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Oscars – Writing (Original Screenplay) Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
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 .
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.
Jun 1, 2024 · 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.
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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The Best Original Screenplay is one of the most prestigious awards given out by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the annual Oscars ceremony. It recognizes the best achievement in screenwriting for a screenplay that was written directly for the screen and not based on previously published material.