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   What is the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay?

   • 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.

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   When was the Oscar for Best Story created?

   • 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. See also the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, a similar award for screenplays that are adaptations of pre-existing material.

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   What is an Academy Award?

   • Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar. Learn more about the award, its categories, and history.

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   Who was the first woman to win a Best Adapted Screenplay?

   • 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.

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   3 days ago · 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. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the ...

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   Jul 3, 2024 · The Best-Ever Oscar Winners for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) Every year the Academy evaluates a year's worth of brilliant original screenplays and picks what they believe to be the best of the best, nominating these for the most prestigious writing awards in cinema: the Oscars.

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   5 days ago · This list of screenwriting awards for film is an index to articles on notable awards given for film screenwriting. The list is organized by region and country of the awards venue or sponsor, but winners are not necessarily restricted to people from that country.

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   5 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar.

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   3 days ago · List of Academy Award records. Walt Disney, the record-holder for most Academy Awards won (22 Oscars) This list of Academy Award records is current as of the 96th Academy Awards, with the ceremony taking place on March 10, 2024.

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   Jul 2, 2024 · Awarded Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay written directly for the screen for Moonstruck (1987) and Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Drama Desk Award, and Tony Award for Best Play for Doubt (2005).

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    Jul 2, 2024 · Robert Towne, the screenwriting icon who won an Academy Award for his original script for “Chinatown,” died Monday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 89. His publicist Carri McClure announced...