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Sean Connery. Supporting Actor winner for The Untouchables. Olympia Dukakis. Supporting Actress winner for Moonstruck. Ryuichi Sakamoto, David Byrne and Cong Su. Original Score winners for The Last Emperor. View More Memorable Moments.
It honors outstanding achievement by screenwriters for an original screenplay (not one adapted from another work, such as a play or novel) from a given year, as determined by the academy’s voting members. At the inaugural Academy Awards ceremony, in 1929, the award recognized the work in films released from August 1, 1927, to August 1, 1928.
Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen—based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced)
Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Ronald Judkins, winner for Saving Private Ryan, with presenter Anjelica Huston. Steven Spielberg. Directing for Saving Private Ryan. Shakespeare in Love. Best Picture winners David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick and Marc Norman. View More Memorable Moments.
Splash. Screenplay by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman; Screen Story by Bruce Jay Friedman; Based on a story by Brian Grazer. The 57th Academy Awards | 1985.
Best Actor winner for Tender Mercies, with presenter Dolly Parton. Horton Foote. Original Screenplay winner, with presenters Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek. James L. Brooks, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson. Terms of Endearment winners for Directing/Best Picture/Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress, and Supporting Actor. View More Memorable Moments.
Academy Awards, USA 1981 Nominee Oscar Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Christopher Gore 1981 Nominee Oscar Best Sound Michael J. Kohut Aaron Rochin Jay M. Harding Christopher Newman 1981 Nominee Oscar Best Film Editing Gerry Hambling 1981 Winner Oscar Best Music, Original Song Michael Gore (music) Dean Pitchford (lyrics ...
