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The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story .
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Screenplay by Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet; Dialogue by Guillaume Laurant
Mar 24, 2002 · The 74th Annual Academy Awards were hosted by Whoopi Goldberg on Sunday, March 24th, 2002. This was the first ceremony to be presented at the Oscar’s new home at the Kodak Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center. Live from the backstage pressroom, here’s our commentary on Hollywood’s big night:
Currently, there are two basic categories of writing awards: Writing, Adapted Screenplay: awarded to the writer of a screenplay adapted from another source (novel or play usually) Writing, Original Screenplay: awarded to the writer of a script not based on previously published material
Apr 3, 2021 · One of the most prestigious honors a screenwriter can be given is the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Over the years, we’ve seen sweeping stories of romanticism like the original Titanic, as well as stories of war like The Hurt Locker, win the award.
These are all the movies that won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay (aka Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen). The writers that won the Oscar are listed in the description.
Starting with the 13th ceremony (1940), original writing received two awards, one for best original story and one for best original screenplay, with the exception of the 21st ceremony (1948), wherein only one award was given, for best screenplay.
