Writers Guild of America Award for Original Screenplay | |
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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 | Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) |
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.
Woody Allen holds the record for most wins and nominations for the award, with five wins out of twenty nominations.
Year | Film | Writer(s) |
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1969 (22nd) [1] |
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 |