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This is a list of the winners of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special.

Award winners

1970s

1979: The Jericho Mile – Michael Mann, Patrick Nolan

1980s

1980: Off the Minnesota Strip – David Chase
1981: Playing for Time – Arthur Miller
1982: Bill – Corey Blechman, Barry Morrow
1983: Special Bulletin – Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick
1984: Something About Amelia – William Hanley
1985: Do You Remember Love – Vickie Patik
1986: An Early Frost – Ron Cowan, Daniel Lipman, Sherman Yellen (tie)
1986: Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy – David Butler (tie)
1987: Promise – Kenneth Blackwell, Tennyson Flowers, Richard Friedenberg
1988: The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank – William Hanley
1989: Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story – Ron Hutchison, Abby Mann, Robin Vote

1990s

1990: Andre's Mother – Terrence McNally
1991: House of Cards – Andrew Davies
1992: I'll Fly Away – Joshua Brand, John Falsey
1993: The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom – Jane Anderson
1994: David's Mother – Bob Randall
1995: Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story – Alison Cross
1996: Gulliver's Travels – Simon Moore
1997: Old Man – Horton Foote
1998: Don King: Only in America – Kario Salem
1999: A Lesson Before Dying – Ann Peacock

2000s

2000: The Corner – David Mills, David Simon
- Cheaters – John Stockwell
- Homicide: The Movie – Tom Fontana, Eric Overmyer, James Yoshimura
- If These Walls Could Talk 2 – Jane Anderson
- RKO 281 – John Logan

2001: Conspiracy – Loring Mandel
- Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows – Robert Freedman
- 61* – Hank Steinberg
- Anne Frank: The Whole Story – Kirk Ellis
- Wit – Mike Nichols, Emma Thompson

2002: The Gathering Storm – Larry Ramin, Hugh Whitemore
- Band of Brothers – Erik Bork, E. Max Frye, Tom Hanks, Erik Jendresen, Bruce C. McKenna, John Orloff, Graham Yost
- The Laramie Project – Stephen Belber, Leigh Fondakowski, Amanda Gronich, Moisés Kaufman, Jeffrey LaHoste, John McAdams, Andy Paris, Greg Pierotti, Barbara Pitts, Kelli Simpkins, Stephen Wangh
- Path to War – Daniel Giat
- Shackleton – Charles Sturridge

2003: Door to Door – William H. Macy, Steven Schachter
- Hysterical Blindness – Laura Cahill
- Live from Baghdad – Richard Chapman, Timothy Sexton, John Patrick Shanley, Robert Wiener
- My House in Umbria – Hugh Whitemore
- Normal – Jane Anderson

2004: Angels in America – Tony Kushner
- And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself – Larry Gelbart
- Iron Jawed Angels – Eugenia Bostwick-Singer, Jennifer Friedes, Sally Robinson, Raymond Singer
- The Reagans – Elizabeth Egloff, Jane Marchwood, Tom Rickman
- Something the Lord Made – Robert Caswell, Peter Silverman

2005: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers – Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
- The 4400 – Rene Echevarria, Scott Peters
- Empire Falls – Richard Russo
- The Office Special – Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
- Warm Springs – Margaret Nagle

2006: The Girl in the Cafe – Richard Curtis
- Bleak House – Andrew Davies
- Elizabeth I – Nigel Williams
- Flight 93 – Nevin Schreiner
- Mrs. Harris – Phyllis Nagy

2007: Prime Suspect: The Final Act – Frank Deasy
- Broken Trail – Alan Geoffrio
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee – Daniel Giat
- Jane Eyre – Sandy Welch
- The Starter Wife – Josann McGibbon, Sara Parriott

2008: John Adams ("Independence") – Kirk Ellis
- Bernard and Doris – Hugh Costello
- Cranford – Heidi Thomas
- Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale – Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant
- Recount – Danny Strong

2009: Little Dorrit – Andrew Davies
- Generation Kill ("Bomb in the Garden") – Ed Burns, David Simon
- Grey Gardens – Patricia Rozema, Michael Sucsy
- Into the Storm – Hugh Whitemore
- Taking Chance – Ross Katz, Michael Strobl

2010s

2010: You Don't Know Jack – Adam Mazer
- The Pacific ("Part Eight") – Michelle Ashford, Robert Schenkkan
- The Pacific ("Part Ten") – Bruce C. McKenna and Robert Schenkkan
- The Special Relationship – Peter Morgan
- Temple Grandin – William Merritt Johnson and Christopher Monger

2011 Downton Abbey – Julian Fellowes
- Mildred Pierce – Todd Haynes and Jon Raymond
- Sherlock: A Study in Pink – Steven Moffat
- Too Big to Fail – Peter Gould
- Upstairs, Downstairs – Heidi Thomas

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special

1979–2000

Michael Mann and Patrick Nolan (1979)
David Chase (1980)
Arthur Miller (1981)
Barry Morrow (1982)
Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick (1983)
William Hanley (1984)
Vickie Patik (1985)
Rob Cowan, Daniel Lipman and Sherman Yellen / David Butler (1986)
Kenneth Blackwell, Tennyson Flowers and Richard Friedenberg (1987)
William Hanley (1988)
Ron Hutchison, Abby Mann and Robin Vote (1989)
Terrence McNally (1990)
Andrew Davies (1991)
Joshua Brand and John Falsey (1992)
Jane Anderson (1993)
Bob Randall (1994)
Alison Cross (1995)
Simon Moore (1996)
Horton Foote (1997)
Kario Salem (1998)
Ann Peacock (1999)
David Mills and David Simon (2000)

2001–present

Loring Mandel (2001)
Larry Ramin and Hugh Whitemore (2002)
William H. Macy and Steven Schachter (2003)
Tony Kushner (2004)
Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (2005)
Richard Curtis (2006)
Frank Deasy (2007)
Kirk Ellis (2008)
Andrew Davies (2009)
Adam Mazer (2010)
Julian Fellowes (2011)

v t e Primetime Emmy Award categories

Programming	Comedy Series Drama Series Variety, Music or Comedy Series Miniseries Made for TV Movie Variety, Music or Comedy Special Directing – Comedy Series Directing – Drama Series Directing – Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special Writing – Comedy Series Writing – Drama Series Writing – Variety, Music or Comedy Program Writing – Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special Reality Program Reality-Competition Program

Performance	Lead Actor – Comedy Series Lead Actor – Drama Series Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie Lead Actress – Comedy Series Lead Actress – Drama Series Lead Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Supporting Actor – Comedy Series Supporting Actor – Drama Series Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie Supporting Actress – Comedy Series Supporting Actress – Drama Series Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie Guest Actor – Comedy Series Guest Actor – Drama Series Guest Actress – Comedy Series Guest Actress – Drama Series Host – Reality or Reality-Competition Program

Creative Arts	Animated Program – Less Than One Hour Animated Program – More Than One Hour Voice-Over Performance Casting – Comedy Series Casting – Drama Series Casting – Miniseries, Movie or a Special Choreography Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series Cinematography for a One Hour Series Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special Main Title Design Main Title Theme Music Music Composition for a Series Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Picture Editing for a Drama Series Visual Effects for a Series Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or Special

Retired	Actor of the Year Actress of the Year Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series

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