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Apr 14, 2017 · On this day in 1969 Mel Brooks took home the Oscar for Writing (Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) for The Producers at the 41st Academy Awards. In true Mel Brooks fashion,...
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 (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Story by Robert Kaufman; Screenplay by Norman Lear
Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Ira Wallach, Peter Ustinov
Writing (Story and Screenplay--written directly for the screen) - Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbri, Indro Montanelli
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.
in 1957, the modern division of the award into "original" and "adapted" screenplays was finally implemented - with only two renamed categories: Best Screenplay - Based on Material From Another Medium (Adapted Screenplay) and Best Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen (Original Screenplay); the category of Best Motion Picture ...