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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Frank-Pierson-in-Persepolis.jpg/220px-Frank-Pierson-in-Persepolis.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Frank-Pierson-in-Persepolis.jpg/330px-Frank-Pierson-in-Persepolis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Frank-Pierson-in-Persepolis.jpg/440px-Frank-Pierson-in-Persepolis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="800" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Frank Pierson in 2009</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1925-05-12</span>)</span>May 12, 1925<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Chappaqua,_New_York" title="Chappaqua, New York">Chappaqua, New York</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">July 22, 2012<span style="display:none">(2012-07-22)</span> (aged 87)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Westwood_Village_Memorial_Park_Cemetery" class="mw-redirect" title="Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery">Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> from Harvard College</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harvard_College" title="Harvard College">Harvard College</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Director, screenwriter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1944–2012</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Helene Pierson<br />(? – 2012; his death)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay">Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Frank Romer Pierson</b><sup id="cite_ref-filmr_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-filmr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (May 12, 1925 – July 22, 2012) was an American <a href="/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">screenwriter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">film director</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-throbit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-throbit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nytobit_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nytobit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Pierson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pierson was born in <a href="/wiki/Chappaqua,_New_York" title="Chappaqua, New York">Chappaqua, New York</a>, the son of Louise (née Randall), a writer, and Harold C. Pierson.<sup id="cite_ref-filmr_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-filmr-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Pierson's family was the subject of his mother's 1943 autobiography <i>Roughly Speaking</i> and a 1945 <a href="/wiki/Roughly_Speaking_(film)" title="Roughly Speaking (film)">movie</a> of the same name, starring <a href="/wiki/Rosalind_Russell" title="Rosalind Russell">Rosalind Russell</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Carson" title="Jack Carson">Jack Carson</a> as his parents. </p><p>Pierson served in the Army during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, then graduated from <a href="/wiki/Harvard" class="mw-redirect" title="Harvard">Harvard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-guardian_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He worked as a correspondent for <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Life_(magazine)" title="Life (magazine)">Life</a></i> magazines before selling his first script to <a href="/wiki/Alcoa-Goodyear_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Alcoa-Goodyear Theater">Alcoa-Goodyear Theater</a>. He got his break in Hollywood in 1958 as script editor for <i><a href="/wiki/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel" title="Have Gun – Will Travel">Have Gun – Will Travel</a></i> and moved on to write for the television series <i><a href="/wiki/Naked_City_(TV_series)" title="Naked City (TV series)">Naked City</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Route_66_(TV_series)" title="Route 66 (TV series)">Route 66</a></i> and others. He wrote or co-wrote several successful films, including <i><a href="/wiki/Cat_Ballou" title="Cat Ballou">Cat Ballou</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Cool_Hand_Luke" title="Cool Hand Luke">Cool Hand Luke</a></i>, which were both nominated for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Awards</a>. He wrote <i><a href="/wiki/Dog_Day_Afternoon" title="Dog Day Afternoon">Dog Day Afternoon</a></i>, which won Pierson the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a>. He directed and contributed to the <a href="/wiki/Screenplay" title="Screenplay">screenplay</a> of the 1976 remake of <i><a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1976_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1976 film)">A Star Is Born</a></i>; and the in-fighting between himself, <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kris_Kristofferson" title="Kris Kristofferson">Kris Kristofferson</a> and producer (and at the time boyfriend of Streisand) <a href="/wiki/Jon_Peters" title="Jon Peters">Jon Peters</a> on the film led him to write the article "My Battles with Barbra and Jon" for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-pierson1976_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pierson1976-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pierson directed several films produced for television, including <i><a href="/wiki/Dirty_Pictures_(television_movie)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dirty Pictures (television movie)">Dirty Pictures</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Cohn" title="Citizen Cohn">Citizen Cohn</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_(2001_film)" title="Conspiracy (2001 film)">Conspiracy</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Somebody_Has_to_Shoot_the_Picture" title="Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture">Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture</a></i>. His direction on <i>Conspiracy</i> won a Directors' Guild Award for Best Television Movie, and his second Peabody and BAFTA Award. </p><p>He was President of the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America" title="Writers Guild of America">Writers Guild of America</a>, West (WGAW) from 1981 to 1983 and again from 1993 to 1995 and was President of the <a href="/wiki/Academy_of_Motion_Picture_Arts_and_Sciences" title="Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences">Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences</a> (AMPAS) from 2001 to 2005. In 2003, Pierson was the recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Austin_Film_Festival" title="Austin Film Festival">Austin Film Festival</a>'s Distinguished Screenwriter Award. Screenwriter <a href="/wiki/Brian_Helgeland" title="Brian Helgeland">Brian Helgeland</a> presented him with the Award. He was a consultant on <i><a href="/wiki/Mad_Men" title="Mad Men">Mad Men</a></i>, co-writing (with <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Weiner" title="Matthew Weiner">Matthew Weiner</a>) the fifth episode of its fifth season, "<a href="/wiki/Signal_30_(Mad_Men)" title="Signal 30 (Mad Men)">Signal 30</a>",<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> a member of the teaching staff of <a href="/wiki/Sundance_Institute" title="Sundance Institute">Sundance Institute</a>, and artistic director of the <a href="/wiki/American_Film_Institute" title="American Film Institute">American Film Institute</a>. </p><p>Pierson died on July 22, 2012, in his home in Los Angeles, California. He was survived by his wife Helene and his two children. </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=Frank_Pierson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Director">Director</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Pierson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Director"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel" title="Have Gun – Will Travel">Have Gun – Will Travel</a></i> (1962) (TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Route_66_(TV_series)" title="Route 66 (TV series)">Route 66</a></i> (1963) (TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Looking_Glass_War_(film)" title="The Looking Glass War (film)">The Looking Glass War</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Neon_Ceiling" title="The Neon Ceiling">The Neon Ceiling</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nichols_(TV_series)" title="Nichols (TV series)">Nichols</a></i> (1971) (TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_Ones:_The_New_Doctors" title="The Bold Ones: The New Doctors">The Bold Ones: The New Doctors</a></i> (1973) (TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1976_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1976 film)">A Star Is Born</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Gypsies_(film)" title="King of the Gypsies (film)">King of the Gypsies</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Hitchcock_Presents_(TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)">Alfred Hitchcock Presents</a></i> (1985) (TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Somebody_Has_to_Shoot_the_Picture" title="Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture">Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Cohn" title="Citizen Cohn">Citizen Cohn</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lakota_Woman:_Siege_at_Wounded_Knee" title="Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee">Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Truman_(1995_film)" title="Truman (1995 film)">Truman</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dirty_Pictures_(television_movie)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dirty Pictures (television movie)">Dirty Pictures</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_(2001_film)" title="Conspiracy (2001 film)">Conspiracy</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Girl" title="Soldier's Girl">Soldier's Girl</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><i>Paradise</i> (2004)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Screenwriter">Screenwriter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Pierson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Screenwriter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel" title="Have Gun – Will Travel">Have Gun – Will Travel</a></i> (1962) (TV series)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Naked_City_(TV_series)" title="Naked City (TV series)">Naked City</a></i> (1962–1963)</li> <li>"Build Your Houses with Their Backs to the Sea", fifth episode of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Route_66_episodes#Season_4_(1963–64)" title="List of Route 66 episodes">fourth season</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/Route_66_(TV_series)" title="Route 66 (TV series)">Route 66</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cat_Ballou" title="Cat Ballou">Cat Ballou</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Happening_(1967_film)" title="The Happening (1967 film)">The Happening</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cool_Hand_Luke" title="Cool Hand Luke">Cool Hand Luke</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Looking_Glass_War_(film)" title="The Looking Glass War (film)">The Looking Glass War</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_42nd_Annual_Academy_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="The 42nd Annual Academy Awards">The 42nd Annual Academy Awards</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Anderson_Tapes" title="The Anderson Tapes">The Anderson Tapes</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nichols_(TV_series)" title="Nichols (TV series)">Nichols</a></i> (1971–1972; also <a href="/wiki/Television_show_creator" title="Television show creator">series creator</a>)</li> <li>"And Other Springs I May Not See", 16th episode of <a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Bold_Ones:_The_New_Doctors_episodes#Season_4_(1972–73)" title="List of The Bold Ones: The New Doctors episodes">fourth season</a> (and series finale) of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bold_Ones:_The_New_Doctors" title="The Bold Ones: The New Doctors">The Bold Ones: The New Doctors</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Fallon" title="Amanda Fallon">Amanda Fallon</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dog_Day_Afternoon" title="Dog Day Afternoon">Dog Day Afternoon</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1976_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1976 film)">A Star Is Born</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Gypsies_(film)" title="King of the Gypsies (film)">King of the Gypsies</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i>Haywire</i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/In_Country_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="In Country (film)">In Country</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Presumed_Innocent_(film)" title="Presumed Innocent (film)">Presumed Innocent</a></i> (1990)</li> <li>"Hybristophilia", 22nd episode of the <a href="/wiki/The_Good_Wife_season_1" title="The Good Wife season 1">first season</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Good_Wife" title="The Good Wife">The Good Wife</a></i> (2010)</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Signal_30_(Mad_Men)" title="Signal 30 (Mad Men)">Signal 30</a>", fifth episode of the fifth season of <i><a href="/wiki/Mad_Men" title="Mad Men">Mad Men</a></i> (2012)</li></ul> <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=Frank_Pierson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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.id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.filmreference.com/film/93/Frank-Pierson.html">"Frank Pierson Biography (1925-)"</a>. Filmreference.com<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 6,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Frank+Pierson+Biography+%281925-%29&rft.pub=Filmreference.com&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.filmreference.com%2Ffilm%2F93%2FFrank-Pierson.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrank+Pierson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-throbit-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-throbit_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Byrge, Duane (July 23, 2012). [Frank Pierson, Former Movie Academy President, Writer and Director, Dies at 87.] <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a></i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nytobit-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nytobit_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Yardley, William (July 24, 2012).<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/25/movies/frank-pierson-oscar-winning-writer-dies-at-87.html">Frank Pierson, Oscar-Winning Writer, Dies at 87.</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-guardian-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-guardian_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jul/26/frank-pierson">Frank Pierson obituary.</a> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i>. Retrieved March 28, 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pierson1976-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pierson1976_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Pierson, Frank (November 16, 1976). My Battles with Barbra and Jon. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRosen2009" class="citation news cs1">Rosen, Lisa (June 3, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-jun-03-en-madmen3-story.html">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Mad Men' turns period drama into an exclamation point"</a>. <i>Los Angeles Times</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Los+Angeles+Times&rft.atitle=%27Mad+Men%27+turns+period+drama+into+an+exclamation+point&rft.date=2009-06-03&rft.aulast=Rosen&rft.aufirst=Lisa&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Farchives%2Fla-xpm-2009-jun-03-en-madmen3-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrank+Pierson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Pierson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0682757/">Frank Pierson</a> at <a href="/wiki/IMDb_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="IMDb (identifier)">IMDb</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050414112729/http://www.wga.org/pr/0299/Pierson.html">Frank Pierson to Receive Edmund H. North Award</a> WGA News, February 1999.</li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid lightgreen">Non-profit organization positions </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rehme" title="Robert Rehme">Robert Rehme</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/President_of_Academy_of_Motion_Pictures,_Arts_and_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences">President of Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences</a> </b><br />2001-2005 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Sid_Ganis" title="Sid Ganis">Sid Ganis</a></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="navbox-styles"><style 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Looking_Glass_War_(film)" title="The Looking Glass War (film)">The Looking Glass War</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Neon_Ceiling" title="The Neon Ceiling">The Neon Ceiling</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1976_film)" title="A Star Is Born (1976 film)">A Star Is Born</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Gypsies_(film)" title="King of the Gypsies (film)">King of the Gypsies</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Somebody_Has_to_Shoot_the_Picture" title="Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture">Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Citizen_Cohn" title="Citizen Cohn">Citizen Cohn</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lakota_Woman:_Siege_at_Wounded_Knee" title="Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee">Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Truman_(1995_film)" title="Truman (1995 film)">Truman</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dirty_Pictures" title="Dirty Pictures">Dirty Pictures</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_(2001_film)" title="Conspiracy (2001 film)">Conspiracy</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soldier%27s_Girl" title="Soldier's Girl">Soldier's Girl</a></i> (2003)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Awards_for_Frank_Pierson" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:#e8e8ff;"><div id="Awards_for_Frank_Pierson" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Awards for Frank Pierson</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" 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title="Preston Sturges">Preston Sturges</a> (1940)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herman_J._Mankiewicz" title="Herman J. 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. Webb">James Webb</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._H._Barnett" title="S. H. Barnett">S. H. Barnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Stone_(writer)" title="Peter Stone (writer)">Peter Stone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Tarloff" title="Frank Tarloff">Frank Tarloff</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Raphael" title="Frederic Raphael">Frederic Raphael</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Lelouch" title="Claude Lelouch">Claude Lelouch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Uytterhoeven" title="Pierre Uytterhoeven">Pierre Uytterhoeven</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Rose_(screenwriter)" title="William Rose (screenwriter)">William Rose</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Goldman" title="William Goldman">William Goldman</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola" title="Francis Ford Coppola">Francis Ford Coppola</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edmund_H._North" title="Edmund H. North">Edmund H. North</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Chayefsky" title="Paddy Chayefsky">Paddy Chayefsky</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Larner" title="Jeremy Larner">Jeremy Larner</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_S._Ward" title="David S. Ward">David S. Ward</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Towne" title="Robert Towne">Robert Towne</a> (1974)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Frank Pierson</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Chayefsky" title="Paddy Chayefsky">Paddy Chayefsky</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Brickman" title="Marshall Brickman">Marshall Brickman</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Jones" title="Robert C. Jones">Robert C. 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. Iñárritu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nicol%C3%A1s_Giacobone" title="Nicolás Giacobone">Nicolás Giacobone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Dinelaris_Jr." title="Alexander Dinelaris Jr.">Alexander Dinelaris Jr.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Armando_B%C3%B3_(screenwriter)" title="Armando Bó (screenwriter)">Armando Bo</a> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_McCarthy_(director)" title="Tom McCarthy (director)">Tom McCarthy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josh_Singer" title="Josh Singer">Josh Singer</a> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Lonergan" title="Kenneth Lonergan">Kenneth Lonergan</a> (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Peele" title="Jordan Peele">Jordan Peele</a> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Vallelonga" title="Nick Vallelonga">Nick Vallelonga</a>, Brian Currie and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Farrelly" title="Peter Farrelly">Peter Farrelly</a> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bong_Joon-ho" title="Bong Joon-ho">Bong Joon-ho</a> and <a href="/wiki/Han_Jin-won" title="Han Jin-won">Han Jin-won</a> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerald_Fennell" title="Emerald Fennell">Emerald Fennell</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniels_(directors)" title="Daniels (directors)">Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justine_Triet" title="Justine Triet">Justine Triet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Harari" title="Arthur Harari">Arthur Harari</a> (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Directors_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Outstanding_Directing_–_Movies_for_Television_and_Limited_Series" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #ABCDEF"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:DirectorsGuildofAmericaAwardMiniseriesorTVFilm" title="Template:DirectorsGuildofAmericaAwardMiniseriesorTVFilm"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:DirectorsGuildofAmericaAwardMiniseriesorTVFilm" title="Template talk:DirectorsGuildofAmericaAwardMiniseriesorTVFilm"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:DirectorsGuildofAmericaAwardMiniseriesorTVFilm" title="Special:EditPage/Template:DirectorsGuildofAmericaAwardMiniseriesorTVFilm"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Directors_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Outstanding_Directing_–_Movies_for_Television_and_Limited_Series" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Outstanding_Directing_%E2%80%93_Miniseries_or_TV_Film" title="Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film">Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Movies for Television and Limited Series</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1971–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buzz_Kulik" title="Buzz Kulik">Buzz Kulik</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Brian%27s_Song" title="Brian's Song">Brian's Song</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamont_Johnson" title="Lamont Johnson">Lamont Johnson</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/That_Certain_Summer" title="That Certain Summer">That Certain Summer</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Sargent" title="Joseph Sargent">Joseph Sargent</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Marcus-Nelson_Murders" class="mw-redirect" title="The Marcus-Nelson Murders">The Marcus-Nelson Murders</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Korty" title="John Korty">John Korty</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Autobiography_of_Miss_Jane_Pittman_(film)" title="The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (film)">The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_O%27Steen" title="Sam O'Steen">Sam O'Steen</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Queen_of_the_Stardust_Ballroom" title="Queen of the Stardust Ballroom">Queen of the Stardust Ballroom</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marvin_J._Chomsky" title="Marvin J. Chomsky">Marvin J. Chomsky</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Inside_the_Third_Reich_(film)" title="Inside the Third Reich (film)">Inside the Third Reich</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Zwick" title="Edward Zwick">Edward Zwick</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Special_Bulletin" title="Special Bulletin">Special Bulletin</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Petrie" title="Daniel Petrie">Daniel Petrie</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Dollmaker" title="The Dollmaker">The Dollmaker</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Erman" title="John Erman">John Erman</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/An_Early_Frost" title="An Early Frost">An Early Frost</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Grant" title="Lee Grant">Lee Grant</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Nobody%27s_Child_(1986_film)" title="Nobody's Child (1986 film)">Nobody's Child</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jud_Taylor" title="Jud Taylor">Jud Taylor</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Foxfire_(1987_film)" title="Foxfire (1987 film)">Foxfire</a></i> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamont_Johnson" title="Lamont Johnson">Lamont Johnson</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_(miniseries)" title="Lincoln (miniseries)">Lincoln</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Curtis" title="Dan Curtis">Dan Curtis</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/War_and_Remembrance_(miniseries)" title="War and Remembrance (miniseries)">War and Remembrance</a></i>: "Parts VIII-XII: The Final Chapter" (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Young_(director)" title="Roger Young (director)">Roger Young</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Murder_in_Mississippi_(film)" title="Murder in Mississippi (film)">Murder in Mississippi</a></i> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Gyllenhaal" title="Stephen Gyllenhaal">Stephen Gyllenhaal</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Paris_Trout" title="Paris Trout">Paris Trout</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Lagomarsino" title="Ron Lagomarsino">Ron Lagomarsino</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Picket_Fences" title="Picket Fences">Picket Fences</a></i>: "Pilot" (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Ritchie_(filmmaker)" title="Michael Ritchie (filmmaker)">Michael Ritchie</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Positively_True_Adventures_of_the_Alleged_Texas_Cheerleader-Murdering_Mom" title="The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom">The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Holcomb" title="Rod Holcomb">Rod Holcomb</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/ER_(TV_series)" title="ER (TV series)">ER</a></i>: "Pilot" (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Jackson_(director)" title="Mick Jackson (director)">Mick Jackson</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Indictment:_The_McMartin_Trial" title="Indictment: The McMartin Trial">Indictment: The McMartin Trial</a></i> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Betty_Thomas" title="Betty Thomas">Betty Thomas</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Late_Shift_(film)" title="The Late Shift (film)">The Late Shift</a></i> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Herzfeld" title="John Herzfeld">John Herzfeld</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Don_King:_Only_in_America" title="Don King: Only in America">Don King: Only in America</a></i> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Cristofer" title="Michael Cristofer">Michael Cristofer</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Gia" title="Gia">Gia</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Jackson_(director)" title="Mick Jackson (director)">Mick Jackson</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Tuesdays_with_Morrie_(film)" title="Tuesdays with Morrie (film)">Tuesdays with Morrie</a></i> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Bleckner" title="Jeff Bleckner">Jeff Bleckner</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beach_Boys:_An_American_Family" title="The Beach Boys: An American Family">The Beach Boys: An American Family</a></i> (2000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2001–present</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Frank Pierson</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_(2001_film)" title="Conspiracy (2001 film)">Conspiracy</a></i> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Jackson_(director)" title="Mick Jackson (director)">Mick Jackson</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Live_from_Baghdad_(film)" title="Live from Baghdad (film)">Live from Baghdad</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Nichols" title="Mike Nichols">Mike Nichols</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Angels_in_America_(miniseries)" title="Angels in America (miniseries)">Angels in America</a></i> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Sargent" title="Joseph Sargent">Joseph Sargent</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Something_the_Lord_Made" title="Something the Lord Made">Something the Lord Made</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Sargent" title="Joseph Sargent">Joseph Sargent</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Warm_Springs_(film)" title="Warm Springs (film)">Warm Springs</a></i> / <a href="/wiki/George_C._Wolfe" title="George C. Wolfe">George C. Wolfe</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Lackawanna_Blues_(film)" title="Lackawanna Blues (film)">Lackawanna Blues</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Hill" title="Walter Hill">Walter Hill</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Broken_Trail" title="Broken Trail">Broken Trail</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yves_Simoneau" title="Yves Simoneau">Yves Simoneau</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Bury_My_Heart_at_Wounded_Knee_(film)" title="Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)">Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Roach" title="Jay Roach">Jay Roach</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Recount_(film)" title="Recount (film)">Recount</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Katz" title="Ross Katz">Ross Katz</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Taking_Chance" title="Taking Chance">Taking Chance</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Jackson_(director)" title="Mick Jackson (director)">Mick Jackson</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Temple_Grandin_(film)" title="Temple Grandin (film)">Temple Grandin</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Cassar" title="Jon Cassar">Jon Cassar</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Kennedys_(miniseries)" title="The Kennedys (miniseries)">The Kennedys</a></i> (2011)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Roach" title="Jay Roach">Jay Roach</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Game_Change_(film)" title="Game Change (film)">Game Change</a></i> (2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Soderbergh" title="Steven Soderbergh">Steven Soderbergh</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Behind_the_Candelabra" title="Behind the Candelabra">Behind the Candelabra</a></i> (2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Cholodenko" title="Lisa Cholodenko">Lisa Cholodenko</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Olive_Kitteridge_(miniseries)" title="Olive Kitteridge (miniseries)">Olive Kitteridge</a></i> (2014)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dee_Rees" title="Dee Rees">Dee Rees</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Bessie_(film)" title="Bessie (film)">Bessie</a></i> (2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Zaillian" title="Steven Zaillian">Steven Zaillian</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Night_Of" title="The Night Of">The Night Of</a></i>: "The Beach" (2016)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Marc_Vall%C3%A9e" title="Jean-Marc Vallée">Jean-Marc Vallée</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Little_Lies_(TV_series)" title="Big Little Lies (TV series)">Big Little Lies</a></i> (2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Stiller" title="Ben Stiller">Ben Stiller</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Escape_at_Dannemora" title="Escape at Dannemora">Escape at Dannemora</a></i> (2018)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johan_Renck" title="Johan Renck">Johan Renck</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Chernobyl_(miniseries)" title="Chernobyl (miniseries)">Chernobyl</a></i> (2019)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Frank" title="Scott Frank">Scott Frank</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Queen%27s_Gambit_(miniseries)" title="The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)">The Queen's Gambit</a></i> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Jenkins" title="Barry Jenkins">Barry Jenkins</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Underground_Railroad_(miniseries)" title="The Underground Railroad (miniseries)">The Underground Railroad</a></i> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Shaver" title="Helen Shaver">Helen Shaver</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Station_Eleven_(miniseries)" title="Station Eleven (miniseries)">Station Eleven</a></i>: "Who's There?" (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_Adina_Smith" title="Sarah Adina Smith">Sarah Adina Smith</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/Lessons_in_Chemistry_(miniseries)" title="Lessons in Chemistry (miniseries)">Lessons in Chemistry</a></i>: "Her and Him" (2023)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #ABCDEF"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement" title="Template:Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement" title="Template talk:Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Laurel_Award_for_Screenwriting_Achievement" title="Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement">Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sonya_Levien" title="Sonya Levien">Sonya Levien</a> (1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dudley_Nichols" title="Dudley Nichols">Dudley Nichols</a> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Riskin" title="Robert Riskin">Robert Riskin</a> (1955)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Julius_J._Epstein" title="Julius J. Epstein">Julius Epstein</a> & <a href="/wiki/Philip_G._Epstein" title="Philip G. Epstein">Philip Epstein</a> and <a href="/wiki/Albert_Hackett" title="Albert Hackett">Albert Hackett</a> & <a href="/wiki/Frances_Goodrich" title="Frances Goodrich">Frances Goodrich</a> (1956)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Brackett" title="Charles Brackett">Charles Brackett</a> & <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> (1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Lee_Mahin" title="John Lee Mahin">John Lee Mahin</a> (1958)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nunnally_Johnson" title="Nunnally Johnson">Nunnally Johnson</a> (1959)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norman_Krasna" title="Norman Krasna">Norman Krasna</a> (1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Seaton" title="George Seaton">George Seaton</a> (1961)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Dunne_(writer)" title="Philip Dunne (writer)">Philip Dunne</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Mankiewicz" title="Joseph L. Mankiewicz">Joseph L. Mankiewicz</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Huston" title="John Huston">John Huston</a> (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Buchman" title="Sidney Buchman">Sidney Buchman</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Isobel_Lennart" title="Isobel Lennart">Isobel Lennart</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Brooks" title="Richard Brooks">Richard Brooks</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Casey_Robinson" title="Casey Robinson">Casey Robinson</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Foreman" title="Carl Foreman">Carl Foreman</a> (1969)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dalton_Trumbo" title="Dalton Trumbo">Dalton Trumbo</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_Poe" title="James Poe">James Poe</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lehman" title="Ernest Lehman">Ernest Lehman</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Rose_(screenwriter)" title="William Rose (screenwriter)">William Rose</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Chayefsky" title="Paddy Chayefsky">Paddy Chayefsky</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Preston_Sturges" title="Preston Sturges">Preston Sturges</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Wilson_(writer)" title="Michael Wilson (writer)">Michael Wilson</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Samson_Raphaelson" title="Samson Raphaelson">Samson Raphaelson</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Anhalt" title="Edward Anhalt">Edward Anhalt</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Simon" title="Neil Simon">Neil Simon</a> (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> & <a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I. A. L. Diamond</a> (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Hecht" title="Ben Hecht">Ben Hecht</a> (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Osborn" title="Paul Osborn">Paul Osborn</a> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Trotti" title="Lamar Trotti">Lamar Trotti</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melville_Shavelson" title="Melville Shavelson">Melville Shavelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Rose_(screenwriter)" title="Jack Rose (screenwriter)">Jack Rose</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norman_Panama" title="Norman Panama">Norman Panama</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Melvin_Frank" title="Melvin Frank">Melvin Frank</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Goldman" title="William Goldman">William Goldman</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Waldo_Salt" title="Waldo Salt">Waldo Salt</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Irving_Ravetch" title="Irving Ravetch">Irving Ravetch</a> & <a href="/wiki/Harriet_Frank_Jr." title="Harriet Frank Jr.">Harriet Frank Jr.</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ring_Lardner_Jr." title="Ring Lardner Jr.">Ring Lardner Jr.</a> (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Ogden_Stewart" title="Donald Ogden Stewart">Donald Ogden Stewart</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Sargent" title="Alvin Sargent">Alvin Sargent</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Frank Pierson</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Horton_Foote" title="Horton Foote">Horton Foote</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Prawer_Jhabvala" title="Ruth Prawer Jhabvala">Ruth Prawer Jhabvala</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bennett_(screenwriter)" title="Charles Bennett (screenwriter)">Charles Bennett</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Taradash" title="Daniel Taradash">Daniel Taradash</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Towne" title="Robert Towne">Robert Towne</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bo_Goldman" title="Bo Goldman">Bo Goldman</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Schrader" title="Paul Schrader">Paul Schrader</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jean-Claude_Carri%C3%A8re" title="Jean-Claude Carrière">Jean-Claude Carrière</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Betty_Comden" title="Betty Comden">Betty Comden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Green" title="Adolph Green">Adolph Green</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blake_Edwards" title="Blake Edwards">Blake Edwards</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Michael_Hayes" title="John Michael Hayes">John Michael Hayes</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Mamet" title="David Mamet">David Mamet</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Kasdan" title="Lawrence Kasdan">Lawrence Kasdan</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Benton" title="Robert Benton">Robert Benton</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Budd_Schulberg" title="Budd Schulberg">Budd Schulberg</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No award (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson">Barry Levinson</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Zaillian" title="Steven Zaillian">Steven Zaillian</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Roth" title="Eric Roth">Eric Roth</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Stoppard" title="Tom Stoppard">Tom Stoppard</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Mazursky" title="Paul Mazursky">Paul Mazursky</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ramis" title="Harold Ramis">Harold Ramis</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elaine_May" title="Elaine May">Elaine May</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Stone" title="Oliver Stone">Oliver Stone</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lowell_Ganz" title="Lowell Ganz">Lowell Ganz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Babaloo_Mandel" title="Babaloo Mandel">Babaloo Mandel</a> (2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Meyers" title="Nancy Meyers">Nancy Meyers</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No award (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">No award (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Kaufman" title="Charlie Kaufman">Charlie Kaufman</a> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Valentine_Davies_Award" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background: #ABCDEF"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Valentine_Davies_Award" title="Template:Valentine Davies Award"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Valentine_Davies_Award" title="Template talk:Valentine Davies Award"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Valentine_Davies_Award" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Valentine Davies Award"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Valentine_Davies_Award" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Valentine_Davies_Award" title="Valentine Davies Award">Valentine Davies Award</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mary_C._McCall_Jr." title="Mary C. McCall Jr.">Mary C. McCall Jr.</a> (1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Allen Rivkin (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Morgan Cox (1964)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_R._Webb_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="James R. Webb (writer)">James R. Webb</a> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Spigelgass" title="Leonard Spigelgass">Leonard Spigelgass</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edmund_H._North" title="Edmund H. North">Edmund H. North</a> (1967)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Seaton" title="George Seaton">George Seaton</a> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dore_Schary" title="Dore Schary">Dore Schary</a> (1969)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Murphy_(screenwriter)" title="Richard Murphy (screenwriter)">Richard Murphy</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Taradash" title="Daniel Taradash">Dan Taradash</a> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Blankfort" title="Michael Blankfort">Michael Blankfort</a> & <a href="/wiki/Norman_Corwin" title="Norman Corwin">Norman Corwin</a> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Ludwig_(screenwriter)" title="William Ludwig (screenwriter)">William Ludwig</a> (1973)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Bradbury" title="Ray Bradbury">Ray Bradbury</a> & <a href="/wiki/Philip_Dunne_(writer)" title="Philip Dunne (writer)">Philip Dunne</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fay_Kanin" title="Fay Kanin">Fay Kanin</a> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Winston_Miller" title="Winston Miller">Winston Miller</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Foreman" title="Carl Foreman">Carl Foreman</a> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norman_Lear" title="Norman Lear">Norman Lear</a> (1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melville_Shavelson" title="Melville Shavelson">Melville Shavelson</a> (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">David W. Rintels (1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Arthur Orloff (1981)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Mort R. Lewis (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hal_Kanter" title="Hal Kanter">Hal Kanter</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Lawrence" title="Jerome Lawrence">Jerome Lawrence</a> & <a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Lee_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert E. Lee (writer)">Robert E. Lee</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Champlin" title="Charles Champlin">Charles Champlin</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Ronald Austin (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Froug" title="William Froug">William Froug</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Lois Peyser (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kanin" title="Michael Kanin">Michael Kanin</a> & <a href="/wiki/Garson_Kanin" title="Garson Kanin">Garson Kanin</a> (1989)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Furia_Jr." title="John Furia Jr.">John Furia Jr.</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Frank Pierson</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Allan_Burns" title="Allan Burns">Allan Burns</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/True_Boardman" title="True Boardman">True Boardman</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Alden_Robinson" title="Phil Alden Robinson">Phil Alden Robinson</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Garry_Marshall" title="Garry Marshall">Garry Marshall</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Farrell" title="Mike Farrell">Mike Farrell</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Jonathan Estrin & Shelley List (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gary_David_Goldberg" title="Gary David Goldberg">Gary David Goldberg</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Barry_Kemp_(TV_producer)" title="Barry Kemp (TV producer)">Barry Kemp</a> (1999)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Alda" title="Alan Alda">Alan Alda</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Haggis" title="Paul Haggis">Paul Haggis</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Angell" title="David Angell">David Angell</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Ruben" title="Aaron Ruben">Aaron Ruben</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Neal_Baer" title="Neal Baer">Neal Baer</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Irma_Kalish" title="Irma Kalish">Irma Kalish</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Not presented (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Gelbart" title="Larry Gelbart">Larry Gelbart</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Schulman" title="Tom Schulman">Tom Schulman</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carl_Reiner" title="Carl Reiner">Carl Reiner</a> & <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Riskin" title="Victoria Riskin">Victoria Riskin</a> (2009)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">Not presented (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Seth Freeman & <a href="/wiki/Susannah_Grant" title="Susannah Grant">Susannah Grant</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Rosenthal" title="Philip Rosenthal">Philip Rosenthal</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sam_Simon" title="Sam Simon">Sam Simon</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ben_Affleck" title="Ben Affleck">Ben Affleck</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Not presented (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_August" title="John August">John August</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Curtis" title="Richard Curtis">Richard Curtis</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Lance_Black" title="Dustin Lance Black">Dustin Lance Black</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Not presented (2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #ABCDEF;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brad_Falchuk" title="Brad Falchuk">Brad Falchuk</a> (2020)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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North">Edmund H. North</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penelope_Gilliatt" title="Penelope Gilliatt">Penelope Gilliatt</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Larner" title="Jeremy Larner">Jeremy Larner</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Shagan" title="Steve Shagan">Steve Shagan</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Towne" title="Robert Towne">Robert Towne</a> (1974)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Frank Pierson</a> (1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Chayefsky" title="Paddy Chayefsky">Paddy Chayefsky</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Laurents" title="Arthur Laurents">Arthur Laurents</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Dowd" title="Nancy Dowd">Nancy Dowd</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Jones" title="Robert C. Jones">Robert C. Jones</a> & <a href="/wiki/Waldo_Salt" title="Waldo Salt">Waldo Salt</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gray" title="Mike Gray">Mike Gray</a>, <a href="/wiki/T._S._Cook" title="T. S. Cook">T. S. 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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/Ron_Shelton" title="Ron Shelton">Ron Shelton</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson">Barry Levinson</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/Richard_Curtis" title="Richard Curtis">Richard Curtis</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randall_Wallace" title="Randall Wallace">Randall Wallace</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coen_brothers" title="Coen brothers">Joel Coen & Ethan Coen</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. 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