honors Award in 2006.
Chase broke into showbiz as both writer and producer of "The Rockford Files," which earned him his first Emmy in 1978. He won an Emmy and WGA award two years later for the telefilm, "Off the Minnesota Strip."
Chase's other credits include "Kolchak: The Night Stalker," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Almost Grown," "I'll Fly Away" and "Northern Exposure."
http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117982939.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1