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Written by Adam McKay. Official site of the Academy with history and general information on the Academy Awards, as well as photographs, events and screenings, and press releases.
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 .
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.
Mar 25, 2022 · From 'Crash' to 'Get Out,' this is a ranked list of the Academy Award-winning Best Original Screenplays of the 21st Century.
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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.