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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 · Chekhov’s Gun — How To Setup and Payoff in Screenwriting. A list of every winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and download the scripts for our Top 20 ranked picks.
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Coraline – Henry Selick Fantastic Mr. Fox – Wes Anderson The Princess and the Frog – John Musker, Ron Clements The Secret of Kells – Tomm Moore Up– Pete Docter
Avatar – James Cameron The Hurt Locker – Kathryn Bigelow Inglourious Basterds – Quentin Tarantino Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Lee Daniels Up in the Air– Jason Reitman
Jeff Bridges – Crazy Heart George Clooney – Up in the Air Colin Firth – A Single Man Morgan Freeman – Invictus Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
Sandra Bullock – The Blind Side Helen Mirren – The Last Station Carey Mulligan – An Education Gabourey Sidibe – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Meryl Streep – Julie & Julia
Matt Damon – Invictus Woody Harrelson – The Messenger Christopher Plummer – The Last Station Stanley Tucci – The Lovely Bones Christoph Waltz – Inglourious Basterds
Penélope Cruz – Nine Vera Farmiga – Up in the Air Maggie Gyllenhaal – Crazy Heart Anna Kendrick – Up in the Air Mo’Nique – Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
District 9 – Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell An Education – Nick Hornby In the Loop – Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire – Geoffrey Fletcher Up in the Air– Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
“Almost There” – The Princess and the Frog – Music, Lyric by Randy Newman “Down In New Orleans” – The Princess and the Frog – Music, Lyric by Randy Newman “Loin De Paname” – Paris 36 – Music by Reinhardt Wagner; Lyric by Frank Thomas “Take It All” – Nine – Music, Lyric by Maury Yeston “The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)” – Crazy Heart– Music, ...
Avatar – Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron District 9 – Julian Clarke The Hurt Locker – Bob Murawski, Chris Innis Inglourious Basterds – Sally Menke Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire– Joe Klotz
Oscars – Writing (Original Screenplay) Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
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.
The 81st Academy Awards | 2009. Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center. Sunday, February 22, 2009. Honoring movies released in 2008. Share Facebook Twitter. Highlights. Host Hugh Jackman. Opening number featuring Anne Hathaway.