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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. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the ...
- Ben Affleck and Matt Damon For Good Will Hunting
- David Seidler For The King's Speech
- Graham Moore For The Imitation Game
- Diablo Cody For Juno
- Dustin Lance Black For Milk
- Geoffrey Fletcher For Precious
- Michael Blake For Dances with Wolves
- S.J. Perlman For Around The World in 80 Days
- John Patrick Shanley For Moonstruck
- Callie Khouri For Thelma & Louise
Current politics and issues aside — we did cut one particular part of their speech out for understandable, obvious, and validated reasons — Affleck and Damon were a symbol of hope and inspiration for up-and-coming actors and screenwriters worldwide. They became the new Sylvester Stallone and Rockystory of overcoming the odds as they too wrote the v...
After his name was called, everyone looked to see a gray-haired man of 73-years-old walk to the podium. He didn't know where the microphone was and presenter Josh Brolin helped him to it with a respectable smile. The bulk of Seidler's speech began with the quip, "My father always said to me, 'I would be a late bloomer.'" The line brought down the h...
The Midwestern Moore grew up in Chicago as the son of two lawyers who divorced and married two other lawyers. He graduated from the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in 1999 and later moved to New York and received a bachelor of arts degree in religious history in 2003 from Columbia University. He created a little sound engineering studio an...
Cody's story is one for the screenwriting ages — much like Ben Affleck's and Matt Damon's. We know it, we love it, and it's inspiring. Diablo Cody is her pen name. Her real name is Brook Busey-Maurio. Her pen name derived from listening to the song "El Diablo" by Arcadia while driving through Cody, Wyoming. She graduated from the University of Iowa...
Black is a gay man that grew up in a Mormon household. His upbringing was that of a scared child fearing the backlash of his sexuality, leading him to be dark, shy, and suicidal at times. He didn't come out until his senior year in college. What does this have to do with an Oscar speech? Keep reading. He attended UCLA and graduated with honors from...
Fletcher boasts an impressive academic career as a Harvard College graduate — where he concentrated in psychology — as well as attaining a Master of Fine Arts degree from NYU's Tisch School. His student film Magic Markers, which he wrote and directed, was shown at festivals and managed to catch the eye of director John Singleton. His film career is...
The late Dances with Wolves author Michael Blake originally wrote the story as a screenplay in the early 1980s. He later worked with Kevin Costner on the 1983 film Stacy’s Knights. Costner was reportedly staying over at Blake’s house when he read the Dances with Wolves script. He and eventual Dances with Wolvesproducer Jim Wilson agreed that despit...
First and foremost, no, the person making this hilarious acceptance speech is not S.J. Perlman. Instead, it's actress Hermione Gingold, known for her eccentric persona, who had appeared in the film. For unknown reasons, Perlman couldn't be there for the award ceremony. In his career, he wrote at least five original plays produced on Broadway from 1...
Shanley worked as an elevator operator, house painter, furniture mover, locksmith, and bartender as he put himself through college after a stateside post in the Marines and graduated from New York University as valedictorian in 1977. He has written more than twenty-three plays, most of which have been translated and performed around the world, incl...
Khouri grew up in Paducah, Kentucky, and then studied landscape architecture at Purdue University until she changed her major to drama. With the acting bug having bitten her, Khouri dropped out and moved to Los Angeles. She waited tables while studying at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. However, she quickly realized that being an actr...
Apr 17, 2018 · 1.9M views 6 years ago #Oscars #JordanPeele #GetOut. Nicole Kidman presents Jordan Peele with the Oscar® for Original Screenplay for "Get Out" at the 90th Oscars® in 2018. ...more.
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Mar 14, 2008 · Ben Affleck and Matt Damon winning an Oscar® for writing "Good Will Hunting" - 70th Annual Academy Awards® in 1997. Presented by Jack Lemmon and Walter Matth...
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In an emotional acceptance speech at the 2018 Oscars, writer-director Jordan Peele said he nearly stopped scripting his debut feature, Get Out, 20 times, because he thought it was an impossible...
Mar 5, 2018 · Mar 4, 2018 7:46pm PT. Jordan Peele Becomes First African-American to Win Best Original Screenplay. By Dave McNary. Rob Latour/REX/Shutterstock. Jordan Peele’s horror film “Get Out” has won the...
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Jan 9, 2013 · 275K views 11 years ago. Mel Brooks wins the Oscar for Writing (Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) for The Producers at the 41st Academy Awards. Presented by Frank Sinatra and...
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