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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Best Original Screenplay	5
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination	4
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay	3
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ...And Justice for All	2
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 Bull Durham	1
Academy Award for Best Screenplay	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay	1
Academy Award for Best Writing, 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 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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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

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

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, 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

Kenneth Lonergan → 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

Lost in Translation → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Manchester by the Sea → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Marc Norman → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Mark Boal → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Marty → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

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

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

Moonstruck → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

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

Paddy Chayefsky → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "The Hospital"

Paddy Chayefsky → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for "Network"

Pedro Almodóvar → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Pulp Fiction → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

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

Ronald Bass → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

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

Splendor in the Grass → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

The Apartment → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

The King’s Speech → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Tom Stoppard → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Wes Anderson → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

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

Woody Allen → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences → awardsPresented → 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 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)

Woman of the Year → hasAward → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

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

...And Justice for All → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

A Fish Called Wanda → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

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

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

Armando Iannucci → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

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

Autumn Sonata → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

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

...And Justice for All → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

subject surface form: Barry Levinson

this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ...And Justice for All

Beverly Hills Cop → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Bonnie and Clyde → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Bridge of Spies → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

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

subject surface form: Bull Durham

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Easy Rider → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Elizabeth → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Elizabeth Stamatina Fey → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Ex Machina → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ

Finding Nemo → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ