2025 Writers Guild Awards: Los Angeles Show Host and Presenters Announced
Los Angeles – WGAW is excited to announce that standup comedian, writer, and actor Joel Kim Booster will be hosting the 2025 Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles show at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, February 15. The ceremony will be livestreamed, starting at 4:30 pm PT, on awards.wga.org.
“Being a member of the WGA is one of my proudest accomplishments, bar none,” said Booster. “After the tough couple of years our union has faced, I’m honored to get to host a celebration of all the incredible work our members have produced.”
Booster wrote, produced, and starred in 2022’s Fire Island, earning him two Emmy nominations, a Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Screenplay and won best feature at the GLAAD Awards. He starred opposite Maya Rudolph in two seasons of the Apple TV+ comedy Loot, in addition to guest roles in Shrill, Search Party, Big Mouth, and more. His first comedy special, Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual, exploring his experiences and observations as a gay Asian-American man, debuted on Netflix in 2022, was nominated for a Critics Choice Award, and was named one of the best comedy specials of 2022 by Variety.
Presenters at the 2025 Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles show will include Jordan Firstman (English Teacher, Ms. Marvel), Edwin Lee Gibson (The Bear, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Don Jon, Mr. Corman), Adele Lim (Joy Ride, Crazy Rich Asians), Justine Lupe (Succession, Nobody Wants This), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet), Joe Manganiello (True Blood, One Tree Hill), Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul, Bad Boys: Ride or Die), Kiernan Shipka (The Last Showgirl, Mad Men), Lisa Ann Walter (Abbot Elementary, The Parent Trap), Cedric Yarbrough (Reno 9-1-1, Juror #2), and more to come.
Benn Fleishman and Augie Max Vargas are the Executive Producers on the 2025 Writers Guild Awards Los Angeles show. A seven-time Emmy nominee, Fleishman has worked on the Academy Awards, the SAG Awards, the Miss America Pageant, and the 2024 Writers Guild Awards. Vargas is an Emmy Award-winning producer who has worked on the Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, the Film Independent Spirit Awards, and more. Emmy and Peabody Award-winning director Rich Preuss (Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, Stupid Pet Tricks with Sarah Silverman) will direct this year’s show. This year’s writing team features Julian Kiani (First Wives Club, Marlon) and is led by head writer Steven Murphy (MTV Video Music Awards, MTV Movie & TV Awards). Talent Producer Deborah Byrd brings over 20 years of experience to the 2025 Writers Guild Awards, having previously worked on the BET Awards, the Espys, and the Tonys.
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Photo by: Michael Rowe.
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The Writers Guild Awards honor outstanding writing in film, television, streaming, news (broadcast and digital), radio/audio, and promotional categories. The 2025 Writers Guild Awards (77th Annual) will be held on Saturday, February 15. For more information about the 2025 Writers Guild Awards, please visit awards.wga.org or wgaeast.org/awards.
Please direct Los Angeles-based media inquiries regarding the 2025 Writers Guild Awards to Bob Hopkinson in the WGAW Communications Department at (310) 801-8563 or email: Bob Hopkinson.
Please direct New York-based media inquiries regarding the 2025 Writers Guild Awards to Jason Gordon in the WGAE Communications Department at (212) 767-7809 or email: Jason Gordon.
The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) are labor unions representing writers in motion pictures, television, cable, digital media, and broadcast news. The Guilds negotiate and administer contracts that protect the creative and economic rights of their members; conduct programs, seminars, and events on issues of interest to writers; and present writers’ views to various bodies of government. For more information on the Writers Guild of America West, visit www.wga.org. For more information on the Writers Guild of America East, visit www.wgaeast.org.