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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.
Winners and nominees
1960s
1970s
Year
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Film
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Writer(s)
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1970
(23rd)
[2]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
Patton
|
Francis Ford Coppola and
Edmund H. North
|
Five Easy Pieces
|
Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce)
|
Love Story
|
Erich Segal
|
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
|
The Out-of-Towners
|
Neil Simon
|
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
|
Billy Wilder and
I.A.L. Diamond
|
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronk
|
Gabriel Walsh
|
Start the Revolution Without Me
|
Fred Freeman and
Lawrence J. Cohen
|
The Cheyenne Social Club
|
James Lee Barrett
|
1971
(24th)
[3]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
Sunday Bloody Sunday
|
Penelope Gilliatt
|
Klute
|
Andy Lewis and David E. Lewis
|
Summer of '42
|
Hernan Raucher
|
The Hellstrom Chronicle
|
David Seltzer
|
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
|
The Hospital
|
Paddy Chayefsky
|
Bananas
|
Woody Allen and
Mickey Rose
|
Carnal Knowledge
|
Jules Feiffer
|
Made for Each Other
|
Renée Taylor and
Joseph Bologna
|
Taking Off
|
Miloṡ Forman,
Jean-Claude Carrière,
John Guare, and Jon Klein
|
1972
(25th)
[4]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
The Candidate
|
Jeremy Larner
|
Bad Company
|
David Newman and
Robert Benton
|
Images
|
Robert Altman
|
The Culpepper Cattle Co.
|
Eric Bercovici and Gregory Prentiss
|
The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid
|
Philip Kaufman
|
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
|
What’s Up, Doc?
|
Peter Bogdanovich,
Buck Henry,
David Newman, and
Robert Benton
|
Get to Know Your Rabbit
|
Jordan Crittenden
|
Hammersmith Is Out
|
Stanford Whitmore
|
Minnie and Moskowitz
|
John Cassavetes
|
The War Between Men and Women
|
Melville Shavelson and
Danny Arnold
|
1973
(26th)
[5]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
Save the Tiger
|
Steve Shagan
|
Mean Streets
|
Martin Scorsese and
Mardik Martin
|
Payday
|
Don Carpenter
|
The Sting
|
David S. Ward
|
The Way We Were
|
Arthur Laurents
|
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
|
A Touch of Class
|
Melvin Frank and
Jack Rose
|
American Graffiti
|
George Lucas,
Gloria Katz, and
Willard Huyck
|
Blume in Love
|
Paul Mazursky
|
Sleeper
|
Woody Allen and
Marshall Brickman
|
Slither
|
W.D. Richter
|
1974
(27th)
[6]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
Chinatown
|
Robert Towne
|
A Woman Under the Influence
|
John Cassavetes
|
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
|
Robert Getchell
|
Harry and Tonto
|
Paul Mazursky and
Josh Greenfeld
|
The Conversation
|
Francis Ford Coppola
|
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
|
Blazing Saddles
|
Mel Brooks,
Norman Steinberg,
Andrew Bergman,
Richard Pryor, and
Alan Uger
|
California Split
|
Joseph Walsh
|
Claudine
|
Tina Pine and Lester Pine
|
Phantom of the Paradise
|
Brian de Palma
|
The Sugarland Express
|
Hal Barwood,
Matthew Robbins, and
Steven Spielberg
|
1975
(28th)
[7]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
Dog Day Afternoon
|
Frank Pierson
|
French Connection II
|
Alexander Jacobs, Robert Dillon, and Laurie Dillon
|
Nashville
|
Joan Twekesbury
|
The Wind and the Lion
|
John Milius
|
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
|
Shampoo
|
Robert Towne and
Warren Beatty
|
Heats of the West
|
Rob Thompson
|
Smile
|
Jerry Belson
|
The Return of the Pink Panther
|
Frank Waldman and
Blake Edwards
|
1976
(29th)
[8]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
Network
|
Paddy Chayefsky
|
The Omen
|
David Seltzer
|
Rocky
|
Sylvester Stallone
|
Taxi Driver
|
Paul Schrader
|
The Front
|
Walter Bernstein
|
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
|
The Bad News Bears
|
Bill Lancaster
|
Murder by Death
|
Neil Simon
|
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
|
Paul Mazursky
|
Silent Movie
|
Mel Brooks,
Ron Clark,
Rudy De Luca, and
Barry Levinson
|
Silver Streak
|
Colin Higgins
|
1977
(30th)
[9]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
The Turning Point
|
Arthur Laurents
|
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
|
Steven Spielberg
|
Saturday Night Fever
|
Norman Wexler
|
The Late Show
|
Robert Benton
|
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
|
Annie Hall
|
Woody Allen and
Marshall Brickman
|
Star Wars
|
George Lucas
|
Slap Shot
|
Nancy Dowd
|
The Goodbye Girl
|
Neil Simon
|
1978
(31st)
[10]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
Coming Home
|
Nancy Dowd,
Robert C. Jones, and
Waldo Salt
|
An Unmarried Woman
|
Paul Mazursky
|
Days of Heaven
|
Terrence Malick
|
Interiors
|
Woody Allen
|
The Deer Hunter
|
Deric Washburn,
Michael Cimino,
Louis Garfinkle, and
Quinn K. Redeker
|
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
|
Movie Movie
|
Larry Gelbart and
Sheldon Keller
|
A Wedding
|
John Considine,
Patricia Resnick,
Allan F. Nicholls, and
Robert Altman
|
Animal House
|
Harold Ramis,
Douglas Kenney, and
Chris Miller
|
House Calls
|
Max Shulman,
Julius J. Epstein, Alan Mandel, and
Charles Shyer
|
Once in Paris...
|
Frank D. Gilroy
|
1979
(32nd)
[11]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
The China Syndrome
|
Mike Gray,
T. S. Cook, and
James Bridges
|
Apocalypse Now
|
John Milius and
Francis Ford Coppola
|
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
|
Breaking Away
|
Steve Tesich
|
10
|
Blake Edwards
|
Manhattan
|
Woody Allen and
Marshall Brickman
|
1980s
Year
|
Film
|
Writer(s)
|
1980
(33rd)
[12]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
Melvin and Howard
|
Bo Goldman
|
Fame
|
Christopher Gore
|
My Bodyguard
|
Alan Ornsby
|
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
|
Private Benjamin
|
Nancy Meyers,
Harvey Miller, and
Charles Shyer
|
Nine to Five
|
Colin Higgins and
Patricia Resnick
|
Return of the Secaucus 7
|
John Sayles
|
Stardust Memories
|
Woody Allen
|
1981
(34th)
[13]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
Reds
|
Warren Beatty and
Trevor Griffiths
|
Absence of Malice
|
Kurt Luedtke
|
Atlantic City
|
John Guare
|
Body Heat
|
Lawrence Kasdan
|
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
|
Arthur
|
Steve Gordon
|
Raiders of the Lost Ark
|
Lawrence Kasdan,
George Lucas, and
Philip Kaufman
|
S.O.B.
|
Blake Edwards
|
The Four Seasons
|
Alan Alda
|
1982
(35th)
[14]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
|
Melissa Mathison
|
An Officer and a Gentleman
|
Douglas Day Stewart
|
Shoot the Moon
|
Bo Goldman
|
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
|
Tootsie
|
Don McGuire,
Larry Gelbart, and
Murray Schisgal
|
Diner
|
Barry Levinson
|
My Favorite Year
|
Norman Steinberg and Dennis Palumbo
|
1983
(36th)
[15]
|
Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
|
Tender Mercies
|
Horton Foote
|
Silkwood
|
Nora Ephron and
Alice Arlen
|
WarGames
|
Lawrence Lasker and
Walter F. Parkes
|
Best Comedy Written Directly for the Screen
|
The Big Chill
|
Lawrence Kasdan and
Barbara Benedek
|
Risky Business
|
Paul Brickman
|
Zelig
|
Woody Allen
|
1984 (
37th)
[16]
|
Broadway Danny Rose |
Woody Allen
|
El Norte |
Gregory Nava and
Anna Thomas
|
Places in the Heart |
Robert Benton
|
Romancing the Stone |
Diane Thomas
|
Splash |
Lowell Ganz,
Babaloo Mandel,
Bruce Jay Friedman and
Brian Grazer
|
1985 (
38th)
[17]
|
Witness |
William Kelley and
Earl W. Wallace
|
Back to the Future |
Robert Zemeckis and
Bob Gale
|
Cocoon |
Tom Benedek
|
Mask |
Anna Hamilton Phelan
|
The Purple Rose of Cairo |
Woody Allen
|
1986 (
39th)
[18]
|
Hannah and Her Sisters |
Woody Allen
|
Blue Velvet |
David Lynch
|
Mona Lisa |
Neil Jordan and
David Leland
|
Platoon |
Oliver Stone
|
Salvador |
Richard Boyle and
Oliver Stone
|
1987 (
40th)
[19]
|
Moonstruck |
John Patrick Shanley
|
Broadcast News |
James L. Brooks
|
Hope and Glory |
John Boorman
|
The Last Emperor |
Bernardo Bertolucci and
Mark Peploe
|
Radio Days |
Woody Allen
|
1988 (
41st)
[20]
|
Bull Durham |
Ron Shelton
|
Big |
Gary Ross and
Anne Spielberg
|
A Fish Called Wanda |
John Cleese and
Charles Crichton
|
Rain Man |
Ronald Bass and
Barry Morrow
|
Working Girl |
Kevin Wade
|
1989
(42nd)
[21]
|
Crimes and Misdemeanors |
Woody Allen
|
Dead Poets Society |
Tom Schulman
|
The Fabulous Baker Boys |
Steve Kloves
|
Sex, Lies, and Videotape |
Steven Soderbergh
|
When Harry Met Sally... |
Nora Ephron
|
1990s
2000s
2010s
Year
|
Film
|
Writer(s)
|
2010
(63rd)
[44]
|
Inception |
Christopher Nolan
|
Black Swan |
Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin
|
The Fighter |
Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, and Keith Dorrington
|
The Kids Are All Right |
Lisa Cholodenko and
Stuart Blumberg
|
Please Give |
Nicole Holofcener
|
2011
(64th)
[45]
|
Midnight in Paris |
Woody Allen
|
50/50 |
Will Reiser
|
Bridesmaids |
Annie Mumolo and
Kristen Wiig
|
Win Win |
Tom McCarthy
|
Young Adult |
Diablo Cody
|
2012
(65th)
[46]
|
Zero Dark Thirty |
Mark Boal
|
Flight |
John Gatins
|
Looper |
Rian Johnson
|
The Master |
Paul Thomas Anderson
|
Moonrise Kingdom |
Wes Anderson and
Roman Coppola
|
2013
(66th)
[47]
|
Her |
Spike Jonze
|
American Hustle |
Eric Warren Singer and
David O. Russell
|
Blue Jasmine |
Woody Allen
|
Dallas Buyers Club |
Craig Borten and
Melisa Wallack
|
Nebraska |
Bob Nelson
|
2014
(67th)
[48]
|
The Grand Budapest Hotel |
Wes Anderson and
Hugo Guinness
|
Boyhood |
Richard Linklater
|
Foxcatcher |
E. Max Frye and
Dan Futterman
|
Nightcrawler |
Dan Gilroy
|
Whiplash |
Damien Chazelle
|
2015
(68th)
[49]
|
Spotlight |
Tom McCarthy and
Josh Singer
|
Bridge of Spies |
Matt Charman,
Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen
|
Sicario |
Taylor Sheridan
|
Straight Outta Compton |
Jonathan Herman,
Andrea Berloff,
S. Leigh Savidge, and
Alan Wenkus
|
Trainwreck |
Amy Schumer
|
2016
(69th)
[50]
|
Moonlight |
Barry Jenkins and
Tarell Alvin McCraney
|
Hell or High Water |
Taylor Sheridan
|
La La Land |
Damien Chazelle
|
Loving |
Jeff Nichols
|
Manchester by the Sea |
Kenneth Lonergan
|
2017
(70th)
[51]
|
Get Out |
Jordan Peele
|
The Big Sick |
Emily V. Gordon &
Kumail Nanjiani
|
I, Tonya |
Steven Rogers
|
Lady Bird |
Greta Gerwig
|
The Shape of Water |
Guillermo del Toro &
Vanessa Taylor
|
2018
(71st)
[52]
|
Eighth Grade |
Bo Burnham
|
Green Book |
Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie &
Peter Farrelly
|
A Quiet Place |
Bryan Woods &
Scott Beck and
John Krasinski
|
Roma |
Alfonso Cuarón
|
Vice |
Adam McKay
|
2019
(72nd)
[53]
|
Parasite |
Bong Joon-ho and
Han Jin-won
|
1917 |
Sam Mendes &
Krysty Wilson-Cairns
|
Booksmart |
Emily Halpern &
Sarah Haskins and
Susanna Fogel and
Katie Silberman
|
Knives Out |
Rian Johnson
|
Marriage Story |
Noah Baumbach
|
2020s
Writers with multiple awards
- 5 Awards
- 2 Awards
Writers with multiple nominations
- 20 Nominations
- 5 Nominations
- 4 Nominations
- 3 Nominations
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- 2 Nominations
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See also
References
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