WRITING AWARDS


  ORIGINAL STORY ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1927 / 28   UNDERWORLD
-Ben Hecht
7TH HEAVEN
-Benjamin Glazer
1928 / 29   THE PATRIOT
- Hans Kraly
 
1929 / 30   THE BIG HOUSE
- Frances Marion
 
1930 / 31   THE DAWN PATROL
- John Monk Saunders
CIMARRON
- Howard Estabrook
1931 / 32   THE CHAMP
- Frances Marion
BAD GIRL
- Edwin Burke
1932 / 33   ONE WAY PASSAGE
- Robert Lord
LITTLE WOMEN
- Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason
1934   MANHATTAN MELODRAMA
- Arthur Caesar
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
- Robert Riskin
1935   THE SCOUNDREL
- Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur
THE INFORMER
- Dudley Nichols
1936 THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR
- Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney
  THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR
- Pierre Collings, Sheridan Gibney
1937   A STAR IS BORN
- Robert Carson, William A. Wellman
THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA
- Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, Norman Reilly Raine
1938   BOYS TOWN
- Eleanore Griffin, Dore Schary
PYGMALION
- Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb, George Bernard Shaw
1939   MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
- Lewis R. Foster
GONE WITH THE WIND
- Sidney Howard
1940 ARISE, MY LOVE
- Benjamin Glazer, John S. Toldy
THE GREAT MCGINTY
- Preston Sturges
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
- Donald Ogden Stewart
1941 HERE COMES MR. JORDAN
- Harry Segall
CITIZEN KANE
- Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles
HERE COMES MR. JORDAN
- Harry Segall, Seton I. Miller
1942 THE INVADERS
- Emeric Pressburger
WOMAN OF THE YEAR
- Michael Kanin, Ring Lardner Jr.
MRS. MINIVER
- George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, Arthur Wimperis
1943 THE HUMAN COMEDY
- William Saroyan
PRINCESS O'ROURKE
- Norman Krasna
CASABLANCA
- Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch
1944 GOING MY WAY
- Leo McCarey
WILSON
- Lamar Trotti
GOING MY WAY
- Frank Butler, Frank Cavett
1945 THE HOUSE ON 92ND STREET
- Charles G. Booth
MARIE-LOUISE
- Richard Schweizer
THE LOST WEEKEND
- Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder
1946 VACATION FROM MARRIAGE
- Clemence Dane
THE SEVENTH VEIL
- Muriel Box, Sydney Box
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES
- Robert E. Sherwood
1947 MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
- Valentine Davies
THE BACHELOR AND THE BOBBY-SOXER
- Sidney Sheldon
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET
- George Seaton
1948 THE SEARCH
- Richard Schweizer, David Wechsler
  THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE
- John Huston
1949 THE STRATTON STORY
- Douglas Morrow
A LETTER TO THREE WIVES
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
BATTLEGROUND
- Robert Pirosh
1950 PANIC IN THE STREETS
- Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt
ALL ABOUT EVE
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
SUNSET BOULEVARD
- Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman Jr., Billy Wilder
1951 SEVEN DAYS TO NOON
- James Bernard, Paul Dehn
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS
- Alan Jay Lerner
A PLACE IN THE SUN
- Harry Brown, Michael Wilson
1952 THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
- Frank Cavett, Frederic M. Frank, Theodore St. John
THE LAVENDER HILL MOB
- T.E. B. Clarke
THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
- Charles Schnee
1953 ROMAN HOLIDAY
- Dalton Trumbo
TITANIC
- Charles Brackett, Richard Breen, Walter Reisch
FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
- Daniel Taradash
1954 BROKEN LANCE
- Philip Yordan
ON THE WATERFRONT
- Budd Schulberg
THE COUNTRY GIRL
- George Seaton
1955 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME
- Daniel Fuchs
INTERRUPTED MELODY
- Sonya Levien, William Ludwig
MARTY
- Paddy Chayefsky
1956 THE BRAVE ONE
- Dalton Trumbo
THE RED BALLOON
- Albert Lamorisse
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
- John Farrow, S.J. Perelman, James Poe
1957   DESIGNING WOMAN
- George Wells
THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI
- Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson
1958   THE DEFIANT ONES
- Harold Jacob Smith, Nedrick Young
GIGI
- Alan Jay Lerner
1959   PILLOW TALK
- Clarence Greene, Maurice Richlin, Russell Rouse, Stanley Shapiro
ROOM AT THE TOP
- Neil Paterson
1960   THE APARTMENT
- I.A.L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
ELMER GANTRY
- Richard Brooks
1961   SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
- William Inge
JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG
- Abby Mann
1962   DIVORCE--ITALIAN STYLE
- Ennio de Concini, Pietro Germi, Alfredo Giannetti
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
- Horton Foote
1963   HOW THE WEST WAS WON
- James R. Webb
TOM JONES
- John Osborne
1964   FATHER GOOSE
- S.H. Barnett, Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff
BECKET
- Edward Anhalt
1965   DARLING
- Frederic Raphael
DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
- Robert Bolt
1966   A MAN AND A WOMAN
- Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
- Robert Bolt
1967   GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
- William Rose
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
- Stirling Silliphant
1968   THE PRODUCERS
- Mel Brooks
THE LION IN WINTER
- James Goldman
1969   BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID
- William Goldman
MIDNIGHT COWBOY
- Waldo Salt
1970   PATTON
- Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North
M*A*S*H
- Ring Lardner, Jr.
1971   THE HOSPITAL
- Paddy Chayefsky
THE FRENCH CONNECTION
- Ernest Tidyman
1972   THE CANDIDATE
- Jeremy Larner
THE GODFATHER
- Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
1973   THE STING
- David S. Ward
THE EXORCIST
- William Peter Blatty
1974   CHINATOWN
- Robert Towne
THE GODFATHER PART II
- Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo
1975   DOG DAY AFTERNOON
- Frank Pierson
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
- Bo Goldman, Lawrence Hauben
1976   NETWORK
- Paddy Chayefsky
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN
- William Goldman
1977   ANNIE HALL
- Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
JULIA
- Alvin Sargent
1978   COMING HOME
- Nancy Dowd, Robert C. Jones, Waldo Salt
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
- Oliver Stone
1979   BREAKING AWAY
- Steve Tesich
KRAMER VS. KRAMER
- Robert Benton
1980   MELVIN AND HOWARD
- Bo Goldman
ORDINARY PEOPLE
- Alvin Sargent
1981   CHARIOTS OF FIRE
- Colin Welland
ON GOLDEN POND
- Ernest Thompson
1982   GANDHI
- John Briley
MISSING
- Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart
1983   TENDER MERCIES
- Horton Foote
TERMS OF ENDEARMENT
- James L. Brooks
1984   PLACES IN THE HEART
- Robert Benton
AMADEUS
- Peter Shaffer
1985   WITNESS
- William Kelley, Earl W. Wallace, Pamela Wallace
OUT OF AFRICA
- Kurt Luedtke
1986   HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
- Woody Allen
A ROOM WITH A VIEW
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1987   MOONSTRUCK
- John Patrick Shanley
THE LAST EMPEROR
- Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe
1988   RAIN MAN
- Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow
DANGEROUS LIAISONS
- Christopher Hampton
1989   DEAD POETS SOCIETY
- Tom Schulman
DRIVING MISS DAISY
- Alfred Uhry
1990   GHOST
- Bruce Joel Rubin
DANCES WITH WOLVES
- Michael Blake
1991   THELMA & LOUISE
- Callie Khouri
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
- Ted Tally
1992   THE CRYING GAME
- Neil Jordan
HOWARDS END
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
1993   THE PIANO
- Jane Campion
SCHINDLER'S LIST
- Steven Zaillian
1994   PULP FICTION
- Roger Avary, Quentin Tarantino
FORREST GUMP
- Eric Roth
1995   THE USUAL SUSPECTS
- Christopher McQuarrie
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
- Emma Thompson
1996   FARGO
- Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
SLING BLADE
- Billy Bob Thornton
1997   GOOD WILL HUNTING
- Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
- Curtis Hanson, Brian Helgeland
1998   SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
- Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
GODS AND MONSTERS
- Bill Condon
1999   AMERICAN BEAUTY
- Conrad Hall
THE CIDER HOUSE RULES
- John Irving
2000   ALMOST FAMOUS
- Cameron Crowe
TRAFFIC
- Stephen Gaghan

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