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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 .
Apr 3, 2021 · One of the most prestigious honors a screenwriter can be given is the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Over the years, we’ve seen sweeping stories of romanticism like the original Titanic, as well as stories of war like The Hurt Locker, win the award.
Currently, there are two basic categories of writing awards: Writing, Adapted Screenplay: awarded to the writer of a screenplay adapted from another source (novel or play usually) Writing, Original Screenplay: awarded to the writer of a script not based on previously published material
These are all the movies that won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay (aka Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen). The writers that won the Oscar are listed in the description.
Nick Enright, Nominated for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Lorenzo's Oil. 1991 ★ Dean Semler, Best Cinematography: Dances with Wolves. 1991. Peter Weir, Nominated for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Green Card [Australia/France co-production]
The winning screenwriters are given a gold-plated statuette known as an Oscar. Woody Allen has won the most Academy Awards for best original screenplay (three). Below is a list of the winning screenwriters and the films for which they won. The years indicate when the eligible films were released.
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