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- Mankiewicz is best known for writing the screenplay for the 1941 film Citizen Kane. The work was nominated for nine Academy Awards, with Mankiewicz winning one for best writing, original screenplay (which he shared with Orson Welles).
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Writing (Original Screenplay) - Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison Cinematography (Black-and-White) - Foreign Correspondent Special Effects - Photographic Effects by Paul Eagler; Sound Effects by Thomas T. Moulton
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 Original Screenplay is the Award 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. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the screenplay.
Starting with the 13th ceremony (1940), original writing received two awards, one for best original story and one for best original screenplay, with the exception of the 21st ceremony (1948), wherein only one award was given, for best screenplay.
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