Search results
Apr 3, 2021 · Write Your Script for Free. 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.
Two decades later, the mystery was officially solved and the Academy statuette went (on May 2, 1975, presented by then Academy president Walter Mirisch) to its rightful owner, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, blacklisted in 1956 by the industry for political affiliations.
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 .
Memorable Moments. Jack Lemmon, Jo Van Fleet and Ernest Borgnine. Supporting Actor winner for Mister Roberts, Supporting Actress winner for East of Eden, and Best Actor winner for Marty. Helen Keller in Her Story. Helen Keller, posing with the Documentary Feature award. Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Claudette Colbert.
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.
Oscars – Writing (Original Screenplay) Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!
The writers that won the Oscar are listed in the description. The category was first given out in 1940, and it became one of the two screenplay categories now given after the Best Writing, Screenplay category was changed in 1956 to Best Adapted Screenplay.
