Sopranos’ Creator-Writer David Chase to Receive WGAW’s 2008 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television
LOS ANGELES — Acclaimed television writer and The Sopranos creator David Chase will receive the Writers Guild of America, West’s coveted 2008 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television, honoring lifetime achievement for outstanding writing, at the WGAW’s upcoming Honorary Awards Luncheon on April 23 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles.“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 WGAW President Patric M. Verrone.
Whether contributing his diverse talents as writer, director, or producer - and often all three - Chase has been the creative force behind some of the most ground-breaking, indelible programming ever broadcast on network and cable television, including one of the most critically and commercially successful TV series, HBO’s The Sopranos.
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