The 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, awarded by the Screen Actors Guild and honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2007, took place on January 27, 2008,
Daniel Day-Lewis, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role winner
Julie Christie, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role winner
Javier Bardem, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role winner
Ruby Dee, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role winner
From November 5, 2007, to February 12, 2008, all 12,000 film and television screenwriters of the American labor unions Writers Guild of America, East, and Writers Guild of America West went on strike.
14th Screen Actors Guild Awards
…presented with an award for Lifetime Achievement following accolades by Denis Leary and Burt Reynolds. The ceremony was held in the midst of the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike. Because the acting community steadfastly had supported the writers during this period, the WGA granted a waiver on December 11, 2007, to SAG for the…
Striking WGA members at Fox Plaza, Los Angeles, on November 7, 2007
Writer-actor Jeff Garlin of Curb Your Enthusiasm (foreground, right) and others at a WGAW rally outside the Fox Studios in Los Angeles.
WGA West president and Futurama writer Patric Verrone speaks at a strike rally in Los Angeles.
Family Guy and American Dad! creator and actor Seth MacFarlane speaks at a WGAW rally in Los Angeles on November 9, 2007.