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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 .
- Best Picture
- Directing
- Actor in A Leading Role
- Actress in A Leading Role
- Actor in A Supporting Role
- Actress in A Supporting Role
- Writing
- Music
- Film Editing
- Cinematography
Awakenings – Walter F. Parkes, Lawrence Lasker Dances With Wolves – Jim Wilson, Kevin Costner Ghost – Lisa Weinstein The Godfather, Part III – Francis Ford Coppola Good Fellas– Irwin Winkler
Dances With Wolves – Kevin Costner The Godfather, Part III – Francis Ford Coppola Good Fellas – Martin Scorsese The Grifters – Stephen Frears Reversal of Fortune– Barbet Schroeder
Kevin Costner – Dances With Wolves Robert De Niro – Awakenings Gerard Depardieu – Cyrano de Bergerac Richard Harris – The Field Jeremy Irons – Reversal of Fortune
Kathy Bates – Misery Anjelica Huston – The Grifters Julia Roberts – Pretty Woman Meryl Streep – Postcards from the Edge Joanne Woodward – Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Bruce Davison – Longtime Companion Andy Garcia – The Godfather, Part III Graham Greene – Dances With Wolves Al Pacino – Dick Tracy Joe Pesci – Good Fellas
Annette Bening – The Grifters Lorraine Bracco – Good Fellas Whoopi Goldberg – Ghost Diane Ladd – Wild at Heart Mary McDonnell – Dances With Wolves
Awakenings – Steven Zaillian Dances With Wolves – Michael Blake Good Fellas – Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese The Grifters – Donald E. Westlake Reversal of Fortune– Nicholas Kazan
“Blaze Of Glory” – Young Guns II – Music, Lyric by Jon Bon Jovi “I’m Checkin’ Out” – Postcards from the Edge – Music, Lyric by Shel Silverstein “Promise Me You’ll Remember” – The Godfather, Part III – Music by Carmine Coppola; Lyric by John Bettis “Somewhere In My Memory” – Home Alone – Music by John Williams; Lyric by Leslie Bricusse “Sooner Or La...
Dances With Wolves – Neil Travis Ghost – Walter Murch The Godfather, Part III – Barry Malkin, Lisa Fruchtman, Walter Murch Good Fellas – Thelma Schoonmaker The Hunt for Red October– Dennis Virkler, John Wright
Avalon – Allen Daviau Dances With Wolves – Dean Semler Dick Tracy – Vittorio Storaro The Godfather, Part III – Gordon Willis Henry & June– Philippe Rousselot
18 wins & 23 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1991 Nominee Oscar. Best Picture. Lisa Weinstein. 1991 Winner Oscar. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Whoopi Goldberg. 1991 Winner Oscar. Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. Bruce Joel Rubin. 1991 Nominee Oscar. Best Film Editing. Walter Murch. 1991 Nominee Oscar.
Apr 3, 2021 · A list of every winner of the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and download the scripts for our Top 20 ranked picks.
Woody Allen has won the most Academy Awards for best original screenplay (three). Below is a list of the winning screenwriters and the films for which they won. The years indicate when the eligible films were released. 1920s and 1930s
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Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) - Screenplay by W. D. Richter; Story by W. D. Richter, Arthur Ross