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Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay
Awarded forBest Achievement in Screenwriting
Country United States
Presented by Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
First awarded Michael Blake
Dances with Wolves (1990)
Currently held by David Hemingson
The Holdovers (2023)
Website dfwcritics.com

The Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay is an award presented by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. It is given in honor of a screenwriter who has delivered an outstanding screenplay while working in the film industry.

Winners

1990s

Year Winner(s) Film Source
1990 Michael Blake Dances with Wolves novel by Michael Blake
1991 Callie Khouri Thelma & Louise
1992 David Webb Peoples Unforgiven
1993 Steven Zaillian Schindler's List novel by Thomas Keneally
1994 Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary Pulp Fiction
1995 Christopher McQuarrie The Usual Suspects
1996 Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Fargo
1997 Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson L.A. Confidential novel by James Ellroy
1998 Andrew Niccol The Truman Show
1999 Alan Ball American Beauty

2000s

Year Winner(s) Film Source
2000 Cameron Crowe Almost Famous
2001 Akiva Goldsman A Beautiful Mind book by Sylvia Nasar
2002 Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman Adaptation book by Susan Orlean
2003 Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King book by J. R. R. Tolkien
2004 Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways novel by Rex Pickett
2005 Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Brokeback Mountain short story by Annie Proulx
2006 Michael Arndt Little Miss Sunshine
2007 Diablo Cody Juno
2008 Dustin Lance Black Milk
2009 Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air novel by Walter Kirn

2010s

Year Winner(s) Film Source
2010 Aaron Sorkin [1] The Social Network novel by Ben Mezrich
2011 Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash [2] The Descendants novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings
2012 Mark Boal [3] Zero Dark Thirty
2013 John Ridley [4] 12 Years a Slave memoir by Solomon Northup
2014 Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bó [5] Birdman
2015 Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer [6] Spotlight
2016 Kenneth Lonergan [7] Manchester by the Sea
2017 Greta Gerwig [8] Lady Bird
2018 Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara [9] The Favourite
2019 Noah Baumbach [10] Marriage Story

2020s

Year Winner Film Source
2020 Emerald Fennell [11] Promising Young Woman [12]
2021 Jane Campion [13] The Power of the Dog [14] novel by Thomas Savage
2022 Martin McDonagh [15] The Banshees of Inisherin [16] [17] [18]
2023 David Hemingson [19] The Holdovers

References

  1. ^ "DFW Film Critics Name "The Social Network" as Best Film of 2010". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 17, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  2. ^ "DFW Film Critics Name "The Descendants" as Best Film of 2011". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 16, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
  3. ^ "DFW Film Critics Name "Lincoln" as Best Film of 2012". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 18, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
  4. ^ "2013". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
  5. ^ Whale, Chase (December 15, 2014). "DFWFCA names "Birdman" as top film of 2014". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  6. ^ Whale, Chase (December 14, 2015). "Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Name "Spotlight" Best Picture of 2015". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  7. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 13, 2016). "DFW Film Critics Name 'Moonlight' Best Film of 2016". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
  8. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 13, 2017). "DFW Film Critics Name 'The Shape of Water' Best Picture of 2017". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
  9. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 17, 2018). "DFW Film Critics Name "A Star Is Born" Best Picture of 2018". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  10. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 16, 2019). "DFW Film Critics Pick "1917" as Best Film of 2019". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  11. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (February 10, 2021). "DFW Film Critics Name "Nomadland" Best Picture of 2020". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  12. ^ Lin, Kristian (February 10, 2021). "DFWFCA Taps Nomadland as 2020's Best Film". Fort Worth Weekly. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
  13. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 20, 2021). "DFW Film Critics Name "Power of the Dog" Best Film of 2021". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  14. ^ Lin, Kristian (December 20, 2021). "DFW Film Critics Call on The Power of the Dog". Fort Worth Weekly. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  15. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 19, 2022). "DFW Film Critics Name "Everything Everywhere All at Once" Best Film of 2022". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  16. ^ Neglia, Matt (December 19, 2022). "The 2022 Dallas Fort-Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  17. ^ Lin, Kristian (December 19, 2022). "DFW Film Critics Choose Everything". Fort Worth Weekly. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  18. ^ Bentley, Alex (December 19, 2022). "Dallas–Fort Worth film critics name Everything Everywhere All at Once best movie of 2022". CultureMap Dallas. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
  19. ^ Jorgenson, Todd (December 18, 2023). "DFW Film Critics Name "The Holdovers" Best Picture of 2023". Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association. Retrieved February 13, 2024.

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