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biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">David Seidler</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Seidler.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/David_Seidler.tif/lossy-page1-193px-David_Seidler.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="193" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/David_Seidler.tif/lossy-page1-290px-David_Seidler.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/David_Seidler.tif/lossy-page1-386px-David_Seidler.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="193" data-file-height="187" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Seidler in 1957</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1937-08-04</span>)</span>4 August 1937<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">16 March 2024<span style="display:none">(2024-03-16)</span> (aged 86)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">New Zealand</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Playwright, screenwriter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Notable work</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Speech" title="The King's Speech">The King's Speech</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</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><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Mary Ann Tharaldsen</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1961, divorced)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Huia Newton</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(divorced)<wbr /></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Feather" title="Jacqueline Feather">Jacqueline Feather</a></div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 2008)<wbr /></div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Seidler</b> (4 August 1937 – 16 March 2024) was a British-American playwright and film and television writer.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Seidler is most known for writing the scripts for the <a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Speech_(play)" title="The King's Speech (play)">stage version</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Speech" title="The King's Speech">screen version</a> for the story <i>The King's Speech</i>. For the film, he won the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay">Academy Award</a> and a <a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay">BAFTA</a> for Best Original Screenplay. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_family">Early life and family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Seidler&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Seidler was born in London, where he spent his early childhood.<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> He grew up in an <a href="/wiki/Upper-middle_class" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper-middle class">upper-middle class</a> <a href="/wiki/Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Jew">Jewish</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-jewishjournal.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jewishjournal.com-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> His mother <a href="/wiki/Doris_Seidler" title="Doris Seidler">Doris</a> was a print-maker and <a href="/wiki/Graphic_artist" class="mw-redirect" title="Graphic artist">graphic artist</a>.<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> His father Bernard was a fur broker who bought bales of pelts on commission. He had an office in New York City. Seidler immigrated to the United States with his family in the early part of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> during the <a href="/wiki/London_Blitz" class="mw-redirect" title="London Blitz">London Blitz</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mackintosh_BBC_2024_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mackintosh_BBC_2024-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ship they sailed on was a member of a convoy of three ships; on the way one of these, carrying Italian prisoners-of-war from North Africa, was sunk by German <a href="/wiki/U-boats" class="mw-redirect" title="U-boats">U-boats</a>. It was on the voyage to the US that Seidler developed a <a href="/wiki/Stuttering" title="Stuttering">stammer</a>, before he celebrated his third birthday.<sup id="cite_ref-fc_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fc-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Seidler subsequently grew up on <a href="/wiki/Long_Island,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Long Island, New York">Long Island, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Seidler believed that his stutter might have been a response to the emotional trauma of the war. Thinking it would make others feel uncomfortable, as a teenager he often chose to keep quiet. </p><p>Numerous forms of speech therapy failed him, until, at 16, he had a breakthrough. "I resolved that if I was going to stutter for the rest of my life, people were going to be stuck listening to me. I had been depressed, but now I was angry – I decided I deserved to be heard."<sup id="cite_ref-jewishjournal.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jewishjournal.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That is when, in rage he spoke <a href="/wiki/Fuck" title="Fuck">the 'F' word</a>, or "naughty word" as he recalled decades later. Two weeks later he auditioned for his school play, Shaw's <i><a href="/wiki/Androcles_and_the_Lion_(play)" title="Androcles and the Lion (play)">Androcles and the Lion</a></i> and even got a small role, of a Christian getting eaten by a lion. In 2005, he used it in a scene in his stage play about George VI. Seidler later attended <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a>, where he graduated with a degree in English in 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-crn_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Telegraph_2024_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Telegraph_2024-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As he grew older he decided to write and his first work was <i>The Adventures of a Penny</i> about a penny's travel from hand to hand.<sup id="cite_ref-Sonali_2024_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sonali_2024-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In an interview Seidler recalled <a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">George VI</a> as a childhood hero, who gave him hope as he listened to his wartime speeches as a child, encouraged by his parents, "David, he was a much worse stutterer than you, and listen to him now. He's not perfect. But he can give these magnificent, stirring addresses that rallied the free world." they would say.<sup id="cite_ref-fc_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fc-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Seidler&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Seidler arrived in Hollywood at the age of 40, and his first job there was writing <i><a href="/wiki/Tucker:_The_Man_and_His_Dream" title="Tucker: The Man and His Dream">Tucker: The Man and His Dream</a></i> for <a href="/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola" title="Francis Ford Coppola">Francis Ford Coppola</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mackintosh_BBC_2024_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mackintosh_BBC_2024-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For some years he was a member of the Feather & Seidler writing team with <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Feather" title="Jacqueline Feather">Jacqueline Feather</a>. </p><p>Always wanting to write about George VI, and being a stutterer himself, Seidler started researching in the 1970s. After finding the surviving son of <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Logue" title="Lionel Logue">Lionel Logue</a>, <a href="/wiki/Valentine_Logue" title="Valentine Logue">Valentine Logue</a>, a brain surgeon, he wrote him in 1981. In turn, Logue was keen to talk with Seidler and even share the notebooks his father kept while treating the King, but on the condition that he received "written permission from the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_the_Queen_Mother" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother">Queen Mother</a>" first. Upon writing to her, Seidler received a reply from her private secretary, asking him not to pursue the project during her lifetime. Consequently, Seidler abandoned the project in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-Gabriel_NYT_2024_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gabriel_NYT_2024-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Queen Mother died in 2002, but Seidler didn't start the work until 2005, when he suffered from throat cancer, and returned to the story during a bout of creative work it inspired. Eventually, he wrote the first draft of his screenplay, and his then-wife and writing partner suggested that he rewrite it as a stage play, as an exercise. She felt that the "physical confines of the stage would force him to focus on the key relationships in the story, without the distractions imposed by concern for cinematic technique."<sup id="cite_ref-fc_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fc-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2011 Seidler won a <a href="/wiki/BAFTA" class="mw-redirect" title="BAFTA">BAFTA</a> award for Best Original Screenplay, and later an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Writing_(Original_Screenplay)" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)">Best Original Screenplay</a> for the film <i><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Speech" title="The King's Speech">The King's Speech</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When writing the script, Seidler discovered that his own uncle, also named David and also a stutterer, had been sent to see Lionel Logue by his father (Seidler's grandfather).<sup id="cite_ref-crn_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Seidler&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Seidler died in New Zealand on 16 March 2024, at the age of 86.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mackintosh_BBC_2024_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mackintosh_BBC_2024-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gabriel_NYT_2024_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gabriel_NYT_2024-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was married to Mary Ann Tharaldsen, Huia Newton and <a href="/wiki/Jacqueline_Feather" title="Jacqueline Feather">Jacqueline Feather</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing_credits">Writing credits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Seidler&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Writing credits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1965–1967 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Adventures_of_the_Seaspray" title="Adventures of the Seaspray">Adventures of the Seaspray</a></i> </td> <td>6 episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1981 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Another_World_(TV_series)" title="Another World (TV series)">Another World</a></i> </td> <td>1 episode </td></tr> <tr> <td>1985 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Malice_in_Wonderland_(1985_film)" title="Malice in Wonderland (1985 film)">Malice in Wonderland</a></i> </td> <td>TV film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Onassis:_The_Richest_Man_in_the_World" title="Onassis: The Richest Man in the World">Onassis: The Richest Man in the World</a></i> </td> <td>TV film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i>My Father, My Son</i> </td> <td>TV film </td></tr> <tr> <td>1988 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Tucker:_The_Man_and_His_Dream" title="Tucker: The Man and His Dream">Tucker: The Man and His Dream</a></i> </td> <td>Feature film (co-credit with Arnold Schulman,) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1993 </td> <td><i>Whose Child Is This? The War for Baby Jessica</i> </td> <td>TV film, co-written with Jacqueline Feather </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995 </td> <td><i>Dancing in the Dark</i> </td> <td>TV film (co-written with Jacqueline Feather) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i>Lies He Told</i> </td> <td>TV film (co-written with Jacqueline Feather) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997 </td> <td><i>Time to Say Goodbye?</i> </td> <td>Feature film (co-written with Jacqueline Feather) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Goldrush:_A_Real_Life_Alaskan_Adventure" title="Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure">Goldrush: A Real Life Alaskan Adventure</a></i> </td> <td>TV film (co-written with Jacqueline Feather) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1998 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Quest_for_Camelot" title="Quest for Camelot">Quest for Camelot</a></i> </td> <td>Feature film (co-written with Jacqueline Feather) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_King_and_I_(1999_film)" title="The King and I (1999 film)">The King and I</a></i> </td> <td>Feature film (co-written with Jacqueline Feather) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Come_On_Get_Happy:_The_Partridge_Family_Story" title="Come On Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story">Come On, Get Happy: The Partridge Family Story</a></i> </td> <td>TV film (co-written with Jacqueline Feather) </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Madeline:_Lost_in_Paris" title="Madeline: Lost in Paris">Madeline: Lost in Paris</a></i> </td> <td>Direct-to-video film (co-written with Jacqueline Feather) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2000 </td> <td><i>By Dawn's Early Light</i> </td> <td>TV film (co-written with Jacqueline Feather) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2003 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Soraya_(film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Soraya (film) (page does not exist)">Soraya</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soraya_(miniserie_televisiva)" class="extiw" title="it:Soraya (miniserie televisiva)">it</a>]</span></i> </td> <td>TV film (co-written with Jacqueline Feather) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Son_of_the_Dragon_(film)" title="Son of the Dragon (film)">Son of the Dragon</a></i> </td> <td>2 episodes (co-written with Jacqueline Feather) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2008 </td> <td><i>Kung Fu Killer</i> </td> <td>TV film (co-written with Jacqueline Feather) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Speech" title="The King's Speech">The King's Speech</a></i> </td> <td>Feature film </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><i>Queen of Spades</i> </td> <td>Feature film </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Seidler&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th style="background:#B0C4DE;">Year </th> <th style="background:#B0C4DE;">Award </th> <th style="background:#B0C4DE;">Work </th> <th style="background:#B0C4DE;">Category </th> <th style="background:#B0C4DE;">Result </th> <th style="background:#B0C4DE;">Reference </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1989 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America" title="Writers Guild of America">Writers Guild of America Award</a> </td> <td><i>My Father, My Son</i> </td> <td>Original Long Form (with Jacqueline Feather) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Onassis: The Richest Man in the World</i> </td> <td>Adapted Long Form (with Jacqueline Feather; tied with <a href="/wiki/Susan_Cooper" title="Susan Cooper">Susan Cooper</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Hallmark_Hall_of_Fame" title="Hallmark Hall of Fame">Hallmark Hall of Fame</a> episode "Foxfire".) </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2002 </td> <td><i>By Dawn's Early Light</i> </td> <td>Children's Script (with Jacqueline Feather) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="14">2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Alliance_of_Women_Film_Journalists" title="Alliance of Women Film Journalists">Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award</a> </td> <td rowspan="29"><i><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Speech" title="The King's Speech">The King's Speech</a></i> </td> <td>Best Writing, Original Screenplay </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Awards Circuit Community Awards </td> <td>Best Original Screenplay (2nd place) </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Davis Award for Best Original Screenplay </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/British_Independent_Film_Awards" title="British Independent Film Awards">British Independent Film Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Screenplay </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Film_Critics_Association_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Chicago Film Critics Association Awards">Chicago Film Critics Association Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Screenplay, Original </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Denver Film Critics Society </td> <td>Best Writing, Original Screenplay </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Film_Critics_Association_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards">Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Screenplay (2nd place) </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Diego_Film_Critics_Society_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="San Diego Film Critics Society Awards">San Diego Film Critics Society Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Screenplay, Original </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Film_Critics_Circle" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Film Critics Circle">San Francisco Film Critics Circle</a> </td> <td>Best Original Screenplay </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Satellite_Awards" title="Satellite Awards">Satellite Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Screenplay, Original </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards </td> <td>Best Screenplay, Original </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis_Gateway_Film_Critics_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association">St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association</a> </td> <td>Best Original Screenplay </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Village_Voice_Film_Poll" title="Village Voice Film Poll">Village Voice Film Poll</a> </td> <td>Best Screenplay </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington_DC_Area_Film_Critics_Association_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards">Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Original Screenplay </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="15">2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Academy Award">Academy Award</a> </td> <td>Best Writing, Original Screenplay </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Globe Award">Golden Globe Award</a> </td> <td>Best Screenplay – Motion Picture </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/British_Academy_Film_Awards" title="British Academy Film Awards">British Academy Film Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Screenplay (Original) </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film (with <a href="/wiki/Emile_Sherman" title="Emile Sherman">Emile Sherman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gareth_Unwin" title="Gareth Unwin">Gareth Unwin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iain_Canning" title="Iain Canning">Iain Canning</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hooper" title="Tom Hooper">Tom Hooper</a>) </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards </td> <td>Best Screenplay, Original </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chlotrudis_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Chlotrudis Awards">Chlotrudis Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Original Screenplay </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Critics' Choice Movie Award">Critics' Choice Movie Award</a> </td> <td>Best Screenplay, Original </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/European_Film_Awards" title="European Film Awards">European Film Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Film (with Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin, Iain Canning and Tom Hooper) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Humanitas_Prize" title="Humanitas Prize">Humanitas Prize</a> </td> <td>Feature Film Category </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Italian_Online_Movie_Awards&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Italian Online Movie Awards (page does not exist)">Italian Online Movie Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Original Screenplay </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/London_Critics_Circle_Film_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="London Critics Circle Film Awards">London Critics Circle Film Awards</a> </td> <td>Screenwriter of the Year </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Society_of_Film_Critics_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="National Society of Film Critics Awards">National Society of Film Critics Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Screenplay (2nd place) </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Online Film & Television Association Awards </td> <td>Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="no table-no2 notheme">Nominated </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Online_Film_Critics_Society_Awards" class="mw-redirect" title="Online Film Critics Society Awards">Online Film Critics Society Awards</a> </td> <td>Best Screenplay, Original </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; 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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. Webb">James Webb</a> (1963)</li> <li>S. H. Barnett, <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 href="/wiki/Frank_Pierson" title="Frank Pierson">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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="BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" 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: #BDB76B"><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:BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Template:BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Template talk:BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Special:EditPage/Template:BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay">BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%;background: #C5B358">1983–2000</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/Paul_D._Zimmerman" title="Paul D. 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Zimmerman</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (1985)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Leland" title="David Leland">David Leland</a> (1987)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Slovo" title="Shawn Slovo">Shawn Slovo</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nora_Ephron" title="Nora Ephron">Nora Ephron</a> (1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Tornatore" title="Giuseppe Tornatore">Giuseppe Tornatore</a> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Minghella" title="Anthony Minghella">Anthony Minghella</a> (1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Ramis" title="Harold Ramis">Harold Ramis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Danny_Rubin" title="Danny Rubin">Danny Rubin</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roger_Avary" title="Roger Avary">Roger Avary</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_McQuarrie" title="Christopher McQuarrie">Christopher McQuarrie</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Leigh" title="Mike Leigh">Mike Leigh</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Oldman" title="Gary Oldman">Gary Oldman</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Niccol" title="Andrew Niccol">Andrew Niccol</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Kaufman" title="Charlie Kaufman">Charlie Kaufman</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Crowe" title="Cameron Crowe">Cameron Crowe</a> (2000)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%;background: #C5B358">2001–present</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-Pierre_Jeunet" title="Jean-Pierre Jeunet">Jean-Pierre Jeunet</a> and Guillaume Laurant (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Almod%C3%B3var" title="Pedro Almodóvar">Pedro Almodóvar</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_McCarthy_(director)" title="Tom McCarthy (director)">Tom McCarthy</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Kaufman" title="Charlie Kaufman">Charlie Kaufman</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Haggis" title="Paul Haggis">Paul Haggis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Moresco" title="Robert Moresco">Bobby Moresco</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Arndt" title="Michael Arndt">Michael Arndt</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Diablo_Cody" title="Diablo Cody">Diablo Cody</a> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Martin_McDonagh" title="Martin McDonagh">Martin McDonagh</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Boal" title="Mark Boal">Mark Boal</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Seidler</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michel_Hazanavicius" title="Michel Hazanavicius">Michel Hazanavicius</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eric_Warren_Singer" title="Eric Warren Singer">Eric Warren Singer</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_O._Russell" title="David O. 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class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Nolan" title="Christopher Nolan">Christopher Nolan</a> (2001)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Best Writer <br /> (2002–2018)</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><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Kaufman" title="Charlie Kaufman">Charlie Kaufman</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Sheridan" title="Jim Sheridan">Jim Sheridan</a>, Naomi Sheridan, and <a href="/wiki/Kirsten_Sheridan" title="Kirsten Sheridan">Kirsten Sheridan</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Payne" title="Alexander Payne">Alexander Payne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_Taylor_(writer)" title="Jim Taylor (writer)">Jim Taylor</a> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Haggis" title="Paul Haggis">Paul Haggis</a> and <a 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(1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Stoppard" title="Tom Stoppard">Tom Stoppard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marc_Norman" title="Marc Norman">Marc Norman</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Ball_(screenwriter)" title="Alan Ball (screenwriter)">Alan Ball</a> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Cameron_Crowe" title="Cameron Crowe">Cameron Crowe</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Seidler</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Spike_Jonze" title="Spike Jonze">Spike Jonze</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Gonz%C3%A1lez_I%C3%B1%C3%A1rritu" title="Alejandro González Iñárritu">Alejandro G. 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href="/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino" title="Quentin Tarantino">Quentin Tarantino</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Emerald_Fennell" title="Emerald Fennell">Emerald Fennell</a> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Branagh" title="Kenneth Branagh">Kenneth Branagh</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniels_(directors)" title="Daniels (directors)">Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greta_Gerwig" title="Greta Gerwig">Greta Gerwig</a> and <a href="/wiki/Noah_Baumbach" title="Noah Baumbach">Noah Baumbach</a> (2023)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Critics%27_Choice_Movie_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay" title="Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay">Best Adapted Screenplay</a> <br /> (1997–2000, 2009–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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