Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

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Academy Award film award screenwriting award

The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is a prestigious Oscar presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honor the year’s most outstanding script written directly for the screen.

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Label	Occurrences
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay canonical	527
Best Original Screenplay	10
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination	9
Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen	7
Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay	7
Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay	6
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	4
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ...And Justice for All	3
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay	3
Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen	2
Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay	2
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (Crash)	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (Mark Boal)	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (for "The Great Ziegfeld")	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (for The Accused)	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (nominated)	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (original story category variants before consolidation)	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Network"	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "The Hospital"	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Belfast	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Bonnie and Clyde	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Bridesmaids	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Bull Durham	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Coming Home	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Finding Neverland	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for First Reformed	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Foreign Correspondent	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Foxcatcher	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Ghost	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Maestro (2023 film)	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Lost Weekend	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Usual Suspects (as producer of winning film)	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Woman of the Year	1
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine	1
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	1
Academy Award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay for A Letter to Three Wives	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay – It’s a Wonderful Life	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay – The Thin Man	1
Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay: Father Goose	1
Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Finding Nemo	1
Oscar for Best Original Screenplay	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Academy Award ⓘ film award ⓘ screenwriting award ⓘ
administeredBy	Academy Board of Governors ⓘ surface form: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors
alsoKnownAs	Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ surface form: Oscar for Best Original Screenplay
awardedForWorkType	feature-length motion picture ⓘ
awardFor	best original film screenplay ⓘ
ceremonyOrganizedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criterion	screenplay not based on previously published material ⓘ
distinctFrom	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing (Adaptation)
excludes	documentary screenplays ⓘ television screenplays ⓘ
field	screenwriting ⓘ
firstAwarded	1940 ⓘ
formerName	Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (original story category variants before consolidation)
frequency	annual ⓘ
genreFocus	narrative feature films ⓘ
hasCategory	original screenplay ⓘ
hasNotableWinner	Annie Hall ⓘ Chinatown ⓘ Everything Everywhere All at Once ⓘ Fargo ⓘ Her ⓘ Parasite ⓘ Pulp Fiction ⓘ
hasTrophy	Oscar ⓘ surface form: Oscar statuette
inception	1940 ⓘ
industry	film industry ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	English ⓘ
notableMultipleWinner	Billy Wilder ⓘ Ethan Coen ⓘ Joel Coen ⓘ Paddy Chayefsky ⓘ Quentin Tarantino ⓘ Woody Allen ⓘ
notableRecordHolder	Woody Allen ⓘ surface form: Woody Allen holds record for most nominations in this category
partOf	Academy Award ⓘ surface form: Academy Awards
presentedAtEvent	Academy Awards ceremony ⓘ
presentedBy	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
relatedAward	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay ⓘ
selectionProcess	final winners voted on by all active and life Academy members ⓘ voted on by members of the Writers Branch of the Academy for nominations ⓘ
significance	one of the major Academy Award writing categories ⓘ
typicalEligibilityPeriod	previous calendar year of film release in Los Angeles County ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Screenplay

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences → awardsPresented → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Matt Damon → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Christopher Nolan → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Kenneth Branagh → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination

Kenneth Branagh → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Belfast

Citizen Kane → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

film "Bull Durham" → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

subject surface form: Bull Durham

film "Bull Durham" → screenplayAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

subject surface form: Bull Durham

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

Rocky → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

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Shakespeare in Love → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Pan’s Labyrinth → awardNominated → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Splash → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → alsoKnownAs → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Original Screenplay

Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → formerName → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (original story category variants before consolidation)

American Graffiti → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → relatedTo → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Billy Wilder → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Lawrence Kasdan → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination

Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story → separateFrom → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story → distinctFrom → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story → relatedCategory → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Warren Beatty → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

The Accused → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Django Unchained → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Joseph L. Mankiewicz → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay

Joseph L. Mankiewicz → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay for A Letter to Three Wives

Inception → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Julius J. Epstein → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay

Francis Ford Coppola → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Quentin Tarantino → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Frances Goodrich → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay – It’s a Wonderful Life

Frances Goodrich → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay – The Thin Man

The Great Dictator → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Spike Lee → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Sleepless in Seattle → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Dustin Lance Black → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Back to the Future → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Flight → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Four Weddings and a Funeral → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay → hasRelatedAward → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Chariots of Fire → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

The Shape of Water → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Syriana → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Ben Affleck → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Orson Welles → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ