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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 14, 2017 · On this day in 1969 Mel Brooks took home the Oscar for Writing (Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) for The Producers at the 41st Academy Awards. In true Mel Brooks fashion,...
Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Story by Robert Kaufman; Screenplay by Norman Lear
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Woody Allen has the most nominations in this category with 15, and the most awards with 3. He also holds the record as the oldest winner (at age 76 for 2011's Midnight in Paris). Ben Affleck is the youngest winner, at the age of 25 for Good Will Hunting; he co-wrote the screenplay with Matt Damon (age 27 at the time of their award). Muriel Box was ...
1940s 13th Academy Awards(1940) Winner 1. The Great McGinty — Preston Sturges Nominees 1. Angels Over Broadway — Ben Hecht 2. Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet — Norman Burnside, Heinz Herald, John Huston 3. Foreign Correspondent — Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison 4. The Great Dictator — Charlie Chaplin 14th Academy Awards(1941) Winner 1. Citizen Kane — Her...
Apr 3, 2021 · A list of every winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and download the scripts for our Top 20 ranked picks.
The Academy Award for Best Writing is divided into two subcategories: Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
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Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Screenplay by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman; Screen Story by Bruce Jay Friedman; Based on a story by Brian Grazer
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