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Ward</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:David_S_Ward.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/David_S_Ward.jpg/220px-David_S_Ward.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="258" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/David_S_Ward.jpg/330px-David_S_Ward.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/David_S_Ward.jpg/440px-David_S_Ward.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1852" data-file-height="2168" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Ward in 2014</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">David Schad Ward</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1945-10-25</span>) </span>October 25, 1945<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 79)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">David Ward</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pomona_College" title="Pomona College">Pomona College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USC_School_of_Cinematic_Arts" title="USC School of Cinematic Arts">USC School of Cinematic Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UCLA_School_of_Theater,_Film_and_Television" title="UCLA School of Theater, Film and 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li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <ul><li>Screenwriter</li> <li>film director</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1973–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style 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<p><b>David Schad Ward</b> (born October 25, 1945) is an American screenwriter and film director.<sup id="cite_ref-filmreference_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-filmreference-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was nominated for two <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a> for his screenplays for the films <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sting" title="The Sting">The Sting</a></i> (1973) and <i><a href="/wiki/Sleepless_in_Seattle" title="Sleepless in Seattle">Sleepless in Seattle</a></i> (1993), winning for the former. He was also nominated for a <a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="British Academy Film Awards">British Academy Film Award</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Awards" title="Golden Globe Awards">Golden Globe Award</a>, and two <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards" title="Writers Guild of America Awards">Writers Guild of America Awards</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_early_career">Life and early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_S._Ward&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ward was born in <a href="/wiki/Providence,_Rhode_Island" title="Providence, Rhode Island">Providence, Rhode Island</a>, the son of Miriam (née Schad) and Robert McCollum Ward.<sup id="cite_ref-filmreference_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-filmreference-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ward has degrees from <a href="/wiki/Pomona_College" title="Pomona College">Pomona College</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>), <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/UCLA_Film_School" class="mw-redirect" title="UCLA Film School">UCLA Film School</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Fine_Arts" title="Master of Fine Arts">MFA</a>). </p><p>He was employed at an educational film production company when he sold his screenplay for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sting" title="The Sting">The Sting</a></i> (1973), which led to an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Oscar</a> win for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay">Best Original Screenplay</a>. After this initial success, his follow-up projects were less critically and commercially well received, including Ward's first directorial effort, <i><a href="/wiki/Cannery_Row_(film)" title="Cannery Row (film)">Cannery Row</a></i> (1982), and a sequel <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sting_II" title="The Sting II">The Sting II</a></i> (1983).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ward's efforts to sell a script based on the frontier days of California were undone by an industry-wide "ban" on Westerns after the spectacular failure of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cimino" title="Michael Cimino">Michael Cimino</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(film)" title="Heaven's Gate (film)">Heaven's Gate</a></i> (1980). He then wrote the comedy <a href="/wiki/Saving_Grace_(1986_film)" title="Saving Grace (1986 film)"><i>Saving Grace</i></a> (1986) under a pseudonym. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Comeback_and_Major_League">Comeback and <i>Major League</i></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_S._Ward&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Comeback and Major League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Sting</i> star <a href="/wiki/Robert_Redford" title="Robert Redford">Robert Redford</a> hired Ward in 1986 to work on the Redford-directed <i><a href="/wiki/The_Milagro_Beanfield_War" title="The Milagro Beanfield War">The Milagro Beanfield War</a>.</i> The response to this project enabled Ward to convince <a href="/wiki/Morgan_Creek_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="Morgan Creek Productions">Morgan Creek Productions</a> and Mirage Productions to bankroll <i><a href="/wiki/Major_League_(film)" title="Major League (film)">Major League</a></i> (1989), a baseball comedy that he'd been pitching to producers since 1982. <i>Major League</i> was a labor of love for Ward, who had lived in the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland</a> suburb of <a href="/wiki/South_Euclid" class="mw-redirect" title="South Euclid">South Euclid</a> as a child and who had rooted for the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Indians'</a> teams of the 1950s, including the 1954 <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> Champions. "I figured the only way they were ever going to win anything in my lifetime was to do a movie and they'd win", says Ward. Within 10 years of the film's release, the Indians would appear in the World Series twice, then again in 2016. In a lawsuit by a judgment creditor, Ward was forced to turn over his prized possession, a baseball bat signed by the cast of <i>Major League</i>. The Court refused to allow the judgment creditor to seize and sell his Oscar, because the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences had a right of first refusal. <sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Major League</i> and Ward's subsequent efforts as a writer and director, <i><a href="/wiki/King_Ralph" title="King Ralph">King Ralph</a></i> (1991) and <i><a href="/wiki/Major_League_II" title="Major League II">Major League II</a></i> (1994), were about underdogs who triumphed over the gadflies and nay-sayers of the world. He later scored a box-office coup with a screenplay co-written with <a href="/wiki/Nora_Ephron" title="Nora Ephron">Nora Ephron</a>: 1993's <i><a href="/wiki/Sleepless_in_Seattle" title="Sleepless in Seattle">Sleepless in Seattle</a>.</i> He directed the sequel <i><a href="/wiki/Major_League_II" title="Major League II">Major League II</a></i>, then the naval comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Down_Periscope" title="Down Periscope">Down Periscope</a></i> (1996) starring <a href="/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer" title="Kelsey Grammer">Kelsey Grammer</a>. He also did uncredited rewrites on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mask_of_Zorro" title="The Mask of Zorro">The Mask of Zorro</a></i> (1998)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i><a href="/wiki/Sahara_(2005_film)" title="Sahara (2005 film)">Sahara</a></i> (2005).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2006, Ward was credited on another film, <i><a href="/wiki/Flyboys_(film)" title="Flyboys (film)">Flyboys</a></i>, a World War I drama starring <a href="/wiki/James_Franco" title="James Franco">James Franco</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Tony_Bill" title="Tony Bill">Tony Bill</a> (who was a producer on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sting" title="The Sting">The Sting</a></i>). In 2010, it was announced that there would be a <i>Major League 4</i>, starring many of the same cast as the previous films. The script for the film was reportedly finished, as of late 2012, and moving towards pre-production. No further news has surfaced, meaning the project is likely stuck in <a href="/wiki/Development_hell" title="Development hell">development hell</a>. </p><p>Ward has produced the Canadian-American thriller film <i>Bloodwork</i>, and co-wrote another period drama, <i>I'll Find You</i> (previously known as <i>Music, War and Love</i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teaching">Teaching</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_S._Ward&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Teaching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ward is a professor at <a href="/wiki/Chapman_University" title="Chapman University">Chapman University</a>, in southern California, where he teaches screenwriting and directing, and acts as a Filmmaker in Residence for the campus. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_S._Ward&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Feature_films">Feature films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_S._Ward&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Feature films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Director </th> <th>Writer </th> <th>Producer </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1973 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Steelyard_Blues" title="Steelyard Blues">Steelyard Blues</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sting" title="The Sting">The Sting</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cannery_Row_(film)" title="Cannery Row (film)">Cannery Row</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1983 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sting_II" title="The Sting II">The Sting II</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1986 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Saving_Grace_(1986_film)" title="Saving Grace (1986 film)">Saving Grace</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Milagro_Beanfield_War" title="The Milagro Beanfield War">The Milagro Beanfield War</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1989 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Major_League_(film)" title="Major League (film)">Major League</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/King_Ralph" title="King Ralph">King Ralph</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1993 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sleepless_in_Seattle" title="Sleepless in Seattle">Sleepless in Seattle</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Program_(1993_film)" title="The Program (1993 film)">The Program</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>1994 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Major_League_II" title="Major League II">Major League II</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Down_Periscope" title="Down Periscope">Down Periscope</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Flyboys_(film)" title="Flyboys (film)">Flyboys</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>2012 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Bloodwork_(film)" title="Bloodwork (film)">Bloodwork</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Find_You_(film)" title="I'll Find You (film)">I'll Find You</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Short_films">Short films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_S._Ward&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Short films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Writer </th> <th>Advisor </th> <th>Creative<br />consultant </th></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i>Coke Accord</i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>2007 </td> <td><i>Lucifer</i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><i>Latter-Day Fake</i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td><i>Fiasco</i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_S._Ward&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Ward Biography"</a>. <i>Film Reference</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 19,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Film+Reference&rft.atitle=David+S.+Ward+Biography&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmreference.com%2Ffilm%2F91%2FDavid-S-Ward.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADavid+S.+Ward" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGreco,_Mike1982" class="citation news cs1">Greco, Mike (February 21, 1982). 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Mankiewicz">Herman J. Mankiewicz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kanin" title="Michael Kanin">Michael Kanin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ring_Lardner_Jr." title="Ring Lardner Jr.">Ring Lardner Jr.</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Krasna" title="Norman Krasna">Norman Krasna</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Trotti" title="Lamar Trotti">Lamar Trotti</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Schweizer" title="Richard Schweizer">Richard Schweizer</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muriel_Box" title="Muriel Box">Muriel Box</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Box" title="Sydney Box">Sydney Box</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Sheldon" title="Sidney Sheldon">Sidney Sheldon</a> (1947)</li> <li>No award (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Pirosh" title="Robert Pirosh">Robert Pirosh</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Brackett" title="Charles Brackett">Charles Brackett</a>, <a href="/wiki/D._M._Marshman_Jr." title="D. M. Marshman Jr.">D. M. Marshman Jr.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jay_Lerner" title="Alan Jay Lerner">Alan Jay Lerner</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._E._B._Clarke" title="T. E. B. Clarke">T. E. B. Clarke</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Brackett" title="Charles Brackett">Charles Brackett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Breen" title="Richard L. Breen">Richard L. Breen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Reisch" title="Walter Reisch">Walter Reisch</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budd_Schulberg" title="Budd Schulberg">Budd Schulberg</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonya_Levien" title="Sonya Levien">Sonya Levien</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Ludwig_(screenwriter)" title="William Ludwig (screenwriter)">William Ludwig</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Lamorisse" title="Albert Lamorisse">Albert Lamorisse</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wells_(screenwriter)" title="George Wells (screenwriter)">George Wells</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedrick_Young" title="Nedrick Young">Nathan E. Douglas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harold_Jacob_Smith" title="Harold Jacob Smith">Harold Jacob Smith</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Greene" title="Clarence Greene">Clarence Greene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Richlin" title="Maurice Richlin">Maurice Richlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russell_Rouse" title="Russell Rouse">Russell Rouse</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Shapiro" title="Stanley Shapiro">Stanley Shapiro</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I. A. L. Diamond</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Inge" title="William Inge">William Inge</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ennio_de_Concini" title="Ennio de Concini">Ennio de Concini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pietro_Germi" title="Pietro Germi">Pietro Germi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Giannetti" title="Alfredo Giannetti">Alfredo Giannetti</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_R._Webb" title="James R. 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Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waldo_Salt" title="Waldo Salt">Waldo Salt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Dowd" title="Nancy Dowd">Nancy Dowd</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Tesich" title="Steve Tesich">Steve Tesich</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Goldman" title="Bo Goldman">Bo Goldman</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Welland" title="Colin Welland">Colin Welland</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Briley" title="John Briley">John Briley</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horton_Foote" title="Horton Foote">Horton Foote</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Benton" title="Robert Benton">Robert Benton</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Kelley_(screenwriter)" title="William Kelley (screenwriter)">William Kelley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Wallace" title="Pamela Wallace">Pamela Wallace</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Earl_W._Wallace" title="Earl W. Wallace">Earl W. Wallace</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Patrick_Shanley" title="John Patrick Shanley">John Patrick Shanley</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Bass" title="Ronald Bass">Ronald Bass</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barry_Morrow" title="Barry Morrow">Barry Morrow</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Schulman" title="Tom Schulman">Tom Schulman</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Joel_Rubin" title="Bruce Joel Rubin">Bruce Joel Rubin</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Callie_Khouri" title="Callie Khouri">Callie Khouri</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Jordan" title="Neil Jordan">Neil Jordan</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_Campion" title="Jane Campion">Jane Campion</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Avary" title="Roger Avary">Roger Avary</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_McQuarrie" title="Christopher McQuarrie">Christopher McQuarrie</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen and Ethan Coen</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Affleck" title="Ben Affleck">Ben Affleck</a> and <a href="/wiki/Matt_Damon" title="Matt Damon">Matt Damon</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_Norman" title="Marc Norman">Marc Norman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Stoppard" title="Tom Stoppard">Tom Stoppard</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Ball_(screenwriter)" title="Alan Ball (screenwriter)">Alan Ball</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Crowe" title="Cameron Crowe">Cameron Crowe</a> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Julian_Fellowes" title="Julian Fellowes">Julian Fellowes</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Almod%C3%B3var" title="Pedro Almodóvar">Pedro Almodóvar</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sofia_Coppola" title="Sofia Coppola">Sofia Coppola</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Bismuth" title="Pierre Bismuth">Pierre Bismuth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michel_Gondry" title="Michel Gondry">Michel Gondry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Kaufman" title="Charlie Kaufman">Charlie Kaufman</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Haggis" title="Paul Haggis">Paul Haggis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Moresco" title="Robert Moresco">Bobby Moresco</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Arndt" title="Michael Arndt">Michael Arndt</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diablo_Cody" title="Diablo Cody">Diablo Cody</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Lance_Black" title="Dustin Lance Black">Dustin Lance Black</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Boal" title="Mark Boal">Mark Boal</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Seidler" title="David Seidler">David Seidler</a> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spike_Jonze" title="Spike Jonze">Spike Jonze</a> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Gonz%C3%A1lez_I%C3%B1%C3%A1rritu" title="Alejandro González Iñárritu">Alejandro G. 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