Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay

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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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Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay canonical 527
Best Original Screenplay 10
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination 9

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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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Peter Farrelly awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Frances (1982 film) nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Martin McDonagh awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Martin McDonagh nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Nancy Dowd awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Jeremy Larner awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Elizabeth nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
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Yorgos Lanthimos nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Harold Jacob Smith awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Gorillas in the Mist awardNomination Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Designing Woman awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Peter Stone awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay
Peter Stone wonForWork Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay: Father Goose
The Usual Suspects awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Walter Reisch awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Walter Reisch nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Han Jin-won awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
A Serious Man awardNomination Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
film "Inception" nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
subject surface form: Inception
David H. Franzoni nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Murray Schisgal nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
screenplay "Network" award Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
subject surface form: Network (screenplay)
screenplay "The Hospital" awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
subject surface form: The Hospital
Houseboat nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Charles Crichton nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Stanley Shapiro nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen
Day for Night nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Armando Bo awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Josh Astrachan awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
subject surface form: Gosford Park
Susannah Grant nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
A Touch of Class nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Little Miss Sunshine awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Melvin Frank nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
And Justice for All nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
subject surface form: ...And Justice for All
The Red Balloon awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Albert Lamorisse awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Frank Butler awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Frank Butler nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Being John Malkovich nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Lisa Cholodenko nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Tony McNamara nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Flight (2012 film) nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
film "Brazil" nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
subject surface form: Brazil (film)
The Producers (1967 film) awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Stephen J. Rivele nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Lone Star nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Lars and the Real Girl nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Green Card nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay