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

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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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Flight → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
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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
Gentleman's Agreement → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Screenplay
Greta Gerwig → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Inception → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
J. C. Chandor → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Jordan Peele → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Kenneth Lonergan → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Kristen Wiig → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Krysty Wilson-Cairns → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
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Peter Morgan → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Platoon → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
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Rocky → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Roma → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
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Ron Shelton → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Bull Durham
Shine → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Silkwood → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
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Spike Lee → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
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Syriana → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
The Accused → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
The Aviator → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
The Fabelmans → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
The Fighter → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
The Fisher King → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
The Grand Budapest Hotel → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
The Great Dictator → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
The Incredibles → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
The Queen → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
The Shape of Water → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
The Truman Show → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Todd Haynes → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Tootsie → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
...And Justice for All → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
subject surface form: Valerie Curtin
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ...And Justice for All
WALL-E → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Warren Beatty → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Gus Van Sant → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination
Paddy Chayefsky → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Chinatown → oscarAward → Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ