Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
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| Writers Guild of America Award for Original Screenplay | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Writing for a Film Written Directly for the Screen |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Writers Guild of America |
| First awarded | 1970 |
| Currently held by | Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman (2020) |
| Website | http://www.wga.org/ |
The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay is one of the three film writing awards given by the Writers Guild of America.
Winners and nominees[edit]
Notes[edit]
- "†" indicates a film that won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
- "±±±" indicates a place on the 101 Greatest Screenplays list[1]
1960s[edit]
| Year | Film | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 (22nd) [2] |
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen | |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid † | William Goldman±±± | |
| Alice's Restaurant | Venable Herndon, and Arthur Penn | |
| Downhill Racer | James Salter | |
| Easy Rider | Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern | |
| Me, Natalie | A. Martin Zwelback | |
| Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen | ||
| Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice | Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker | |
| If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | David Shaw | |
| Popi | Tina Pine, and Lester Pine | |
| Support Your Local Sheriff | William Bowers | |
| Take the Money and Run | Woody Allen, and Mickey Rose | |
1970s[edit]
1980s[edit]
1990s[edit]
2000s[edit]
2010s[edit]
2020s[edit]
| Year | Film | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 (73rd) [55] |
Promising Young Woman † | Emerald Fennell |
| Judas and the Black Messiah | Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas | |
| Palm Springs | Andy Siara & Max Barbakow | |
| Sound of Metal | Darius Marder & Abraham Marder & Derek Cianfrance | |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Aaron Sorkin | |
| 2021 (74th) [56] |
Don't Look Up | Adam McKay & David Sirota |
| Being the Ricardos | Aaron Sorkin | |
| The French Dispatch | Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola & Hugo Guinness & Jason Schwartzman | |
| King Richard | Zach Baylin | |
| Licorice Pizza | Paul Thomas Anderson |
Writers with multiple awards[edit]
- 5 Awards
- 2 Awards
Writers with multiple nominations[edit]
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See also[edit]
- BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
- Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay
References[edit]
- ^ 101 Greatest Screenplays
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