Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
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| Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay | |
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| Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
| Country | United States |
| Currently held by | Midnight in Paris |
| Official website | http://www.oscars.org |
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. It was created for 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the screenplay. In 2002, the name of the award was changed from "Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)" to "Writing (Original Screenplay)".[1][2]
Superlatives
Charles Brackett was the first to win twice in this category. Others to do so are Billy Wilder, Paddy Chayefsky and Woody Allen.
Woody Allen has the most nominations in this category with 15, and the most wins with 3.
Richard Schweizer was the first to win for a foreign language film, Marie-Louise. Other winners that had followed included Albert Lamorisse, Pietro Germi, Claude Lelouch and Pedro Almodóvar.
Muriel Box was the first woman to win in this category, which she shared with her husband, Sydney Box. The Boxes are also the first married couple to win in this category. The only other married couple to win are Earl W. Wallace and Pamela Wallace.
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, in 1996, are the only siblings to win in this category, and Francis Ford Coppola, in 1970, and Sofia Coppola, in 2003, are the only father-daughter pair to win.
Multiple nominations
The following 77 screenwriters have received multiple nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. This list is sorted by the number of total awards (with the number of total nominations listed in parentheses). [3]
Winners and nominees
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) |
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2010 (83rd) |
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| The King's Speech | David Seidler | |
| Another Year | Mike Leigh | |
| The Fighter |
Scott Silver (screenplay) Paul Tamasy (story/screenplay) Eric Johnson (screenplay) Keith Dorrington (story) |
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| Inception | Christopher Nolan | |
| The Kids Are All Right |
Lisa Cholodenko Stuart Blumberg |
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2011 (84th) |
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| Midnight in Paris | Woody Allen | |
| The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | |
| Bridesmaids |
Kristen Wiig Annie Mumolo |
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| Margin Call | J.C. Chandor | |
| A Separation (جدایی نادر از سیمین/Jodái-e Náder az Simin) | Asghar Farhadi |
See also
- Academy Awards
- List of Academy Awards ceremonies
- Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay
- Academy Award for Best Story
- List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees
- List of Big Three Academy Award winners and nominees
- Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
- BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
- BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
References
- ^ awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1263023485012
- ^ awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1263023398256
- ^ http://www.filmsite.org/bestscreenplays.html
- ^ Instead of the categories "Original Screenplay and "Screenplay", it was combined into one category, called "Screenplay", the award was given to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre adapted from the novel of same name
- ^ In 1949, the category was renamed "Story and Screenplay"
- ^ Upon request of his widow and upon recommendation of the Writers Branch Executive Committee, the Board of Governors voted to restore the name of Nedrick Young to the nomination and award presented to Nathan E. Douglas, which was a pseudonym for Mr. Young during the blacklisting period.
- ^ In 1969, the category was renamed: "Story and Screenplay - based on material not previously published or produced
- ^ In 1976, the category was renamed: "Screenplay written directly for the Screen - Based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced"
- ^ In 1978, the category was renamed: "Screenplay written directly for the screen"
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