Best screenplay not based upon previously published material
TheAcademy Award for Best Original Screenplay is theAcademy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the bestscreenplay not based upon previously published material; writers with "written by", "screenplay" or "story" credits are all collectively recognized as recipients for each nomination.
The category was created in 1940, and has always existed concurrently with theBest Adapted Screenplay category (conversely for films based on pre-existingintellectual properties ); originally, it also co-existed with a third writing category,Best Story , which had been active since theoriginal Academy Awards ceremony in 1929; this latter award was meant to reward specifically writers who originated a film's plot and characters rather than those who wrote the dialogue and final screenplay, although Best Story would later be merged into Best Original Screenplay in 1956.
Screenplays are eligible if they are not based on "previously published material". The Writer's Branch of the academy determines if a screenplay is adapted or original, based on possible sources in question, interviews given about the film and the film's publicity materials, and sometimes places screenplays in a different category than theWriters Guild of America . For the75th Academy Awards ,Gangs of New York was nominated as an original screenplay despite being based on the bookThe Gangs of New York because the writers based the film on the book's historical research but largely invented the characters and plot.[ 1] For the89th Academy Awards ,Moonlight was campaigned as an original screenplay, being based on an unpublished play, but was ultimately placed in the adapted screenplay category, which it won.[ 2] Similarly,Whiplash was considered an adapted screenplay at the87th Academy Awards despite being written as an original screenplay because a scene from the script was produced as a proof-of-conceptshort film . However, 2008'sFrozen River , which similarly had a proof-of-concept short film screened at film festivals, was nominated as an original screenplay.[ 3]
Woody Allen has received the most Oscar nominations in this category with 16, winning three times: forAnnie Hall ,Hannah and Her Sisters andMidnight in Paris Woody Allen has the most nominations in this category with 16, and the most awards with 3 (forAnnie Hall (1977),Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), andMidnight in Paris (2011)).Paddy Chayefsky andBilly Wilder have also won three screenwriting Oscars: Chayefsky won two for Original Screenplay (The Hospital andNetwork ) and one for Adapted Screenplay (Marty ), while Wilder won one for Adapted Screenplay (The Lost Weekend , shared withCharles Brackett ), and two for Original Screenplay (Sunset Boulevard , shared with Brackett andD. M. Marshman Jr. , andThe Apartment , shared withI. A. L. Diamond )
Woody Allen also holds the record as the oldest winner (76) forMidnight in Paris .[ 4] Ben Affleck is the youngest winner (25) forGood Will Hunting , co-written withMatt Damon (27).
Richard Schweizer was the first to win the award for a foreign-language film,Marie-Louise (French). Other winners for a non-English screenplay includeAlbert Lamorisse (The Red Balloon ; French),Pietro Germi (Divorce Italian Style ; Italian),Claude Lelouch (A Man and A Woman ; French),Pedro Almodóvar (Talk to Her ; Spanish),Bong Joon-ho andHan Jin-won (Parasite , Korean), andJustine Triet andArthur Harari (Anatomy of a Fall , French). Lamorisse is the only person to win or even be nominated for Best Original Screenplay for a short film.[ 5]
Frances Marion (The Big House ) was the first woman to win for her original script, although she won Best Writing, which then included both original and adapted screenplays before a separate award for Best Original Screenplay was introduced.Muriel Box (The Seventh Veil ) was the first woman to win in this category; she shared the award with her husband,Sydney Box . They are also the first of two married couples to win in this category;Earl W. Wallace andPamela Wallace (Witness ) are the others.
In 1996,Joel Coen and Ethan Coen became the only siblings to win in this category (forFargo ).[ 6] Francis Ford Coppola (Patton , 1970)[ 7] andSofia Coppola (Lost in Translation , 2003) are the only father-daughter pair to win.[ 8] Kenny and Keith Lucas are the only African-American siblings to receive a nomination in this category (Judas and the Black Messiah , 2020/21) .[ 9]
Frank Butler was nominated for two different films in the same year, both with a co-writer (1942):Road to Morocco , withDon Hartman , andWake Island , withW.R. Burnett .Preston Sturges was nominated solo for two different films in the same year (1944):Hail the Conquering Hero andThe Miracle of Morgan's Creek .Oliver Stone achieved the same distinction in 1986, forPlatoon andSalvador .Maurice Richlin andStanley Shapiro were nominated in 1959 for bothOperation Petticoat andPillow Talk and won for the latter.
Jordan Peele became the first and only African-American to win in this category for 2017'sGet Out .[ 10]
Bong Joon-ho andHan Jin-won became the first Asian writers to win either Screenplay award, for 2019'sParasite .[ 11] [ 12] This was also the most recent of 10 occasions when Oscars in this category have been awarded to writers for both screenplay AND story on one film (sometimes they have been completely different, and sometimes the credited screenplay author also contributed to the story alongside at least one other credited scribe).
Winners and nominees [ edit ] Winners are listed first in the colored row and denoted by double dagger (‡), followed by the other nominees.
Preston Sturges was the inaugural winner, forThe Great McGinty (1940)Orson Welles co-won the award forCitizen Kane in 1942.Herman J. Mankiewicz won forCitizen Kane (1941) alongsideOrson Welles .Billy Wilder won twice forSunset Boulevard (1950) andThe Apartment (1960)[ a] .Alan Jay Lerner won forAn American in Paris (1951)Budd Schulberg won forOn the Waterfront (1954)William Inge won forSplendor in the Grass (1961).Claude Lelouch won forA Man and a Woman (1966)Mel Brooks won for his comedyThe Producers (1968).William Goldman , winner in 1969 forButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid .Francis Ford Coppola won forPatton (1970)[ b] .Paddy Chayefsky won twice forThe Hospital (1971) andNetwork (1976)Robert Towne won forChinatown (1975).Woody Allen won thrice forAnnie Hall (1977),Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), andMidnight in Paris (2011). He has received sixteen nominations total, the most of any writer.[ c] Steve Tesich won forBreaking Away (1979).Bo Goldman won forMelvin and Howard (1980).John Patrick Shanley won forMoonstruck (1987).Callie Khouri won forThelma & Louise (1991)Neil Jordan won forThe Crying Game in 1992.Jane Campion won forThe Piano in 1993.Quentin Tarantino won twice forPulp Fiction (1994), andDjango Unchained (2012)Christopher McQuarrie won forThe Usual Suspects in 1995.Writer-director pair theCoen brothers won forFargo (1996) Ben Affleck won for co-writingGood Will Hunting (1997)Matt Damon won for co-writingGood Will Hunting (1997)Tom Stoppard won forShakespeare in Love (1998)Alan Ball won forAmerican Beauty (1999)Cameron Crowe won forAlmost Famous (2000)Julian Fellowes won forGosford Park (2001)Pedro Almodóvar won forTalk to Her (2002)Sofia Coppola won for 2003'sLost in Translation . Herfather previously won forPatton .[ d] .Charlie Kaufman won forEternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)Paul Haggis won forCrash (2005)Michael Arndt won forLittle Miss Sunshine (2006)Diablo Cody won for 2007'sJuno .Dustin Lance Black won for 2008'sMilk .Mark Boal won for 2009'sThe Hurt Locker .Spike Jonze won forHer (2013).Alejandro G. Iñárritu won forBirdman (2014).Tom McCarthy won forSpotlight (2015).Josh Singer won for co-writingSpotlight (2015)Kenneth Lonergan won forManchester by the Sea (2016).Jordan Peele became the first African-American to win withGet Out (2017).Bong Joon-ho won forParasite (2019), co-written withHan Jin-won .Emerald Fennell won forPromising Young Woman (2020).Kenneth Branagh won forBelfast (2021)Daniels won forEverything Everywhere All at Once (2022).Justine Triet co-won forAnatomy of a Fall (2023).Arthur Harari co-won forAnatomy of a Fall (2023).Sean Baker won forAnora (2024).Year Film Nominee 1940 (13th) [ 13] The Great McGinty Preston Sturges ‡Angels Over Broadway Ben Hecht Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet Norman Burnside ,Heinz Herald &John Huston Foreign Correspondent Charles Bennett &Joan Harrison The Great Dictator Charlie Chaplin 1941 (14th) [ 14] Citizen Kane Herman J. Mankiewicz &Orson Welles ‡The Devil and Miss Jones Norman Krasna Sergeant York Harry Chandlee ,Abem Finkel ,John Huston &Howard Koch Tall, Dark and Handsome Karl Tunberg &Darrell Ware Tom, Dick and Harry Paul Jarrico 1942 (15th) [ 15] Woman of the Year Ring Lardner Jr. &Michael Kanin ‡One of Our Aircraft Is Missing Michael Powell &Emeric Pressburger Road to Morocco Frank Butler &Don Hartman Wake Island W. R. Burnett &Frank Butler The War Against Mrs. Hadley George Oppenheimer 1943 (16th) [ 16] Princess O'Rourke Norman Krasna ‡Air Force Dudley Nichols In Which We Serve Noël Coward The North Star Lillian Hellman So Proudly We Hail! Allan Scott 1944 (17th) [ 17] Wilson Lamar Trotti ‡Hail the Conquering Hero Preston Sturges The Miracle of Morgan's Creek Two Girls and a Sailor Richard Connell &Gladys Lehman Wing and a Prayer Jerome Cady 1945 (18th) [ 18] Marie-Louise Richard Schweizer ‡Dillinger Philip Yordan Music for Millions Myles Connolly Salty O'Rourke Milton Holmes What Next, Corporal Hargrove? Harry Kurnitz 1946 (19th) [ 19] The Seventh Veil Muriel &Sydney Box ‡The Blue Dahlia Raymond Chandler Children of Paradise Jacques Prévert Notorious Ben Hecht Road to Utopia Melvin Frank &Norman Panama 1947 (20th) [ 20] The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer Sidney Sheldon ‡Body and Soul Abraham Polonsky A Double Life Ruth Gordon &Garson Kanin Monsieur Verdoux Charlie Chaplin Shoeshine Sergio Amidei ,Adolfo Franci ,Cesare Giulio Viola &Cesare Zavattini 1948 (21st) N/A [ note 1] [ 21] — 1949 (22nd) [ 22] Battleground Robert Pirosh ‡Jolson Sings Again Sidney Buchman Paisan Sergio Amidei ,Federico Fellini ,Alfred Hayes ,Marcello Pagliero &Roberto Rossellini Passport to Pimlico T. E. B. Clarke The Quiet One Helen Levitt ,Janice Loeb &Sidney Meyers
Year Film Nominees 1960 (33rd) [ 33] The Apartment I. A. L. Diamond &Billy Wilder ‡The Angry Silence Screenplay:Bryan Forbes ; Story:Michael Craig &Richard Gregson The Facts of Life Melvin Frank &Norman Panama Hiroshima, Mon Amour Marguerite Duras Never on Sunday Jules Dassin 1961 (34th) [ 34] Splendor in the Grass William Inge ‡Ballad of a Soldier Grigory Chukhray &Valentin Yezhov General Della Rovere Sergio Amidei ,Diego Fabbi &Indro Montanelli La Dolce Vita Federico Fellini ,Ennio Flaiano ,Tullio Pinelli &Brunello Rondi Lover Come Back Paul Henning &Stanley Shapiro 1962 (35th) [ 35] Divorce Italian Style Ennio De Concini ,Pietro Germi &Alfredo Giannetti ‡Freud Screenplay:Charles Kaufman &Wolfgang Reinhardt ; Story: Kaufman Last Year at Marienbad Alain Robbe-Grillet That Touch of Mink Nate Monaster &Stanley Shapiro Through a Glass Darkly Ingmar Bergman 1963 (36th) [ 36] How the West Was Won James R. Webb ‡America America Elia Kazan 8½ Federico Fellini ,Ennio Flaiano ,Tullio Pinelli &Brunello Rondi The Four Days of Naples Screenplay:Carlo Bernari ,Pasquale Festa Campanile ,Massimo Franciosa &Nanni Loy ; Story: Campanile, Franciosa, Loy &Vasco Pratolini Love with the Proper Stranger Arnold Schulman 1964 (37th) [ 37] Father Goose Screenplay:Peter Stone &Frank Tarloff ; Story:S. H. Barnett ‡ A Hard Day's Night Alun Owen One Potato, Two Potato Screenplay:Orville H. Hampton ; Story:Raphael Hayes The Organizer Age ,Mario Monicelli &Furio Scarpelli That Man from Rio Daniel Boulanger ,Philippe de Broca ,Ariane Mnouchkine &Jean-Paul Rappeneau 1965 (38th) [ 38] Darling Frederic Raphael ‡Casanova 70 Age ,Suso Cecchi d'Amico ,Tonino Guerra ,Mario Monicelli ,Giorgio Salvioni &Furio Scarpelli Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Ken Annakin &Jack Davies The Train Franklin Coen &Frank Davis The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Jacques Demy 1966 (39th) [ 39] A Man and a Woman Screenplay:Claude Lelouch &Pierre Uytterhoeven ; Story: Lelouch ‡ Blowup Screenplay:Michelangelo Antonioni ,Edward Bond &Tonino Guerra ; Story: Antonioni The Fortune Cookie I. A. L. Diamond &Billy Wilder Khartoum Robert Ardrey The Naked Prey Clint Johnston &Don Peters 1967 (40th) [ 40] Guess Who's Coming to Dinner William Rose ‡Bonnie and Clyde Robert Benton &David Newman Divorce American Style Screenplay:Norman Lear ; Story:Robert Kaufman La Guerre Est Finie Jorge Semprún Two for the Road Frederic Raphael 1968 (41st) [ 41] The Producers Mel Brooks ‡The Battle of Algiers Gillo Pontecorvo &Franco Solinas Faces John Cassavetes Hot Millions Peter Ustinov &Ira Wallach 2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke &Stanley Kubrick 1969 (42nd) [ 42] Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid William Goldman ‡Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice Paul Mazursky &Larry Tucker The Damned Screenplay:Nicola Badalucco ,Enrico Medioli &Luchino Visconti ; Story: Badalucco Easy Rider Peter Fonda ,Dennis Hopper &Terry Southern The Wild Bunch Screenplay:Walon Green &Sam Peckinpah ; Story: Green &Roy N. Sickner
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RetrievedApril 3, 2020 .^ Wilde, a director and screenwriter, won each time with co-writers a decade apart ^ Director Francis Ford Coppola won his first Oscar for this award alongside co-writerEdmund H. North ^ Allen won forAnnie Hall along withMarshall Brickman and by himself forHannah and Her Sisters andMidnight in Paris ^ The Coppolas are the only father-daughter pair to have won this category
1940–1975 Preston Sturges (1940)Herman J. Mankiewicz andOrson Welles (1941)Michael Kanin andRing Lardner Jr. (1942)Norman Krasna (1943)Lamar Trotti (1944)Richard Schweizer (1945)Muriel Box andSydney Box (1946)Sidney Sheldon (1947)No award (1948) Robert Pirosh (1949)Charles Brackett ,D. M. Marshman Jr. , andBilly Wilder (1950)Alan Jay Lerner (1951)T. E. B. Clarke (1952)Charles Brackett ,Richard L. Breen , andWalter Reisch (1953)Budd Schulberg (1954)Sonya Levien andWilliam Ludwig (1955)Albert Lamorisse (1956)George Wells (1957)Nathan E. Douglas andHarold Jacob Smith (1958)Clarence Greene ,Maurice Richlin ,Russell Rouse , andStanley Shapiro (1959)I. A. L. Diamond andBilly Wilder (1960)William Inge (1961)Ennio De Concini ,Pietro Germi , andAlfredo Giannetti (1962)James Webb (1963)S. H. Barnett ,Peter Stone andFrank Tarloff (1964)Frederic Raphael (1965)Claude Lelouch andPierre Uytterhoeven (1966)William Rose (1967)Mel Brooks (1968)William Goldman (1969)Francis Ford Coppola andEdmund H. North (1970)Paddy Chayefsky (1971)Jeremy Larner (1972)David S. Ward (1973)Robert Towne (1974)Frank Pierson (1975)1976–2000 2001–present