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Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Jay Cocks, Martin Scorsese
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story.
The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, musicals, short stories, TV series, and other films and film characters.
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The nominees for the 66th Academy Awards were announced on February 9, 1994, at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Academy president Arthur Hiller and actress Christine Lahti. Schindler's List led all nominees with twelve nominations; The Piano and The Remains of the Daytied for second with eight. The winners were announced...
The following individuals, listed in order of appearance, presented awards or performed musical numbers:
Due to the negative reception received from the preceding year's ceremony, actor Billy Crystal announced that after overseeing four consecutive Oscar ceremonies, he would not be hosting the 1994 telecast. In a statement released by his publicist, he stated, "After three Grammys, four Oscars and six Comic Reliefs, I'm going to take a break from my h...
The first annual In Memoriam tribute was presented by actress Glenn Close. The montage featured an excerpt of the main title of Terms of Endearment composed by Michael Gore.
Feb 5, 2014 · SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL AWARD (Scientific and Engineering Award) To GARY DEMOS and DAN CAMERON of Information International, DAVID DiFRANCESCO and GARY STARKWEATHER of Pixar, and SCOTT SQUIRES of Industrial Light & Magic for their pioneering work in the field of film input scanning.
Writing (Story and Screenplay--based on factual material or material not previously published or produced) - Terence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe
Writing, Original Screenplay: awarded to the writer of a script not based on previously published material Top Academy Award Screenwriting Nominees and Winners: Woody Allen (16) and Billy Wilder (12) have been nominated the most for any screenwriting category.
