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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