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3 days ago · 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.
5 days ago · This list of screenwriting awards for film is an index to articles on notable awards given for film screenwriting. The list is organized by region and country of the awards venue or sponsor, but winners are not necessarily restricted to people from that country.
5 days ago · Academy Award, any of a number of awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize achievement in the film industry. The awards were first presented in 1929, and winners receive a gold-plated statuette commonly called Oscar.
4 days ago · Ephron started her career writing the screenplays for Silkwood (1983), Heartburn (1986), and When Harry Met Sally... (1989), the last of which earned the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was ranked by the Writers Guild of America as the 40th greatest screenplay of all-time.
4 days ago · Born: July 26, 1856, Dublin, Ireland. Died: November 2, 1950, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England (aged 94) Awards And Honors: Academy Award (1939) Nobel Prize (1925) Notable Works: “Androcles and the Lion” “Arms and the Man” “Back to Methuselah” “Caesar and Cleopatra” “Candida” “Captain Brassbound’s Conversion” “Heartbreak House”
2 days ago · Introduction to short films. A broad category of films defined by their short running time in comparison with that of the feature film. For the purposes of the ‘Animated Short Film’ and ‘Live Action Short Film’ categories in the Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as forty minutes or less.
4 days ago · Based on the award-winning 2013 graphic memoir "Calling Dr. Laura," this six-episode podcast will take us through Georges’ investigation, the stories she was told, and the rollercoaster of...
