The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television Before 1940, there was an Academy Award for Best Story for writing. The Academy Award for Best Story was an Academy Award given from the beginning of the Academy Awards until 1957 when it was eliminated in favor of the Academy Award for For 1940, it and the award in this article were separated into two awards. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the screenplay.

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1940s

• 1940 The Great McGinty - Preston Sturges
  • Angels over Broadway - Ben Hecht
  • Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet - Norman Burnside, Heinz Herald, John Huston
  • Foreign Correspondent - Charles Bennett, Joan Harrison
  • The Great Dictator - Charlie Chaplin
• 1941 Citizen Kane - Herman Mankiewicz, Orson Welles
  • The Devil and Miss Jones - Norman Krasna
  • Sergeant York - Harry Chandlee, Abem Finkel, John Huston, Howard Koch
  • Tall, Dark and Handsome - Karl Tunberg, Darrell Ware
  • Tom, Dick and Harry - Paul Jarrico
• 1942 Woman of the Year - Michael Kanin, Ring Lardner Jr
  • One of Our Aircraft is Missing - Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
  • Road to Morocco - Frank Butler, Don Hartman
  • Wake Island - W. R. Burnett, Frank Butler
  • The War Against Mrs. The year 1940 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Walt Disney 's animated Film } The Great McGinty is a Political satire Comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Brian Donlevy and Preston Sturges ( August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) originally Edmund Preston Biden was a celebrated Screenwriter and Ben Hecht (pronounced hekt) ( February 28, 1894 &ndash April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter director producer playwright Dr Ehrlich's Magic Bullet is a 1940 Biographical film directed by William Dieterle and starring Edward G John Marcellus Huston ( August 5 1906 &ndash August 28 1987) was an American Film director and Actor. Foreign Correspondent is a thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock which tells the story of an American reporter who tries to expose enemy spies in Charles Bennett ( 2 August 1899 - 15 June 1995) was an English Playwright and Screenwriter, probably best known Joan Harrison ( June 26, 1907 - August 14, 1994) was an English Film producer and Screenwriter. The Great Dictator is a Comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. The year 1941 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time Citizen Kane ( 1941) is an American Dramatic film, and the first Feature film directed by Orson Welles, who also co-authored Herman Jacob Mankiewicz ( November 7, 1897 - March 5, 1953) was a Hollywood screenwriter noted for writing along with Orson George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television The Devil and Miss Jones is a 1941 Comedy film starring Jean Arthur and Charles Coburn. Norman Krasna ( November 7, 1909 &ndash November 1, 1984) was an Academy Award winning American Screenwriter For the unsuccessful US weapon system see M247 Sergeant York. John Marcellus Huston ( August 5 1906 &ndash August 28 1987) was an American Film director and Actor. Howard Koch ( December 2, 1902 - August 17, 1995) was an American Screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Karl Tunberg ( 11 March 1909 – 3 April 1992) was an American screenwriter and occasional film producer Paul Jarrico ( January 12, 1915 – October 28, 1997) was an American Screenwriter and Film producer who was The year 1942 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time Michael Kanin ( February 1 1910 – March 12 1993) was an American director, producer, Playwright Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner Jr ( August 19, 1915 – October 31, 2000) was an American Journalist and One of Our Aircraft is Missing ( is a British War film, the fourth collaboration between the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell Michael Latham Powell ( 30 September 1905 &ndash 19 February 1990) was a British Film director, renowned for his partnership Emeric Pressburger ( 5 December &ndash 5 February) was an Oscar -winning Hungarian / British screenwriter film director and producer Road to Morocco is a 1942 Academy Award nominated Comedy Film which tells the story of two fast-talking guys who find themselves Wake Island is a 1942 film which tells the story of the United States military personnel who were stationed at Wake Island when it was attacked William Riley Burnett ( November 25, 1899 - April 25, 1982) often credited as W Hadley - George Oppenheimer
• 1943 Princess O'Rourke - Norman Krasna
  • Air Force - Dudley Nichols
  • In Which We Serve - Noel Coward
  • The North Star - Lillian Hellman
  • So Proudly We Hail! - Allan Scott
• 1944 Wilson - Lamar Trotti
  • Hail the Conquering Hero - Preston Sturges
  • The Miracle of Morgan's Creek - Preston Sturges
  • Two Girls and a Sailor - Richard Connell, Glays Lehman
  • Wing and a Prayer - Jerome Cady
• 1945 Marie-Louise - Richard Schweizer
  • Dillinger - Philip Yordan
  • Music for Millions - Myles Connolly
  • Salty O'Rourke - Milton Holmes
  • What Next, Corporal Hargrove? - Harry Kurnitz
• 1946 The Seventh Veil - Muriel Box, Sydney Box
  • The Blue Dahlia - Raymond Chandler
  • Children of Paradise - Jacques Prévert
  • Notorious - Ben Hecht
  • Road to Utopia - Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
• 1947 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer - Sidney Sheldon
  • Body and Soul - Abraham Polonsky
  • A Double Life - Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
  • Monsieur Verdoux - Charlie Chaplin
  • Shoeshine - Sergio Amidei, Adolfo Franci, C. G. Viola, Cesare Zavattini
• 1948 none given (Instead of the categories "Original Screenplay and "Screenplay", it was combined into one category, called "Screenplay")
• 1949 Battleground - Robert Pirosh
  • Jolson Sings Again - Sidney Buchman
  • Paisà - Alfred Hayes, Federico Fellini, Sergio Amidei, Marcello Pagliero, Roberto Rossellini
  • Passport to Pimlico - T. E. B. Clarke
  • The Quiet One - Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, Sidney Meyers

(In 1949, the category was renamed "Story and Screenplay")

1950s

• 1950 Sunset Boulevard - Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman, Jr., Billy Wilder
  • Adam's Rib - Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
  • Caged - Virginia Kellogg, Bernard C. Schoenfeld
  • The Men - Carl Foreman
  • No Way Out - Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels
• 1951 An American in Paris - Alan Jay Lerner
  • The Big Carnival - Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman
  • David and Bathsheba - Philip Dunne
  • Go for Broke! - Robert Pirosh
  • The Well - Clarence Greene, Russell Rouse
• 1952 The Lavender Hill Mob - T.E.B. Clarke
  • The Atomic City - Sydney Boehm
  • The Sound Barrier - Terence Rattigan
  • Pat and Mike - Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin
  • Viva Zapata! - John Steinbeck
• 1953 Titanic - Charles Brackett, Richard Breen, Walter Reisch
  • The Band Wagon - Betty Comden, Adolph Green
  • The Desert Rats - Richard Murphy
  • The Naked Spur - Sam Rolfe, Harold Jack Bloom
  • Take the High Ground! - Millard Kaufman
• 1954 On the Waterfront - Budd Schulberg
  • The Barefoot Contessa - Joseph L. Mankiewicz
  • Genevieve - William Rose
  • The Glenn Miller Story - Valentine Davies, Oscar Brodney
  • Knock on Wood - Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
• 1955 Interrupted Melody - Sonya Levien, William Ludwig
  • The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell - Milton Sperling, Emmet Lavery
  • It's Always Fair Weather - Betty Comden, Adolph Green
  • Mr. Hulot's Holiday - Jacques Tati, Henri Marquet
  • The Seven Little Foys - Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose
• 1956 The Red Balloon - Albert Lamorisse
  • The Bold and the Brave - Robert Lewin
  • Julie - Andrew L. Stone
  • La strada - Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli
  • The Ladykillers - William Rose
• 1957 Designing Woman - George Wells
  • Funny Face - Leonard Gershe
  • Man of a Thousand Faces - Ralph Wheelwright, R. The year 1943 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Princess O'Rourke is a 1943 Romantic comedy film directed and written by Norman Krasna and starring Olivia de Havilland, Robert Norman Krasna ( November 7, 1909 &ndash November 1, 1984) was an Academy Award winning American Screenwriter WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Dudley Nichols ( April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter who first came to prominence after winning and refusing In Which We Serve is a 1942 War film that tells the story of the British destroyer HMS Torrin, as told in flashbacks by the survivors as Sir Noël Peirce Coward ( 16 December 1899 26 March 1973) was an English Actor, Playwright The North Star (also known as Armored Attack in the US is a 1943 War film produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures Lillian Florence Hellman ( June 20, 1905 &ndash June 30, 1984) was an American playwright linked throughout her life with many So Proudly We Hail! is a 1943 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Mark Sandrich, and starring Claudette Colbert, Paulette Allan Scott may refer to Allan Scott (athlete (born 1982 Scottish hurdler Allan Scott (businessman (born c The year 1944 in film involved some significant events Events July 20 - Since You Went Away is released Wilson is a 1944 biographical film in Technicolor about President Woodrow Wilson. Lamar Jefferson Trotti ( October 18, 1900 - August 28, 1952) was an American Screenwriter, producer and motion picture executive Hail the Conquering Hero ( 1944) is a satirical comedy / drama written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Eddie Preston Sturges ( August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) originally Edmund Preston Biden was a celebrated Screenwriter and The Miracle of Morgan's Creek ( is a satirical Screwball comedy film written and directed by Preston Sturges, starring Eddie Bracken Preston Sturges ( August 29, 1898 – August 6, 1959) originally Edmund Preston Biden was a celebrated Screenwriter and Richard Edward Connell Jr ( October 17, 1893 &ndash November 22, 1949) was an American author and journalist best known for his Wing and a Prayer (also known as The Story of Carrier X) is a black-and-white 1944 War film about the heroic crew of an Jerome Cady (1903 - 1948 was a Hollywood Screenwriter. What threatened to be a lucrative and successful career as a film writer - graduating up from Charlie The year 1945 in film involved some significant events Events Paramount Studios releases theatrical short Cartoon Marie-Louise is a 1944 German -language Swiss film directed by Leopold Lindtberg. Richard Schweizer ( December 23, 1899 - March 30, 1965) is a Screenwriter who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Dillinger is a 1945 gangster film telling the story of John Dillinger. Philip Yordan ( April 1, 1914 - March 24, 2003) was a popular and talented Screenwriter of the 1940s 1950s and 1960s The year 1946 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The Seventh Veil is a 1945 British melodramatic Film made by Sydney Box Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures Muriel Box ( September 22, 1905 - May 19, 1991) was a prolific English Screenwriter and director in what at the Sydney Box ( April 29, 1907 - May 25 1983) was a British Film producer and Screenwriter, brother of another prominent The Blue Dahlia ( is an American Film noir directed by George Marshall and written by Raymond Chandler. Raymond Thornton Chandler ( July 23, 1888 &ndash March 26, 1959) was an American Author of crime stories and novels Les Enfants du Paradis (released as Children of Paradise in North America, but more correctly translated as Children of the Gods Jacques Prévert (ʒak pʀeˈvɛʀ in French February 4, 1900 - April 11, 1977) was a French Poet and Screenwriter Notorious ( 1946) is a thriller directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman as Ben Hecht (pronounced hekt) ( February 28, 1894 &ndash April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter director producer playwright Road to Utopia, filmed in 1943 but not released until 1946, is the fourth film of the road series Norman Panama ( 21 April, 1914 &ndash 13 January, 2003) was an American Screenwriter and film director born in Chicago Illinois Melvin Frank (born 13 August, 1913 in Chicago Illinois &ndash died 13 October, 1988 in Los Angeles California) was an The year 1947 in film involved some significant events Events May 22 - Great Expectations is premiered in New York The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer is a 1947 Screwball comedy film starring Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and Shirley Temple. Sidney Sheldon ( February 11 1917 &ndash January 30 2007) was an Academy Award -winning American writer who won awards in Body and Soul is a 1947 Film noir which tells the story of a boxer who becomes involved with crooked promoters Abraham Lincoln Polonsky (December 5 1910 - October 26 1999 was an American Screenwriter blacklisted by Hollywood Movie studios A Double Life is a 1947 Film noir which tells the story of an actor whose mind becomes affected by the character he portrays Ruth Gordon Jones ( October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) better known as Ruth Gordon, was an Academy Award - Garson Kanin ( November 24 1912 &ndash March 13, 1999) was an American writer and director of plays and films Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 Black comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. Shoeshine ( Italian: Sciuscià) is a 1946 film and the first major work directed by Vittorio De Sica. Sergio Amidei ( 30 October 1904 - 14 April 1981) was an Italian screenwriter and an important figure in Italy's Neorealist Adolfo Franci (born November 27, 1895) was an Italian Screenwriter. Cesare Giulio Viola (died October 3, 1958) is an Italian Screenwriter. Cesare Zavattini ( September 20, 1902 - October 13, 1989) was an Italian Screenwriter and one of the first theorists and proponents The year 1948 in film involved some significant events Events Laurence Olivier 's Hamlet becomes the The year 1949 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Battleground is a War film that tells the story of the 3rd platoon of Item Company 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, Robert Pirosh ( April 1 1910 - December 25 1989) was an American Screenwriter and director Jolson Sings Again is the 1949 film sequel to The Jolson Story, both of which cover the life of singer Al Jolson. Sidney Robert Buchman ( March 27, 1902 &ndash August 23, 1975) was a Film Writer and producer who worked on Paisà is a 1946 Italian film directed by Roberto Rossellini. Alfred Hayes (18 April 1911 &ndash 14 August 1985 was an English Screenwriter, Television writer Novelist and poet, who worked Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film Sergio Amidei ( 30 October 1904 - 14 April 1981) was an Italian screenwriter and an important figure in Italy's Neorealist Marcello Pagliero ( January 15 1907 - October 18 1980) was an Italian film director actor and screenwriter Roberto Rossellini ( May 8 1906 – June 3 1977) was an Italian Film director. Passport to Pimlico is a 1949 British Comedy film made by Ealing Studios. Thomas Ernest Bennett "Tibby" Clarke ( 7 June 1907 - 11 February 1989) was a movie scriptwriter who wrote several of the The Quiet One is a 1948 American Documentary film directed by Sidney Meyers. Helen Levitt (born 1913-08-31, Brooklyn New York) is an American photographer Sidney Meyers ( March 9, 1906 – December 4, 1969) was a Film director and editor. The year 1950 in film involved some significant events Events February 15 - Walt Disney Studios Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American Film noir classic Directed and co-written by Billy Wilder, it was named Charles Brackett ( November 26, 1892 - March 9, 1969) was an American Novelist Screenwriter, and Film producer DM Marshman Jr is an American Academy Award winning Screenwriter. Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist Adam's Rib is a 1949 film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn and directed by George Cukor. Ruth Gordon Jones ( October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) better known as Ruth Gordon, was an Academy Award - Garson Kanin ( November 24 1912 &ndash March 13, 1999) was an American writer and director of plays and films Caged is a 1950 film tells the story of a teenage newlywed who is sent to prison for being an accessory to a robbery Virginia Kellogg ( December 3, 1907 &ndash April 8, 1981) was a film writer whose scripts for White Heat (1949 and Bernard C Schoenfeld ( August 17, 1907 - April 25, 1980) was a film screenwriter Carl Foreman CBE ( July 23, 1914 – June 26, 1984) was an American Screenwriter and Film producer No Way Out ( 1950) is a Black-and-white Film noir directed by Joseph L Joseph Leo Mankiewicz ( February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American Academy Award -winning director Lesser Samuels ( 26 July, 1894 - 22 December, 1980) enjoyed a 20 year career as a Hollywood Scriptwriter. The year 1951 in film involved some significant events Events Sweden - May Britt is scouted by Italian An American in Paris is a MGM Musical film inspired by the 1928 orchestral composition by George Gershwin. Alan Jay Lerner ( August 31, 1918 &ndash June 14, 1986) was an American Broadway Lyricist and Librettist Ace in the Hole is a 1951 American Drama film. It marked a series of firsts for auteur Billy Wilder: it was the first time Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist Lesser Samuels ( 26 July, 1894 - 22 December, 1980) enjoyed a 20 year career as a Hollywood Scriptwriter. Walter Newman ( 11 February 1916 – 14 October 1993) was an American radio writer and Screenwriter active from the late David and Bathsheba is a 1951 historical Epic film about King David made by 20th Century Fox. This article is about an American screenwriter For the UK politician see '''Philip Dunne MP'''. Robert Pirosh ( April 1 1910 - December 25 1989) was an American Screenwriter and director The Well is a 1951 American Film noir which tackled the issue of racial tensions and Collective behavior. Clarence Greene ( August 10, 1913 - June 17, 1995) was an American Film producer and Screenwriter who frequently Russell Rouse ( 20 November 1913 &ndash 2 October 1987) was an American Screenwriter, producer and director. The year 1952 in film involved some significant events Events January 10 - Cecil B The Lavender Hill Mob is a 1951 Comedy film from Ealing Studios, written by T Thomas Ernest Bennett "Tibby" Clarke ( 7 June 1907 - 11 February 1989) was a movie scriptwriter who wrote several of the Sydney Boehm ( April 4, 1908 - June 25, 1990) was an American screenwriter and producer The Sound Barrier is a British 1952 film directed by David Lean. Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan ( June 10 1911 – November 30 1977) was one of England 's most popular 20th century Dramatists Pat and Mike is a 1952 comedy starring Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. Ruth Gordon Jones ( October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) better known as Ruth Gordon, was an Academy Award - Garson Kanin ( November 24 1912 &ndash March 13, 1999) was an American writer and director of plays and films For the 7 Year Bitch album please see ¡Viva Zapata!. Viva Zapata! is a 1952 Biographical film directed by John Steinbeck III (February 27 1902—December 20 1968 was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century The year 1953 in film involved some significant events Events September 16 — The Robe debuts as Titanic is a 1953 Drama film directed by Jean Negulesco. The film is not to be confused with the other movies with the same title Charles Brackett ( November 26, 1892 - March 9, 1969) was an American Novelist Screenwriter, and Film producer Richard L Breen ( June 26, 1918 - February 1, 1967) was a Hollywood screenwriter and director Walter Reisch ( May 23, 1903 - March 28, 1983) was an Austrian -born director and Academy Award-winning screenwriter For the musical see The Band Wagon (musical. The Band Wagon ( 1953) is a Musical comedy film that many critics rank (along Betty Comden ( May 3 1917 November 23 2006) along with Adolph Green (1914 2002 was one-half of the musical duo Comden and Green Adolph Green ( December 2, 1914 October 23, 2002) was an American Lyricist and Playwright who with long-time The Desert Rats is a 1953 War film starring Richard Burton and Robert Douglas directed by Robert Wise. Richard Murphy ( May 8, 1912 - May 19, 1993) was an award winning American Screenwriter, Film director, The Naked Spur is a 1953 American western movie directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their third Sam Rolfe ( February 18, 1924 – July 10, 1993) was an American Screenwriter. Harold Jack Bloom ( April 26, 1924 - August 27, 1999) was a Television producer and Screenwriter who scored a notable Take the High Ground! is a Korean War film starring Richard Widmark and Karl Malden as drill instructors who must transform a batch of Millard Kaufman (born March 12, 1917) is an American screenwriter and novelist The year 1954 in film involved some significant events Events May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx On the Waterfront is a American Drama film about mob violence and corruption among longshoremen. Budd Schulberg (born March 27 1914, in New York City, New York) is an American Screenwriter and Novelist. The Barefoot Contessa is a 1954 film about the life and loves of fictional Spanish sex symbol Maria Vargas Joseph Leo Mankiewicz ( February 11, 1909 – February 5, 1993) was an American Academy Award -winning director Genevieve is a 1953 British film directed by Henry Cornelius and starring John Gregson, Dinah Sheridan, Kenneth More William Rose ( December 12, 1914 - February 10, 1987) was a major American Screenwriter of British and Hollywood The Glenn Miller Story is a 1953 American film directed by Anthony Mann and starring James Stewart in their first non- western Valentine Davies ( 25 August 1905 - 23 July 1961) was an American film and television writer producer and director Oscar Brodney ( February 18, 1907 &ndash February 12, 2008) was an American Lawyer -turned- Screenwriter. Knock on Wood is a 1954 Comedy Film starring Danny Kaye and Mai Zetterling. Norman Panama ( 21 April, 1914 &ndash 13 January, 2003) was an American Screenwriter and film director born in Chicago Illinois Melvin Frank (born 13 August, 1913 in Chicago Illinois &ndash died 13 October, 1988 in Los Angeles California) was an The year 1955 in film involved some significant events Events November 3 - The musical Guys and Dolls Interrupted Melody ( 1955) is a Biographical film which tells the story of Australian Opera singer Marjorie Lawrence Sonya Levien ( December 25, 1888 &ndash March 19, 1960) was a Russian Screenwriter. William Ludwig ( May 16, 1912 - February 7, 1999) was an Academy Award winning screenwriter The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell is a film directed by Otto Preminger in 1955. Milton Sperling (6 July 1912 - 26 August 1988 was an American Film producer and Screenwriter for 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros It's Always Fair Weather is a 1955 MGM musical film scripted by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, who also wrote the show's lyrics scored by Betty Comden ( May 3 1917 November 23 2006) along with Adolph Green (1914 2002 was one-half of the musical duo Comden and Green Adolph Green ( December 2, 1914 October 23, 2002) was an American Lyricist and Playwright who with long-time Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (released as Monsieur Hulot's Holiday in the UK and as Mr Jacques Tati (October 9 &ndashNovember 5) was a noted French comedic Filmmaker. Henri Marquet is a French Assistant director and Screenwriter. The Seven Little Foys is a 1955 film starring Bob Hope as Eddie Foy. Melville Shavelson ( April 1, 1917 &ndash August 8, 2007) was an American film director producer and screenwriter The year 1956 in film involved some significant events Events August 4 - The last film serial Blazing the Overland The Red Balloon ( Le Ballon rouge) ( 1956) is a Fantasy Short film, directed by French Filmmaker Albert Albert Lamorisse (January 13 1922 &ndash June 2 1970 was a French award-winning Filmmaker, Film producer, and Writer, who is best known for The Bold and the Brave is a 1956 Hollywood World War II movie written by Robert Lewin and directed by Lewis R Andrew L Stone ( July 16, 1902 &ndash June 9, 1999) was an American Screenwriter, director, and producer Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film Tullio Pinelli (born June 24, 1908) is an award-winning screenwriter best known for his work on the Federico Fellini classics I vitelloni This article is about the 1955 film For the remake see The Ladykillers (2004 film. William Rose ( December 12, 1914 - February 10, 1987) was a major American Screenwriter of British and Hollywood The year 1957 in film involved some significant events Events October 21 - The movie Jailhouse Rock Designing Woman is a 1957 Academy Award winning romantic Comedy about Fashion. George Wells ( November 8, 1909 - November 27, 2000) was an American Academy Award winning screenwriter This article is about the musical film For an unrelated 1971 CBS sitcom see Funny Face (TV series. Leonard Gershe ( June 10, 1922 - March 9, 2002) was an American Playwright, Screenwriter, and Lyricist Man of a Thousand Faces ( 1957) is a Film detailing the life of Silent movie actor Lon Chaney, in which the title role is played Wright Campbell, Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts
  • The Tin Star - Barney Slater, Joel Kane, Dudley Nichols
  • I vitelloni - Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli
• 1958 The Defiant Ones - Nathan E. Douglas, Harold Jacob Smith (Upon request of his widow and upon recommendation of the Writers Branch Executive Committee, the Board of Governors voted to restore the name of Nedrick Young to the nomination and award presented to Nathan E. Douglas, which was a pseudonym for Mr. Ivan Goff ( April 17 1910 - September 23 1999) was an Australian Screenwriter. The Tin Star is a 1957 American western film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins Dudley Nichols ( April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter who first came to prominence after winning and refusing I vitelloni ( 1953) is an Italian and French Comedy drama Film directed by Federico Fellini. Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film Ennio Flaiano ( March 5, 1910 in Pescara – November 20 1972 in Rome) was an Italian screenwriter playwright novelist Tullio Pinelli (born June 24, 1908) is an award-winning screenwriter best known for his work on the Federico Fellini classics I vitelloni The year 1958 in film involved some significant events Events February 16- " In the Money " by William The Defiant Ones ( 1958) is a film which tells the story of two escaped prisoners who are shackled together one white and one black who must co-operate in order to Nedrick Young ( March 23, 1914 – September 16, 1968) was a Screenwriter often blacklisted during the 1950's and 1960's Harold Jacob Smith ( July 2, 1912 - December 28, 1970) was an American Academy Award winning screenwriter Nedrick Young ( March 23, 1914 – September 16, 1968) was a Screenwriter often blacklisted during the 1950's and 1960's Nedrick Young ( March 23, 1914 – September 16, 1968) was a Screenwriter often blacklisted during the 1950's and 1960's Young during the blacklisting period. )
  • The Goddess - Paddy Chayefsky
  • Houseboat - Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose
  • The Sheepman - James Edward Grant, William Bowers
  • Teacher's Pet - Fay Kanin, Michael Kanin
• 1959 Pillow Talk - Clarence Greene, Maurice Richlin, Russell Rouse, Stanley Shapiro
  • The 400 Blows - François Truffaut, Marcel Moussy
  • North by Northwest - Ernest Lehman
  • Operation Petticoat - Paul King, Joseph Stone, Stanley Shapiro, Maurice Richlin
  • Wild Strawberries - Ingmar Bergman

1960s

• 1960 The Apartment - I.A.L. Diamond, Billy Wilder
  • The Angry Silence - Screenplay by Bryan Forbes; Story by Richard Gregson, Michael Craig
  • The Facts of Life - Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
  • Hiroshima Mon Amour - Marguerite Duras
  • Never on Sunday - Jules Dassin
• 1961 Splendor in the Grass - William Inge
  • Ballad of a Soldier - Valentin Yoshov, Grigori Chukhrai
  • La dolce vita - Federico Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, Brunello Rondi
  • General Della Rovere - Sergio Amidei, Diego Fabbi, Indro Montanelli
  • Lover Come Back - Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning
• 1962 Divorce, Italian Style - Ennio de Concini, Pietro Germi, Alfredo Giannetti
  • Freud - Story by Charles Kaufman, Screenplay by Charles Kaufman and Wolfgang Reinhardt
  • Last Year at Marienbad - Alain Robbe-Grillet
  • That Touch of Mink - Stanley Shapiro, Nate Monaster
  • Through a Glass Darkly - Ingmar Bergman
• 1963 How the West Was Won - James Webb
  • 8½ - Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi
  • America, America - Elia Kazan
  • The Four Days of Naples - Story by Pasquale Festa Campanile, Massimo Franciosa, Nanni Loy, Vasco Pratolini; Screenplay by Carlo Bernari, Massimo Franciosa, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Nanni Loy
  • Love with the Proper Stranger - Arnold Schulman
• 1964 Father Goose - Peter Stone, Frank Tarloff
  • A Hard Day's Night - Alun Owen
  • One Potato, Two Potato - Screenplay by Raphael Hayes; Story by Orville H. The Goddess is a 1958 Columbia Pictures drama Film starring Kim Stanley and Lloyd Bridges. Sidney Aaron Chayefski ( January 29, 1923 &ndash August 1, 1981) known as Paddy Chayefsky was an acclaimed dramatist who transitioned Houseboat is a 1958 Romantic Melville Shavelson ( April 1, 1917 &ndash August 8, 2007) was an American film director producer and screenwriter The Sheepman is a tongue-in-cheek 1958 Western film directed by George Marshall, starring Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine James Edward Grant ( 2 July, 1905 &ndash 19 February, 1966) was an American film writer and director William Bowers ( Las Cruces, 1916 - Woodland Hills California, 1987 was a reporter in Long Beach California before becoming a Screenwriter Teacher's Pet is a 1958 Romantic comedy film starring Clark Gable and Doris Day, directed by George Seaton and written Fay Kanin (born May 9 1917) is an American screenwriter playwright and producer Michael Kanin ( February 1 1910 – March 12 1993) was an American director, producer, Playwright The year 1959 in film involved some significant events Events The Three Stooges make their 180th and last short film Pillow talk is the relaxed intimate conversation that often occurs between two Sexual partners after the act of lovemaking, usually accompanied by cuddling caresses Clarence Greene ( August 10, 1913 - June 17, 1995) was an American Film producer and Screenwriter who frequently Maurice Richlin ( February 23, 1920 &ndash November 13, 1990) was an American Academy Award -winning Screenwriter Russell Rouse ( 20 November 1913 &ndash 2 October 1987) was an American Screenwriter, producer and director. Stanley Shapiro ( July 16, 1925 - July 21, 1990) was an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter and The 400 Blows ( Les Quatre Cents Coups) is a 1959 French film directed by François Truffaut. François Roland Truffaut ( February 6 1932 – October 21 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking Marcel Moussy ( 1924 - August 11, 1995) was a French Screenwriter and Television director. North by Northwest ( 1959) is a suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint and Ernest Lehman ( December 8, 1915 in New York City – July 2 2005 in Los Angeles California) was an American Operation Petticoat is a 1959 comedic film directed by Blake Edwards, and starring Cary Grant, Tony Curtis, and Dina Merrill, Stanley Shapiro ( July 16, 1925 - July 21, 1990) was an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter and Maurice Richlin ( February 23, 1920 &ndash November 13, 1990) was an American Academy Award -winning Screenwriter Wild Strawberries is a 1957 Film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, about an old man recalling his past Ernst Ingmar Bergman ( pronounced) (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007 was a nine-time Academy Award -nominated Swedish film, stage The year 1960 in film involved some significant events Events April 20 - for the first time since coming home from military The Apartment is a 1960 American comedy - Drama film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon IAL Diamond ( June 27, 1920 - April 21, 1988) was a comedy writer in Hollywood during the 1940s and '50s. Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist The Angry Silence is a 1960 British drama film directed by Guy Green and starring Richard Attenborough. Bryan Forbes CBE (born John Theobald Clark on July 22 1926 in London) is an English Film director, Actor The Facts of Life is a 1960 Romantic comedy starring Bob Hope and Lucille Ball as middle-aged people who have an affair despite Norman Panama ( 21 April, 1914 &ndash 13 January, 2003) was an American Screenwriter and film director born in Chicago Illinois Melvin Frank (born 13 August, 1913 in Chicago Illinois &ndash died 13 October, 1988 in Los Angeles California) was an Hiroshima Mon Amour is an acclaimed 1959 drama / Romance film by French Film director Alain Resnais, with Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras (maʀgəʁit dyˈʁas in French ( April 4, 1914 – March 3, 1996) was a French Never on Sunday ( Greek: Ποτέ Την Κυριακή "Pote Tin Kyriaki" is a 1960 Greek black-and-white film which tells the story Jules Dassin, born Julius Dassin ( &ndash) was an American Film director. The year 1961 in film involved some significant events Events Last Year at Marienbad ( L'année dernière Splendor in the Grass, an American movie from 1961, tells a story of Sexual repression, love and heartbreak William Motter Inge (ˈɪndʒ "inj" –) was an American playwright and novelist whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with Ballad of a Soldier, ( Баллада о солдате, Ballada o soldate) is a 1959 Soviet film directed by Grigori Chukhrai Grigori Naumovich Chukhrai (Григорiй Наумович ЧухрайГригорий Наумович Чухрай May 23, 1921 -- October 28, Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film Tullio Pinelli (born June 24, 1908) is an award-winning screenwriter best known for his work on the Federico Fellini classics I vitelloni Ennio Flaiano ( March 5, 1910 in Pescara – November 20 1972 in Rome) was an Italian screenwriter playwright novelist Sergio Amidei ( 30 October 1904 - 14 April 1981) was an Italian screenwriter and an important figure in Italy's Neorealist Indro Montanelli ( April 22, 1909 - July 22, 2001) was an Italian journalist and historian known for his new approach to writing History Lover Come Back is a 1961 Romantic comedy released by Universal Pictures. Stanley Shapiro ( July 16, 1925 - July 21, 1990) was an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter and Paul Henning ( September 16, 1911 &ndash March 25, 2005) was an American producer and Writer, most famous for The year 1962 in film involved some significant events Events Dr Divorce Italian Style (Italian Divorzio all'italiana) is a 1961 Italian Comedy Film directed by Pietro Ennio De Concini (born 9 December 1923) is an Italian former prolific screenwriter and film director winning the Academy Award in 1962 for the "Best Pietro Germi ( September 14, 1914 - December 5, 1974) was an Italian Actor, Screenwriter, and Alfredo Giannetti (1924-1995 is an Italian Screenwriter and Film editor. Freud the Secret Passion also known as Freud ( 1962) is a American Biographical film Drama based on the life L'année dernière à Marienbad (translated as Last Year in Marienbad in the UK and Last Year at Marienbad in North Alain Robbe-Grillet (French alɛ̃ ʁɔb gʁiˈje (August 18 1922 &ndash February 18 2008 was a French Writer That Touch of Mink ( 1962) is a romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Doris Day. Stanley Shapiro ( July 16, 1925 - July 21, 1990) was an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter and Through a Glass Darkly ( Swedish: Såsom i en spegel (" As in a mirror " is a 1961 Swedish film written Ernst Ingmar Bergman ( pronounced) (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007 was a nine-time Academy Award -nominated Swedish film, stage The year 1963 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - Filming begins on Dr How the West Was Won is a 1962 epic Western film which follows four generations of a family (starting as the Prescotts as they move ever 8½ (pronounced Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film Ennio Flaiano ( March 5, 1910 in Pescara – November 20 1972 in Rome) was an Italian screenwriter playwright novelist Tullio Pinelli (born June 24, 1908) is an award-winning screenwriter best known for his work on the Federico Fellini classics I vitelloni America America ( British title The Anatolian Smile) is a 1963 black-and-white American dramatic film directed produced Elia Mother, ( Greek: Ηλίας Καζάν September 7 1909 &ndash September 28 2003) was a Greek - American For the historical event itself see Four days of Naples. The Four Days of Naples (original title Le Quattro giornate di Napoli Pasquale Festa Campanile ( Melfi, 28 July 1927 - Rome, 25 February 1986) was a Academy Award nominated Nanni Loy (born Giovanni Loi; October 23 1925 - August 21 1995) was an Italian film theatre and TV director Vasco Pratolini ( October 19 1913 - January 12 1991) was one of the most noted Italian writers of the twentieth century Pasquale Festa Campanile ( Melfi, 28 July 1927 - Rome, 25 February 1986) was a Academy Award nominated Nanni Loy (born Giovanni Loi; October 23 1925 - August 21 1995) was an Italian film theatre and TV director Love with the Proper Stranger ( 1963) is a romantic comedy Drama film made by Pakula - Mulligan Productions and Boardwalk Productions Arnold Schulman (born August 11, 1925) is an American Screenwriter and producer. The year 1964 in film involved some significant events Events January 29 - The film Dr Father Goose ( 1964) is a Romantic comedy film set in World War II, starring Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, and Trevor Peter Stone ( February 27, 1930 – April 26, 2003) was a writer for theater television and movies A Hard Day's Night is a 1964 British Comedy film written by Alun Owen starring The Beatles — John Lennon, Paul McCartney Alun Owen ( November 24 1925 &ndash December 6 1994) was a British Screenwriter, predominantly active in Television One Potato Two Potato is a 1964 black-and-white Drama film directed by Larry Peerce The principal roles are played by Barbara Barrie Hampton
  • The Organizer - Age Monicelli, Scarpelli Monicelli, Mario Monicelli
  • That Man from Rio - Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Ariane Mnouchkine, Daniel Boulanger, Philippe de Broca
• 1965 Darling - Frederic Raphael
  • Casanova 70 - Age Monicelli, Scarpelli Monicelli, Mario Monicelli, Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Salvioni, Suso Cecchi D'Amico
  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines - Jack Davies, Ken Annakin
  • The Train - Franklin Coen, Frank Davis
  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - Jacques Demy
• 1966 A Man and a Woman - Story by Claude Lelouch; Screenplay by Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
  • Blowup - Story by Michelangelo Antonioni; Screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, Tonino Guerra, Edward Bond
  • The Fortune Cookie - Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond
  • Khartoum - Robert Ardrey
  • The Naked Prey - Clinkt Johnston, Don Peters
• 1967 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - William Rose
  • Bonnie and Clyde - David Newman, Robert Benton
  • Divorce American Style - Story by Robert Kaufman; Screenplay by Norman Lear
  • La Guerre Est Finie - Jorge Semprún
  • Two for the Road - Frederic Raphael
• 1968 The Producers - Mel Brooks
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey - Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke
  • The Battle of Algiers - Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo
  • Faces - John Cassavetes
  • Hot Millions - Iro Wallach, Peter Ustinov
• 1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - William Goldman
  • Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice - Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker
  • The Damned - Story by Nicola Badalucco; Screenplay by Nicola Badalucco, Enrico Medioli, Luchino Visconti
  • Easy Rider - Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern
  • The Wild Bunch - Story by Walon Green, Roy N. I Compagni or The Organizer is a 1963 Italian Drama film directed by Mario Monicelli. Mario Monicelli (born May 15, 1915) is an Italian director and screenwriter one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana That Man From Rio (L'Homme de Rio is a popular 1964 Adventure film, directed by Philippe de Broca and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Rappeneau (born 8 April 1932 at Auxerre) is a French film director screenwriter and actor Ariane Mnouchkine (born 1939 in Boulogne-sur-Seine) is a world-renowned French stage director. Daniel Boulanger ( Compiègne, 24 January, 1922 is a French novelist playwright poet and screenwriter Philippe de Broca ( March 15, 1933 &ndash November 26, 2004) was a French Film director. The year 1965 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U Darling is a 1965 British film which tells the story of an amoral model who sleeps her way to success Frederic Michael Raphael (born 1931 in Chicago is an American-born British-educated Screenwriter, and also a prolific Novelist and Journalist. Casanova 70 is a 1965 Italian Comedy produced by Carlo Ponti, directed by Mario Monicelli and starring Marcello Mastroianni Mario Monicelli (born May 15, 1915) is an Italian director and screenwriter one of the masters of the Commedia all'Italiana Tonino Guerra (born 16 March 1920) is an Italian poet writer and Screenwriter who has collaborated with some of the most prominent writers of Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines Or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes is a British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin Ken Annakin, OBE (born August 10, 1914 in Beverley, Yorkshire) is an English film director The Train is a 1964 War movie written by Franklin Coen and Frank Davis and directed by John Frankenheimer. The Umbrellas of Cherbourg ( Les Parapluies de Cherbourg) is a Musical film made in 1964 Jacques Demy ( June 5, 1931 – October 27, 1990) was one of the most approachable filmmakers to appear in the wake of the French New The year 1966 in film involved some significant events Events Walt Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse died on A Man and a Woman ( Un homme et une femme) is a 1966 French film. Claude Lelouch (born 30 October 1937 is a French Film director, writer, Cinematographer, Actor and producer. Claude Lelouch (born 30 October 1937 is a French Film director, writer, Cinematographer, Actor and producer. Pierre Uytterhoeven is a Screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1966 for his work with Claude Lelouch in Blowup (as in screen credits also rendered as Blow-Up) is an award-winning 1966 British - Italian Art film Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( September 29 1912 &ndash July 30 2007) was an Italian Modernist Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( September 29 1912 &ndash July 30 2007) was an Italian Modernist Tonino Guerra (born 16 March 1920) is an Italian poet writer and Screenwriter who has collaborated with some of the most prominent writers of Edward Bond (born 18 July 1934) is an English Playwright, Theatre director, Poet The Fortune Cookie (alternative UK title Meet Whiplash Willie) is a 1966 film starring Walter Matthau and Jack Billy Wilder ( June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian born Jewish - American Journalist IAL Diamond ( June 27, 1920 - April 21, 1988) was a comedy writer in Hollywood during the 1940s and '50s. Khartoum is a 1966 film written by Robert Ardrey and directed by Basil Dearden. Robert Ardrey (b October 16, 1908, Chicago, Illinois —d January 14, 1980, South Africa) was an American The Naked Prey ( 1966) is a Adventure film starring Cornel Wilde, who also directed and produced The year 1967 in film involved some significant events It is widely considered as one of the most ground-breaking years in film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a 1967 Comedy - Drama Film starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine William Rose ( December 12, 1914 - February 10, 1987) was a major American Screenwriter of British and Hollywood Bonnie and Clyde is a American Crime film about Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the bank robbers who operated in the Central United States Robert Benton (born September 29, 1932 in Waxahachie Texas) is an American, Academy Award winning Screenwriter and Divorce American Style is a 1967 American satirical Comedy film directed by Bud Yorkin. Norman Milton Lear (born July 27 1922 in New Haven Connecticut) is an American Television writer and producer who produced such popular The War is Over ( La Guerre est Finie) is a French Drama film about a Leftist in Franco's Spain, directed by Jorge de Semprún y Maura ( December 10, 1923 -) is a Spanish writer and politician. Two for the Road is a 1967 movie directed by Stanley Donen about the twelve-year relationship between an architect ( Albert Finney) Frederic Michael Raphael (born 1931 in Chicago is an American-born British-educated Screenwriter, and also a prolific Novelist and Journalist. The year 1968 in film involved some significant events Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter The Producers is a 1968 feature-length Comedy film written and directed by Mel Brooks. Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American director, Writer, Composer, Lyricist 2001 A Space Odyssey is a 1968 Science fiction film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Kubrick and Arthur C Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008 was a British Science fiction Author, Inventor, and The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri is a 1966 Black-and-white film by Gillo Pontecorvo based on events during the 1954-1962 Algerian Gillo Pontecorvo ( November 19 1919 &ndash October 12 2006) was an Italian filmmaker, best known for La battaglia di Algeri Faces was a 1968 movie directed by John Cassavetes and starring John Marley, Cassavetes' wife Gena Rowlands, Seymour Cassel John Nicholas Cassavetes ( December 9, 1929 – February 3, 1989) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, and director Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (ˈjuːstɪnɒf or /ˈuːstɪnɒf/ 16 April 1921 – 28 March 2004) born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinow The year 1969 in film involved some significant events Events Cannes Film Festival opens but closes in support Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a American Western film that tells the story of bank robbers Butch Cassidy (played by Paul Newman) and This article is about the screenwriter/novelist For the mathematician see William Goldman (professor. This article is about the 1969 film For the 1973 television series based on this film see Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (TV series. Paul Mazursky (born April 25, 1930) is an American Film director, Screenplay writer and Actor. Larry A Tucker was the Democratic President of the West Virginia Senate from Nicholas County and served from 1989 to 1989 The Damned ( Italian: La caduta degli dei, German Götterdämmerung) is a 1969 film by Luchino Visconti Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo ( November 2, 1906 - March 17, 1976) was an Italian Easy Rider, a 1969 American Road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper and Terry Southern. Peter Henry Fonda (born February 23[[ 940]] is an American actor Dennis Lee Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Film -maker Terry Southern ( May 1, 1924 &ndash October 29, 1995) was a highly influential American short story writer novelist essayist screenwriter The Wild Bunch ( directed by Sam Peckinpah, is a Western film about an aging outlaw gang at the Texas-Mexico border trying to exist in the modern world Walon Green (born December 15, 1936) is an American Documentary film director and screenwriter for both TV and films Sickner; Screenplay by Walon Green, Sam Peckinpah

(In 1969, the category was renamed: "Story and Screenplay - based on material not previously published or produced)

1970s

• 1970 Patton - Francis Ford Coppola, Edmund H. North
  • Five Easy Pieces - Screenplay by "Adrien Joyce" (aka Carole Eastman); Story by "Adrien Joyce", Bob Rafelson
  • Joe - Norman Wexler
  • Love Story - Erich Segal
  • My Night at Maud's - Éric Rohmer
• 1971 The Hospital - Paddy Chayefsky
  • Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion - Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro
  • Klute - Andy and Dave Lewis
  • Summer of '42 - Herman Raucher
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday - Penelope Gilliatt
• 1972 The Candidate - Jeremy Larner
  • The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie - Luis Buñuel, Jean-Claude Carrière
  • Lady Sings the Blues - Terrence McCloy, Chris Clark, Suzanne de Passe
  • Murmur of the Heart - Louis Malle
  • Young Winston - Carl Foreman
• 1973 The Sting - David S. Ward
  • American Graffiti - George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck
  • Cries and Whispers - Ingmar Bergman
  • Save the Tiger - Steve Shagan
  • A Touch of Class - Melvin Frank, Jack Rose
• 1974 Chinatown - Robert Towne
  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Robert Getchell
  • The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola
  • Day for Night - François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard, Suzanne Schiffman
  • Harry and Tonto - Paul Mazursky, Josh Greenfeld
• 1975 Dog Day Afternoon - Frank Pierson
  • Amarcord - Federico Fellini, Tonino Guerra
  • And Now My Love - Claude LeLouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
  • Lies My Father Told Me - Ted Allan
  • Shampoo - Robert Towne, Warren Beatty
• 1976 Network - Paddy Chayefsky
  • Cousin, cousine - Story and Screenplay by Jean-Charles Tacchella; Adaptation by Daniele Thompson
  • The Front - Walter Bernstein
  • Rocky - Sylvester Stallone
  • Seven Beauties - Lina Wertmüller

(In 1976, the category was renamed: "Screenplay written directly for the Screen - Based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced")

• 1977 Annie Hall - Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman
  • The Goodbye Girl - Neil Simon
  • The Late Show - Robert Benton
  • Star Wars - George Lucas
  • The Turning Point - Arthur Laurents
• 1978 Coming Home - Screenplay by Robert C. Jones, Waldo Salt; Story by Nancy Dowd
  • Autumn Sonata - Ingmar Bergman
  • The Deer Hunter - Screenplay by Deric Washburn; Story by Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle, Quinn K. Redeker
  • Interiors - Woody Allen
  • An Unmarried Woman - Paul Mazursky

- In 1978, the category was renamed: "Screenplay written directly for the screen"

• 1979 Breaking Away - Steve Tesich
  • All That Jazz - Robert Alan Aurthur, Bob Fosse
  • ...And Justice for All - Valerie Curtin, Barry Levinson
  • The China Syndrome - Mike Gray, T. Walon Green (born December 15, 1936) is an American Documentary film director and screenwriter for both TV and films David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah (February 21 1925 &ndash December 28 1984 was an American Film director who achieved iconic status following the release The year 1970 in film involved some significant events Events February 11 - The film The Magic Christian Patton (UK Patton Lust for Glory) is a 1970 biography drama War film, which tells the story of General George S Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, Edmund Hall North ( March 12, 1911 - August 28, 1990) was an American Screenwriter who shared an Academy Award Five Easy Pieces is a 1970 film written by Carole Eastman (as Adrien Joyce and Bob Rafelson, and directed by Rafelson Carole Eastman ( February 19, 1934 - February 13, 2004) was an American Screenwriter. Robert "Bob" Rafelson (born February 21, 1933) is an American Film director, writer and producer Norman Wexler ( 6 August, 1926 – 23 August, 1999) was a screenwriter whose work included such films as Saturday Night Fever Love Story is a 1970 Romantic drama film written by Erich Segal coordinated with his 1970 best-selling novel. Erich Wolf Segal (born June 16, 1937 in Brooklyn New York) is an American Author, Screenwriter, and Educator My Night at Maud's is a 1969 Film by Éric Rohmer. The original French title is Ma nuit chez Maud. Éric Rohmer (born Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer, 4 April 1920 Tulle, France) is a French Film director and Screenwriter. The year 1971 in film involved some significant events Events February 8 - Bob Dylan 's hour long documentary The Hospital is a 1971 Black comedy film directed by Arthur Hiller and starring George C Sidney Aaron Chayefski ( January 29, 1923 &ndash August 1, 1981) known as Paddy Chayefsky was an acclaimed dramatist who transitioned Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion ( Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto) is a 1970 Italian film crime drama directed by Elio Petri ( January 29, 1929 - November 10, 1982) was a political Italian Filmmaker. Ugo Pirro ( April 20, 1920 &ndash January 18, 2008) was an Italian Screenwriter. Klute is a 1971 Film which tells the story of a prostitute who assists a detective in solving a mystery Summer of '42 is a 1971 American " coming-of-age " motion picture drama based on the memoirs of screenwriter Herman Raucher Herman Raucher (born April 13, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American author who has written several novels Several violent incidents have been called " Bloody Sunday " particularly the Northern Irish Bloody Sunday (1972 Penelope Gilliatt (née Penelope Ann Douglass Conner March 25 1932 &ndash May 9 1993) was an English Novelist, Short The year 1972 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U The Candidate is an American film released in 1972, starring Robert Redford. Jeremy Larner (born March 20, 1937) is an award-winning author poet journalist and speechwriter The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie ( Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie) is a 1972 surrealist Film written and directed by Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 &ndash 29 July 1983 was a Spanish -born Filmmaker and naturalized Mexican who worked mainly in Mexico Jean-Claude Carrière (born September 17, 1931 in Colombières-sur-Orb, Hérault, France) is an award-winning Screenwriter Suzanne de Passe (born 1947 is an American Entertainment executive the CEO of Television production company De Passe Entertainment Murmur of the Heart ( Le souffle au cœur) is a 1971 French motion picture by French New Wave director Louis Malle that Louis Malle (30 October 1932 &ndash 23 November 1995 was a French Film director, working in both French and English. Young Winston is a 1972 British film based on the early years of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Carl Foreman CBE ( July 23, 1914 – June 26, 1984) was an American Screenwriter and Film producer The year 1973 in film involved some significant events Events The Marx Brothers ' Zeppo Marx divorces his second The Sting is a 1973 Caper film set in September 1936 and revolving around a complicated plot by two professional grifters ( Paul David S Ward (born 25 October 1945) is an American Film director and award winning Screen writer. American Graffiti is a period Coming of age film directed by George Lucas, and written by Lucas Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter Gloria Katz (born ca 1945 is an American screenwriter and producer best known for her association with George Lucas. Willard Huyck (born September 8, 1945) is an American screenwriter director and producer best known for his association with George Lucas. Cries and Whispers ( Viskningar och rop) is a 1973 Swedish film about two sisters who watch over their third sister on her deathbed torn between fearing Ernst Ingmar Bergman ( pronounced) (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007 was a nine-time Academy Award -nominated Swedish film, stage Save the Tiger is a 1973 Film which tells a story of moral conflict in modern America A Touch of Class is a 1973 Romantic comedy Film which tells the story of a couple having an affair who find themselves falling in love Melvin Frank (born 13 August, 1913 in Chicago Illinois &ndash died 13 October, 1988 in Los Angeles California) was an The year 1974 in film involved some significant events Events February 7 - Blazing Saddles is released Chinatown is a American Neo-noir film directed by Roman Polanski. Robert Burton Towne (born November 23, 1934) is an American Screenwriter and director. Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore is a 1974 Film which tells the story of a widow who moves with her young son to Tucson Arizona to start her Robert Getchell is a BAFTA Award-winning Screenwriter who was born in Kansas City, Missouri. The Conversation is an Academy Award nominated mystery thriller about audio surveillance written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director, La Nuit américaine is a 1974 French Film directed by François Truffaut. François Roland Truffaut ( February 6 1932 – October 21 1984) was one of the founders of the French New Wave in filmmaking Suzanne Schiffman ( February 6, 1932 &ndash June 6, 2001) was a Screenwriter and director for numerous motion pictures Harry and Tonto is a 1974 film directed by Paul Mazursky and starring Art Carney as Harry Coombes an elderly widower who is forced from his condemned Paul Mazursky (born April 25, 1930) is an American Film director, Screenplay writer and Actor. Josh Greenfeld (born 1928 is an Author and Screenwriter mostly known for his screenplay for the 1974 film Harry and Tonto along with Paul The year 1975 in film involved some significant events Events January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American crime Drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Frank Pierson. Frank R Pierson (born 12 May 1925) is an American Screenwriter and Film director. Amarcord (1973 directed by Federico Fellini, is a semi- Autobiographical coming-of-age tale that combines poignancy with bawdy comedy Federico Fellini, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( January 20 1920 &ndash October 31 1993) was an Italian Film Tonino Guerra (born 16 March 1920) is an Italian poet writer and Screenwriter who has collaborated with some of the most prominent writers of And Now My Love, known in France as Toute une vie, is a film released in 1974 by French writer/director Claude Lelouch, starring Marthe Pierre Uytterhoeven is a Screenwriter. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1966 for his work with Claude Lelouch in Lies My Father Told Me is a 1975 Canadian film made in Montreal Quebec. Shampoo is a 1975 motion picture directed by Hal Ashby, and starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn Robert Burton Towne (born November 23, 1934) is an American Screenwriter and director. Warren Beatty (born Henry Warren Beaty; March 30 1937 is an American Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning Actor, producer The year 1976 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - Filming begins on George Lucas ' Network is a 1976 New Hollywood drama film about a fictional Television network, Union Broadcasting System (UBS and its struggle Sidney Aaron Chayefski ( January 29, 1923 &ndash August 1, 1981) known as Paddy Chayefsky was an acclaimed dramatist who transitioned Cousin cousine is a 1975 French language Film which tells the story of cousins-by-marriage who have an affair when they discover that their Jean-Charles Tacchella (born September 23, 1925) is a French Screenwriter and Film director. Danièle Thompson (born January 3, 1942 in Monaco) is a French Film director and Screenwriter. The Front (1976 written by Walter Bernstein, directed by Martin Ritt and featuring Woody Allen and Zero Mostel, is a film about Walter Bernstein ( August 20, 1919) is an American Screenwriter and Film producer who was blacklisted by the Hollywood Rocky is a 1976 Film written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and directed by John G Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6 1946 is an American Actor, director, producer and Screenwriter. Pasqualino Settebellezze (English title Seven Beauties) is a 1975 Italian language Film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller Lina Wertmüller (born Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich on 14 August 1928) is an Italian Film director The year 1977 in film involved some significant events Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway Annie Hall is a 1977 Romantic comedy film directed by Woody Allen from a script he co-wrote with Marshall Brickman. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Marshall Brickman (born August 25 1941 in Rio de Janeiro Brazil) is an Academy Award winning screenwriter best known for his collaborations The Goodbye Girl is a 1977 American Comedy film. Directed by Herbert Ross, the film stars Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason Marvin Neil Simon (born July 4, 1927 in The Bronx, New York City) is an American Playwright and Screenwriter The Late Show is a 1977 comedy, Neo-noir, romance, mystery Film written and directed by Robert Benton Robert Benton (born September 29, 1932 in Waxahachie Texas) is an American, Academy Award winning Screenwriter and Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded George Walton Lucas Jr (born May 14, 1944) is an Academy Award -winning American Film director, producer, Screenwriter The Turning Point ( 1977) was written by Arthur Laurents and directed by Herbert Ross. Arthur Laurents (born July 14, 1918) is an American Playwright, Novelist, Screenwriter, Librettist and The year 1978 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U Coming Home is a 1978 Drama film which tells the story of an injured Vietnam War veteran's difficulty in re-entering civilian life Robert C Jones (born March 8, 1937) sometimes credited as Robert Jones, is a Screenwriter and Film editor. Waldo Pressman Salt ( October 18, 1914 &ndash March 7, 1987) was an American Screenwriter who was blacklisted Autumn Sonata ( Höstsonaten) is a 1978 Academy Award nominated Swedish language film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Ernst Ingmar Bergman ( pronounced) (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007 was a nine-time Academy Award -nominated Swedish film, stage The Deer Hunter is a 1978 war Drama film about a trio of Rusyn American steel worker friends and their infantry service in the Michael Cimino (ˈtʃamɪnəʊ born February 3, 1939, New York City) is an American, Academy Award-winning film director Quinn K Redeker (born May 2, 1936) is an American Actor and Scriptwriter, who is well-known for his work acting on Soap operas Interiors is a 1978 Drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and An Unmarried Woman is a 1978 dramatic film that tells the story of the wealthy New York wife Erica ( Jill Clayburgh) whose “perfect” Paul Mazursky (born April 25, 1930) is an American Film director, Screenplay writer and Actor. The year 1979 in film involved some significant events Events March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode Breaking Away is a 1979 film that tells the story of four teenagers in Bloomington Indiana who have graduated from high school and are not sure what they Steve Tesich ( September 29, 1942 - July 1, 1996) was a Serbian American Oscar -winning screenwriter playwright All That Jazz is a Palme D'Or winning 1979 American Musical film directed by Bob Fosse. Robert Alan Aurthur (June 1922 - November 20, 1978, New York City New York) was an American Screenwriter, director and Robert Louis “Bob” Fosse ( June 23, 1927 – September 23, 1987) was an American Musical theater Choreographer and Valerie Curtin (born March 31, 1945) is an American Actress and Oscar-nominated Screenwriter. Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter, Film director, Actor The China Syndrome is a 1979 Thriller film which tells the story of a reporter and cameraman who discover safety coverups at a Nuclear power For the novel go to Mike Gray (series Mike Gray is a writer screenwriter cinematographer film producer and director S. Cook, James Bridges
  • Manhattan - Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman

1980s

• 1980 Melvin and Howard - Bo Goldman
  • Brubaker - Screenplay by W. D. Richter; Story by Arthur Ross and W.D. Richter
  • Fame - Christopher Gore
  • Mon oncle d'Amérique - Jean Gruault, Henri Laborit
  • Private Benjamin - Nancy Meyers, Charles Shyer, Harvey Miller
• 1981 Chariots of Fire - Colin Welland
  • Absence of Malice - Kurt Luedtke
  • Arthur - Steve Gordon
  • Atlantic City - John Guare
  • Reds - Warren Beatty, Trevor Griffiths
• 1982 Gandhi - John Briley
  • Diner - Barry Levinson
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Melissa Mathison
  • An Officer and a Gentleman - Douglas Day Stewart
  • Tootsie - Screenplay by Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal; Story by Don McGuire and Larry Gelbart
• 1983 Tender Mercies - Horton Foote
  • The Big Chill - Lawrence Kasdan, Barbara Benedek
  • Fanny and Alexander - Ingmar Bergman
  • Silkwood - Nora Ephron, Alice Arlen
  • WarGames - Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes
• 1984 Places in the Heart - Robert Benton
  • Beverly Hills Cop - Screenplay by Daniel Petrie, Jr.; Story by Danilo Bach and Daniel Petrie, Jr.
  • Broadway Danny Rose - Woody Allen
  • El Norte - Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas
  • Splash - Screenplay by Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman; Screen Story by Bruce Jay Friedman, Story by Brian Grazer
• 1985 Witness - Screenplay by William Kelley, Earl Wallace; Story by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, Earl Wallace
  • Back to the Future - Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
  • Brazil - Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown
  • The Official Story - Luis Puenzo, Aida Bortnik
  • The Purple Rose of Cairo - Woody Allen
• 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters - Woody Allen
  • Crocodile Dundee - Screenplay by Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell; Story by Paul Hogan
  • My Beautiful Laundrette - Hanif Kureishi
  • Platoon - Oliver Stone
  • Salvador - Oliver Stone, Richard Boyle
• 1987 Moonstruck - John Patrick Shanley
  • Au revoir, les enfants - Louis Malle
  • Broadcast News - James L. Brooks
  • Hope and Glory - John Boorman
  • Radio Days - Woody Allen
• 1988 Rain Man - Ronald Bass, Barry Morrow
  • Big - Gary Ross, Anne Spielberg
  • Bull Durham - Ron Shelton
  • A Fish Called Wanda - Screenplay by John Cleese; Story by John Cleese and Charles Crichton
  • Running on Empty - Naomi Foner
• 1989 Dead Poets Society - Tom Schulman
  • Crimes and Misdemeanors - Woody Allen
  • Do the Right Thing - Spike Lee
  • Sex, Lies, and Videotape - Steven Soderbergh
  • When Harry Met Sally... - Nora Ephron

1990s

• 1990 Ghost - Bruce Joel Rubin
  • Alice - Woody Allen
  • Avalon - Barry Levinson
  • Green Card - Peter Weir
  • Metropolitan - Whit Stillman

• 1991 Thelma and Louise - Callie Khouri
  • Boyz N the Hood - John Singleton
  • Bugsy - James Toback
  • The Fisher King - Richard LaGravenese
  • Grand Canyon - Lawrence and Meg Kasdan

• 1992 The Crying Game - Neil Jordan
  • Husbands and Wives - Woody Allen
  • Lorenzo's Oil - Nick Enright and George Miller
  • Passion Fish - John Sayles
  • Unforgiven - David Peoples

• 1993 The Piano - Jane Campion
  • Dave - Gary Ross
  • In the Line of Fire - Jeff Maguire
  • Philadelphia - Ron Nyswaner
  • Sleepless in Seattle - Jeff Arch (story and screenplay), Nora Ephron and David S. Ward

• 1994 Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino (story and screenplay) and Roger Avary (story)
  • Bullets Over Broadway - Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath
  • Four Weddings and a Funeral - Richard Curtis
  • Heavenly Creatures - Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh
  • Red - Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz

• 1995 The Usual Suspects - Christopher McQuarrie
  • Braveheart - Randall Wallace
  • Mighty Aphrodite - Woody Allen
  • Nixon - Stephen J. For the British architect born c 1725 see James Bridges (architect. Manhattan is a 1979 Romantic comedy film about Isaac Davis ( Woody Allen) a twice-divorced 42-year-old comedy writer dating a 17-year-old Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Marshall Brickman (born August 25 1941 in Rio de Janeiro Brazil) is an Academy Award winning screenwriter best known for his collaborations The year 1980 in film involved some significant events Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film McVicar, opens Melvin and Howard is a 1980 American Comedy-drama Film directed by Jonathan Demme. Robert "Bo" Goldman (born September 10, 1932) is an American writer Broadway playwright and Academy Award winning Screenwriter Brubaker is an American 1980 Film about a Prison in distress and the Warden Henry Brubaker ( Robert Redford) who attempts W D Richter (born in New Britain, Connecticut, December 7, 1945) is a Screenwriter and has occasionally directed and Arthur Rose (also found as Ross) (1634 &ndash 1704 was a seventeenth century Scottish prelate W D Richter (born in New Britain, Connecticut, December 7, 1945) is a Screenwriter and has occasionally directed and Fame is a 1980 Musical film conceived and produced by David De Silva directed by Alan Parker, and written by Christopher Gore Christopher Gore (September 21 1758 - March 1 1827 was a prominent Massachusetts lawyer Federalist politician and diplomat Mon oncle d'Amérique, sometimes released as My American Uncle, is a 1980 French Film directed by Alain Resnais Henri Laborit ( November 21, 1914 - May 18, 1995) was a French physician writer and philosopher Private Benjamin is a 1980 Comedy film starring Goldie Hawn. The film was one of the biggest box office hits of 1980 and also spawned a Nancy Jane Meyers (Born December 8, 1949 in Pennsylvania, US) is an American Charles Shyer (born on 11 October 1941 in Los Angeles, California, U Harvey Miller is a fictional character from the TV series Baywatch. Events January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. For the instrumental theme see Chariots of Fire (instrumental. Colin Welland (born 4 July 1934 in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire) is an English Actor and Screenwriter. Absence of Malice is a 1981 film which tells the story of Michael Gallagher ( Paul Newman) the son of a dead Mafia boss who discovers that he has become Arthur is a 1981 film set in New York City which tells the story of drunken playboy millionaire Arthur Bach ( Dudley Moore) who is on the brink of Atlantic City is a film directed by Louis Malle. Filmed in late 1979 it was released in France and Germany in 1980 and in the United John Guare (pronounced gwâr born 5 February 1938 is an American Playwright. Reds is a 1981 film starring Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton. It centers on the life of John Reed, the Communist, journalist Warren Beatty (born Henry Warren Beaty; March 30 1937 is an American Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning Actor, producer Trevor Griffiths (born 4 April 1935 in Ancoats, Manchester) is an English Dramatist. Events June 10 = Steven Spielberg 's Science fiction PG-rating film E Gandhi ( 1982) is a Biographical film about Mohandas ("Mahatma" Gandhi, who was a leader of the Nonviolent resistance movement Diner is a 1982 film written and directed by Barry Levinson which along with Avalon, Tin Men, and Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter, Film director, Actor This article is about the 1982 film For the term "ET" which redirects here see ET. Melissa Mathison (born June 3, 1950) is an American Screenwriter. An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film which tells the story of a United States Navy aviation Officer Candidate who comes into conflict Douglas Day Stewart is an American Screenwriter. Filmography Writer The Scarlet Letter ( 1995 Tootsie is a 1982 Comedy film that tells the story of a talented but volatile Actor whose reputation for being difficult forces him to go to Larry Simon Gelbart (born February 25, 1928) is an American Comedy Writer and playwright with over sixty years of credits Murray Schisgal (born November 25, 1926) is an award-winning American Playwright and Screenwriter. Larry Simon Gelbart (born February 25, 1928) is an American Comedy Writer and playwright with over sixty years of credits Events February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York Tender Mercies is a 1983 film which tells the story of a recovering Alcoholic country Singer whose relationships with a young widow and her son Horton Foote (born March 14, 1916 in Wharton Texas) is a two-time Academy Award and one-time Pulitzer Prize and Emmy Award The Big Chill is a 1983 film that uses the story of Baby boomer college friends who reunite after many years and end up exploring the aftermath of the 1960s Lawrence Kasdan (born 14 January, 1949) is an American movie producer, director and Screenwriter. Fanny and Alexander ( Fanny och Alexander) is a 1982 Golden Globe and Academy Award -winning Swedish Film written and Ernst Ingmar Bergman ( pronounced) (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007 was a nine-time Academy Award -nominated Swedish film, stage Silkwood is a 1983, Academy Award -nominated film which dramatizes the story of Karen Silkwood, who died in a car accident under suspicious Nora Ephron (born May 19 1941) is an American Film director, producer, Screenwriter, Novelist, and WarGames is a 1983 drama / Thriller film written by Lawrence Lasker and Walter F Lawrence C Lasker (born October 7, 1949 in Los Angeles County California) is a Screenwriter and producer who entered American Walter F Parkes (né Walter Fishman) is a Film producer. Biography Walter F Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name Places in the Heart is a 1984 Drama film which tells the story of a Southern widow who tries to keep her farm together with the help of a blind man Robert Benton (born September 29, 1932 in Waxahachie Texas) is an American, Academy Award winning Screenwriter and Beverly Hills Cop is a 1984 American action - Comedy film directed by Martin Brest and starring Eddie Murphy Daniel Petrie Jr (born 1952 the son of Daniel Petrie Sr, is perhaps best known as the one of the screenwriters of the mid-1980s hit movie, Beverly Danilo Bach is a screenwriter and producer Awards and nominations Best Original Screenplay (Nomination for Beverly Hills Cop, 1984 Daniel Petrie Jr (born 1952 the son of Daniel Petrie Sr, is perhaps best known as the one of the screenwriters of the mid-1980s hit movie, Beverly Broadway Danny Rose is a black and white 1984 Academy Award -nominated film written directed by and starring Woody Allen. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and El Norte ( 1983) is an American and British film directed by Gregory Nava. Gregory Nava (born April 10, 1949 in San Diego California) is a Film director, producer and Screenplay writer of Anna Thomas (born July 12, 1948 in Stuttgart Germany) is a film Screenwriter, Film producer and Writer. Splash is a 1984 Fantasy film and Romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Lowell Ganz and Lowell Ganz (born August 31, 1948 in New York New York) is an American Screenwriter, Television writer, and Television Marc "Babaloo" Mandel (born October 13, 1949 in New York City) is an American writer Bruce Jay Friedman (born April 26, 1930) is an American Novelist Screenwriter, and Playwright. Bruce Jay Friedman (born April 26, 1930) is an American Novelist Screenwriter, and Playwright. Brian Grazer (born July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is an Oscar and Emmy Award -winning American Events 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films Witness is a 1985 American thriller Film released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Harrison Ford, Kelly Pamela Wallace (born 1949 Exeter California) is an American Screenwriter and Author. Back to the Future is a 1985 science fiction Comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Steven Spielberg. Robert Lee "Bob" Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning American Film director, For the English cricketer see Bob Gale (cricketer Michael Robert "Bob" Gale ( May 25, 1951, University City Brazil is a 1985 Dystopian Black comedy film directed by Terry Gilliam. Terrence Vance Gilliam (born 22 November 1940) is an American -born British Writer, Filmmaker, Animator and member Sir Tom Stoppard OM, CBE (born 3 July 1937 is a British Screenwriter playwright Charles McKeown (b1946 is a British actor and writer perhaps best known for his collaborations with Terry Gilliam. The Official Story ( Spanish: es La historia oficial) ( 1985) is a Argentine Drama film directed by Luis Adalberto Puezo (born February 19, 1946 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a Film director, producer and Screenplay The Purple Rose of Cairo is an award-winning 1985 film written and directed by Woody Allen. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries Hannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 Comedy film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family told mostly during a year that begins and ends with Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Crocodile Dundee is a 1986 Australian Comedy film set in the Australian Outback and in New York City Paul Hogan AM (born October 8, 1939) is an Australian Golden Globe -winning actor and comedian most famous for his role as John Cornell (born 2 February 1941) is a Film producer, Actor and businessman Paul Hogan AM (born October 8, 1939) is an Australian Golden Globe -winning actor and comedian most famous for his role as My Beautiful Laundrette is a 1985 film directed by Stephen Frears. Hanif Kureishi CBE (born December 5, 1954) is an English Playwright, Screenwriter and Filmmaker, Novelist Platoon is a 1986 Vietnam War film written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger William Oliver Stone (born 15 September) is an American Film director and Screenwriter. Salvador is a 1986 film which tells the story of an American journalist in El Salvador covering the Salvadoran civil war. William Oliver Stone (born 15 September) is an American Film director and Screenwriter. Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to Moonstruck is a 1987 Romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison. John Patrick Shanley (born in 1950 is a Playwright from the Bronx. Au revoir les enfants (French for Goodbye Children) is a 1987 film written produced and directed by Louis Malle. Louis Malle (30 October 1932 &ndash 23 November 1995 was a French Film director, working in both French and English. Broadcast News is a 1987 Romantic comedy film written produced and directed by James L James L Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American producer, Screenwriter and director. Hope and Glory is a 1987 British comedy-drama - War film, written and directed by John Boorman. John Boorman (born January 18, 1933) is an English filmmaker currently based in Ireland best known for his feature films such as Point Radio Days is a 1987 film directed by Woody Allen. The film looks back on American family life during the Golden Age of Radio. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Events Michael Jackson 's first film was Moonwalker Top grossing films (U Rain Man is a 1988 dramatic film written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass and directed by Barry Levinson. This article is about the screenwriter For the professional wrestler see Ronald Herd. Big is a 1988 fantasy - Comedy film about a boy who makes a wish "to be big" to a magical fortune-telling machine and is then aged Gary Ross (born November 3, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Writer, director and Actor Anne Spielberg (born December 25, 1949) is a Screenwriter and the sister of Film director Steven Spielberg. Bull Durham is a 1988 American movie about love and Baseball. Ron Shelton ( September 15, 1945 in Whittier California) is a U A Fish Called Wanda is a 1988 Comedy film released by MGM. It was written by John Cleese and Charles Crichton and directed John Marwood Cleese (ˈkliːz born 27 October, 1939) is a British Actor, Comedian, Writer, Film producer John Marwood Cleese (ˈkliːz born 27 October, 1939) is a British Actor, Comedian, Writer, Film producer Charles Crichton ( August 6, 1910 in Wallasey, Cheshire – September 14, 1999 in South Kensington, Running on Empty is a 1988 film featuring River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch, Christine Lahti, and Martha Plimpton and directed Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal (born Naomi Achs on March 15, 1946 in New York City) is an American Screenwriter. Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million Dead Poets Society is a 1989 film directed by Peter Weir. Set in 1959 (though not free from anachronisms at a conservative and autocratic Tom Schulman (born 1950 in Nashville) is an American Screenwriter most famous for his Screenplay Dead Poets Society which Crimes and Misdemeanors is a 1989 film written and directed by Woody Allen. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and "Do the Right Thing" is also an Australian anti-litter campaign Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20 1957 is an Emmy Award -winning and Academy Award -nominated American Film director, Sex Lies and Videotape (the film's publicity materials always display the title in Lowercase letters is a 1989 Independent film that Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14 1963 is an American Film producer, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, editor, and When Harry Met Sally is a 1989 Romantic comedy film written by Nora Ephron and directed by Rob Reiner. Nora Ephron (born May 19 1941) is an American Film director, producer, Screenwriter, Novelist, and The year 1990 in film involved some significant events Events CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for Ghost is a 1990 romantic Fantasy film starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Tony Goldwyn and Whoopi Bruce Joel Rubin (b March 10 1943, Detroit Michigan) is a Screenwriter best known for the supernatural romance Ghost Alice is a 1990 Film directed by Woody Allen and starring Joe Mantegna, Mia Farrow and Alec Baldwin. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Avalon ( 1990) is a Feature film directed by Barry Levinson. It is a mostly autobiographical story of a family of Eastern European Barry Levinson (born April 6, 1942) is an Academy Award -winning American Screenwriter, Film director, Actor Green Card is a 1990 Romantic comedy directed by Peter Weir. The film stars Gérard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell Peter Lindsay Weir AM (born 21 August 1944 is an Australian Film director. Metropolitan is the first film by director and screenwriter Whit Stillman. Whit Stillman (born John Whitney Stillman in Washington DC on January 25, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated American writer The year 1991 in film involved some significant events Events April 28 - Bonnie Thelma & Louise is a 1991 American Road movie which breaks with tradition by featuring two female leads Callie Khouri (born 27 November, 1957, as Carolyn Ann Khouri) is an American Screenwriter and Film director. Boyz N the Hood is an Academy Award -nominated 1991 Film written and directed by John Singleton. John Daniel Singleton (born January 6, 1968 in Los Angeles California) is an American Academy Award -nominated Film director Bugsy is a 1991 film which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. James Toback (born November 23, 1944) is an American Screenwriter and Film director. The Fisher King is a Comedy-drama Film made in 1991, written by Richard LaGravenese and directed by Terry Gilliam. Richard LaGravenese (born October 30, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Screenwriter and occasional Film Grand Canyon is a 1991 Drama film directed and co-written by Lawrence Kasdan and featuring an Ensemble cast. Lawrence Kasdan (born 14 January, 1949) is an American movie producer, director and Screenwriter. The year 1992 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The Crying Game is a 1992 film written and directed by Neil Jordan. Neil Jordan (born February 25, 1950) is an Academy Award -winning Irish filmmaker and Novelist He received the Academy Award Husbands and Wives is a 1992 American film directed and written by Woody Allen. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Lorenzo's Oil is an Academy Award –nominated 1992 Drama film directed by George Miller. Nick Enright ( 22 December 1950 - 30 March 2003) was an Australian playwright Dr George (Miliotis Miller (born 3 March 1945 is an Academy-Award winning Australian Film and Television Screenwriter, director Passion Fish is an American film released in 1992, written and directed by John Sayles. John Thomas Sayles (born September 28 1950) is an American Independent film director and Screenwriter who frequently This article is about the 1992 film For other uses see Unforgiven (disambiguation. This article is about David Peoples the screenwriter for the golfer of the same name see David Peoples (golfer. The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages The Piano is a 1993 Film about a mute pianist and her daughter set during the mid-19th century in a rainy muddy frontier New Zealand backwater Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand is an Academy Award -winning Film maker. Dave is a 1993 Comedy-drama movie written by Gary Ross, directed by Ivan Reitman, and starring Kevin Kline (in Gary Ross (born November 3, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Writer, director and Actor In the Line of Fire is a 1993 three-time Academy Award -nominated Thriller film about a psychopath who attempts to assassinate Jeff Maguire (born in 1952 is an American Screenwriter. Regarded for his talent for writing sports films, Jeff Maguire got his first screenwriting break Philadelphia is a 1993 Film revolving around HIV / AIDS, Homosexuality and prevailing attitudes concerning gays and homophobia Ronald L Nyswaner (born October 5, 1956 in Clarksville Pennsylvania) is an American Screenwriter and Film director. Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American comedy-drama Film written and directed by Nora Ephron. Nora Ephron (born May 19 1941) is an American Film director, producer, Screenwriter, Novelist, and David S Ward (born 25 October 1945) is an American Film director and award winning Screen writer. The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an Academy Award - BAFTA Award - and Palme d'Or -winning Emmy - and Roger Roberts Avary (born August 23, 1965) is a Canadian -born motion picture director, producer and Oscar -winning Screenwriter Bullets Over Broadway is a 1994 Film written by Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath and directed by Woody Allen Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Douglas Geoffrey McGrath (born 1958 is an American Academy Award nominated Screenwriter. Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British Romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. For the former state representative from Washington State see Richard Curtis (politician Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis, CBE (born Heavenly Creatures is an acclaimed 1994 drama directed by Peter Jackson and written with his partner Fran Walsh. Peter Robert Jackson, CNZM (born 31 October 1961 is a three-time Academy Award -winning New Zealand director producer and writer best known for directing Frances Walsh, MNZM, (born January 10, 1959) is a Grammy and Academy Award -winning Screenwriter, Film producer ( June 27, 1941 &ndash March 13, 1996) was an influential Oscar -nominated Polish Film director and Krzysztof Marek Piesiewicz (born on October 25, 1945 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish Lawyer, Screenwriter The year 1995 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris The Usual Suspects is a 1995 American Neo-noir Film written by Christopher McQuarrie and directed by Bryan Singer. Christopher McQuarrie (born 1968 is an Academy Award -winning American screenwriter producer and director Braveheart is a 1995 historical action-drama movie produced and directed by Mel Gibson, who also starred in the title role Randall Wallace (born July 28, 1949, Jackson Tennessee) is an American Screenwriter, producer, and director who wrote Mighty Aphrodite is a 1995 American Comedy film written and directed by Woody Allen. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Nixon is a 1995 Biographical film directed by Oliver Stone for Cinergi Pictures that tells the story of the political and personal Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson and Oliver Stone
  • Toy Story - Screenplay by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, Alec Sokolow; Story by John Lasseter, Peter Docter, Andrew Stanton, Joe Ranft

• 1996 Fargo - Ethan and Joel Coen
  • Jerry Maguire - Cameron Crowe
  • Lone Star - John Sayles
  • Secrets & Lies - Mike Leigh
  • Shine - Jan Sardi and Scott Hicks (story)

• 1997 Good Will Hunting - Ben Affleck, Matt Damon
  • As Good as It Gets - Mark Andrus (story and screenplay) and James L. Brooks
  • Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson
  • Deconstructing Harry - Woody Allen
  • The Full Monty - Simon Beaufoy

• 1998 Shakespeare in Love - Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
  • Bulworth - Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser
  • Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) - Roberto Benigni and Vincenzo Cerami
  • Saving Private Ryan - Robert Rodat
  • The Truman Show - Andrew Niccol

• 1999 American Beauty - Alan Ball
  • Being John Malkovich - Charlie Kaufman
  • Magnolia - Paul Thomas Anderson
  • The Sixth Sense - M. Night Shyamalan
  • Topsy-Turvy - Mike Leigh

2000s

• 2000 (73rd) Almost Famous - Cameron Crowe
  • Billy Elliot - Lee Hall
  • Erin Brockovich - Susannah Grant
  • Gladiator - David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson
  • You Can Count on Me - Kenneth Lonergan

• 2001 (74th) Gosford Park - Julian Fellowes
  • Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) - Guillaume Laurant and Jean-Pierre Jeunet
  • Memento - Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan
  • Monster's Ball - Milo Addica and Will Rokos
  • The Royal Tenenbaums - Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson

• 2002 (75th) Talk to Her (Hable con ella) - Pedro Almodóvar
  • Far from Heaven - Todd Haynes
  • Gangs of New York - Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan
  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding - Nia Vardalos
  • And Your Mother Too (Y tu mamá también) - Carlos Cuarón, Alfonso Cuarón

• 2003 (76th) Lost in Translation - Sofia Coppola
  • The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) - Denys Arcand
  • Dirty Pretty Things - Steven Knight
  • Finding Nemo - Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds
  • In America - Jim, Naomi and Kirsten Sheridan

• 2004 (77th) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, and Pierre Bismuth
  • The Aviator - John Logan
  • Hotel Rwanda - Terry George and Keir Pearson
  • The Incredibles - Brad Bird
  • Vera Drake - Mike Leigh

• 2005 (78th) Crash - Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
  • Good Night, and Good Luck. - George Clooney and Grant Heslov
  • Match Point - Woody Allen
  • The Squid and the Whale - Noah Baumbach
  • Syriana - Stephen Gaghan

• 2006 (79th) Little Miss Sunshine - Michael Arndt
  • Babel - Guillermo Arriaga
  • Letters from Iwo Jima - Iris Yamashita (screenplay and story) and Paul Haggis
  • Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) - Guillermo del Toro
  • The Queen - Peter Morgan

• 2007 (80th) Juno - Diablo Cody
  • Lars and the Real Girl - Nancy Oliver
  • Michael Clayton - Tony Gilroy
  • Ratatouille - Brad Bird
  • The Savages - Tamara Jenkins

See also

• Academy Awards
• List of Academy Awards ceremonies
• Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay
• Academy Award for Best Story

External links

• Academy Award Winning Screenplays 1928 - 2005

William Oliver Stone (born 15 September) is an American Film director and Screenwriter. Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-generated Comedy film, directed by John Lasseter and starring Tom Hanks Joseph Hill " Joss " Whedon ( born June 23, 1964 in New York City is an Academy Award -nominated and Hugo Award Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr (born December 3, 1965 in Rockport Massachusetts) is an American Animated films director, Screenwriter Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow are screenwriting partners who have been nominated for an Academy-Award for writing Toy Story. Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow are screenwriting partners who have been nominated for an Academy-Award for writing Toy Story. John Alan Lasseter (born January 12 1957 is an Academy Award -winning American Animator and the chief creative officer at Pixar and Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr (born December 3, 1965 in Rockport Massachusetts) is an American Animated films director, Screenwriter Joseph Henry "Joe" Ranft ( March 13, 1960 - August 16, 2005) was a magician, Animation Storyboard artist The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient Fargo is a 1996 American Film produced directed and written by brothers Ethan and Joel Coen. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are four-time Academy Award winning American filmmakers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, known together professionally as the Coen brothers, are four-time Academy Award winning American filmmakers Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an Academy Award -winning American Writer and Film director. See Lone Star for the 1952 film starring Clark Gable and Ava Garner John Thomas Sayles (born September 28 1950) is an American Independent film director and Screenwriter who frequently Secrets & Lies is a 1996 British film directed by Mike Leigh and starring Brenda Blethyn and Marianne Jean-Baptiste Mike Leigh, OBE (born February 20, 1943) is an English film and theatre director screenwriter and playwright Shine is a 1996 Australian film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions Jan Sardi is an award-winning Australian Screenwriter. In 1997 he received an Academy Award Nomination for his screenplay for Shine, an account Robert Scott Hicks (b 4 March 1953 in Uganda) is an Academy Award nominated Film director from South Australia. The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace Good Will Hunting is a 1997 film directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, both of whom star in the Ben Affleck (born Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt; August 15 1972 is an American Film Screenwriter, director, actor and older brother of Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8 1970 is an American Actor and Philanthropist. As Good as It Gets is a 1997 film from TriStar Pictures that tells the story of an obsessive-compulsive, misanthropic, and bigoted James L Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American producer, Screenwriter and director. This article is about the 1997 film For the Heatwave song see Boogie Nights. Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26 1970 is a five-time Academy Award -nominated American Filmmaker. Deconstructing Harry is a film by Woody Allen released in 1997 Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and This article is about the film The Full Monty is a 1997 British Comedy film. Simon Beaufoy (born 1967 in England) is a Screenwriter. He was educated at Ermysted's Grammar School and Sedbergh School. The year 1998 in film involved some significant events Events February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 Romantic comedy / Drama Film. The film was directed by John Madden and co-written by playwright Marc Norman (born Los Angeles California, 1941 is an American screenwriter Sir Tom Stoppard OM, CBE (born 3 July 1937 is a British Screenwriter playwright Bullworth redirects here For the fictional town and school see Bully (game Bulworth is a 1998 Academy Award -nominated American Warren Beatty (born Henry Warren Beaty; March 30 1937 is an American Academy Award - and Golden Globe -winning Actor, producer Jeremy Pikser is an award-winning Screenwriter. Best known for Bulworth which he co-wrote with Warren Beatty, Pikser got his start working Life Is Beautiful (Italian La vita è bella) is a 1997 Italian language film which tells the story of a Jewish Italian Roberto Remigio Benigni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (born 27 October 1952 is an Academy Award -winning Italian actor writer and director of Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 War film set during the invasion of Normandy during World War II. Robert Rodat (born New Hampshire, 1953) is an American Screenwriter. The Truman Show is a 1998 fantasy Comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir and written by Andrew Niccol. Andrew M Niccol (born 1964 is a Screenwriter, producer, and director. The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s American Beauty is a 1999 Drama film set in modern American Suburbia. Alan E Ball (born May 13 1957) is an American director, Writer, Actor and producer for Film Being John Malkovich is a 1999 Film written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Spike Jonze. Charles Stuart Kaufman (born September 20, 1958) is an American Playwright, Film producer, theater and Film director Magnolia is a 1999 American Drama film, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26 1970 is a five-time Academy Award -nominated American Filmmaker. The Sixth Sense is a 1999 Psychological horror film written and directed by M Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan (ˈʃaməˈlan ( Malayalam: മനോജ് നെല്ലിയട്ടു ശ്യാമളന്‍ Tamil: மனோஜ் நெல்லியட்டு This article is about the 1999 film For the Sing-Along Songs video see Disney Sing Along Songs. Mike Leigh, OBE (born February 20, 1943) is an English film and theatre director screenwriter and playwright The year 2000 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films Please note that following the tradition of the The 73rd Academy Awards ceremony was the last to take place at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium. Almost Famous is a 2000 Comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe, writer and director of Jerry Maguire. Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an Academy Award -winning American Writer and Film director. Billy Elliot is a 2000 Film written by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry. Lee Hall (born 1966 in Newcastle upon Tyne) is an English playwright and screenwriter Erin Brockovich is a 2000 Drama film which dramatizes the story of Erin Brockovich 's first fight against the American West Coast Susannah Grant (born on January 4, 1963) is an award-winning American Screenwriter and director. Gladiator is a 2000 Epic film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen David Harold Franzoni (born March 4 1947) is an American screenwriter John David Gynn Logan (born 24 September 1961) is an American Screenwriter. William Nicholson (born January 12, 1948) is a BAFTA - Oscar - and Tony -nominated British screenwriter playwright You Can Count on Me is a 2000 movie starring Laura Linney, Mark Ruffalo, Rory Culkin and Matthew Broderick, written Kenneth Lonergan (born 16 October 1962) is a playwright screenwriter and director born in The Bronx, New York City, New York The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages The 74th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 2001, were held on March 24 2002, for the first time at the Kodak Theatre in Gosford Park is a 2001 film directed by Robert Altman. The Screenplay is by Julian Fellowes, based on an idea by Altman and producer Julian Alexander Kitchener-Fellowes DL (born 17 August 1949 in Cairo, Egypt) known as Julian Fellowes, was an actor Amélie is a 2001 French film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and starring Audrey Tautou. Jean-Pierre Jeunet (born 3 September 1953) is a French Film director. Memento is a Psychological thriller Film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, adapted from his brother Jonathan 's short Christopher Jonathan James Nolan (born July 30 1970 is a Film director, writer and producer. Jonathan "Jonah" Nolan (born 1976 is an Academy Award -nominated Author who was born in London and raised in the Chicago area Monster's Ball is an Academy Award winning 2001 Romantic drama Film directed by Marc Forster and written The Royal Tenenbaums is a 2001 dramatic Dark comedy directed by Wes Anderson about three Gifted siblings who experience Wesley Wales Anderson (born May 1, 1969) is an American director, writer, Actor, and producer of features Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor and Writer. The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The 75th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 2002, were held on March 23 2003, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood California Talk to Her ( Spanish: Hable con ella) is a 2002 Film written and directed by the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (ˈpeð̞ɾo almoˈð̞oβ̞̞aɾ kaβ̞aˈʝeɾo (born September 24, 1949 in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish Far from Heaven is a 2002 film written and directed by Todd Haynes and starring Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Ryan Ward, Dennis Todd Haynes (born January 2, 1961, in Encino, California) is an award-winning American Film director. Gangs of New York is a 2002 Bildungsroman film set in the mid-19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. Jay Cocks (born January 12 1944 is a Film critic and Motion picture Screenwriter. Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian (born on 30 January 1953 in Fresno, California) is an American Screenwriter, Film director Kenneth Lonergan (born 16 October 1962) is a playwright screenwriter and director born in The Bronx, New York City, New York My Big Fat Greek Wedding is an Academy Award nominated 2002 Romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Nia Vardalos (born September 24 1962) is a Golden Globe -nominated Greek Canadian actress, Academy Award -nominated Y tu mamá también (literally "And your mother too" released in English-speaking markets under the original title in Spanish) is a Carlos José Cuarón Orozco is an Academy Award -nominated Mexican Screenwriter, Film producer and Film director. Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (b 28 November 1961 is an Academy Award -nominated Mexican Film director, Screenwriter and Film producer The year 2003 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Lord of the Rings The Return The 76th Academy Awards ceremony honoring the best in film for 2003, was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood California on ABC beginning Lost in Translation is a 2003 comedy-drama film starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American Film director, actress, producer and Academy Award The Barbarian Invasions ( Les Invasions barbares) is a French Canadian comedy / Drama film directed by Denys Arcand. Adapted from the article Denys Arcand Denys Arcand from Wikinfo licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Dirty Pretty Things ( 2002) is a movie directed by Stephen Frears and written by Steven Knight, a Drama about two Illegal Finding Nemo is a 2003 computer-animated American Family film. Andrew Christopher Stanton Jr (born December 3, 1965 in Rockport Massachusetts) is an American Animated films director, Screenwriter Bob Peterson can refer to Bob Peterson (animator, animator Bob Peterson (baseball (1884-1962 baseball player Robert In America is a 2002 Irish Drama film directed by Jim Sheridan. This article is about the film director For the UK Labour politician see James Sheridan. Kirsten Sheridan (born July 14, 1976) is an Irish Film director and Screenwriter. The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place The 77th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 2004, were held on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood California Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American drama and Romantic comedy by French director Michel Charles Stuart Kaufman (born September 20, 1958) is an American Playwright, Film producer, theater and Film director Michel Gondry, born May 8 1963 is a French Academy Award -winning Screenwriter, Film, commercial and Music video director Pierre Bismuth (b 1963 in Paris is a contemporary artist Through efficient and often humorous gestures Bismuth interrupts pre-established codes of reading the images and WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout John David Gynn Logan (born 24 September 1961) is an American Screenwriter. Hotel Rwanda is a Historical drama film about the hotelier Paul Rusesabagina (played by Don Cheadle) during the Rwandan Genocide Terry George (born December 20, 1952) is an Irish screenwriter and director. The Incredibles is a 2004 Computer-animated feature Film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird (born on September 11, 1957) is the two-time Academy Award -winning American director of Vera Drake is a 2004 British film directed by Mike Leigh. It tells the story of a working class woman in London in Mike Leigh, OBE (born February 20, 1943) is an English film and theatre director screenwriter and playwright The year 2005 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper The 78th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 2005, were held on March 5 2006 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood California Crash is a 2005 Drama film directed by Paul Haggis. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2004 and was released Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London Ontario) is an Academy Award -winning Canadian screenwriter producer Robert "Bobby" Moresco is a Hollywood Screenwriter. His credits include 10th & Wolf and Crash, the latter of Good Night and Good Luck  is a 2005 film directed by George Clooney and written by Clooney and Grant Heslov that portrays the conflict between George Timothy Clooney (born May 6 1961 is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe award-winning American actor director, producer, Grant Heslov (born May 15, 1963) is an American Actor and Academy Award -nominated Film producer and Screenwriter Match Point is a 2005 film written and directed by Woody Allen and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and The Squid and the Whale is a 2005 Dramatic Film written and directed by Noah Baumbach. Noah Baumbach (born September 3, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York) is an Academy Award -nominated American Writer Syriana is a 2005 geopolitical thriller Film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, and executive produced by George Stephen Whorton Gaghan (born May 6, 1965 in Louisville Kentucky) is an Academy Award and Emmy Award -winning American The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest The 79th Academy Awards ceremony (also known as the Oscars) honoring the best in film for 2006, took place on February 25 2007 500 p Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American Comedy-drama film and the directorial film debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Michael Arndt is an American Screenwriter. After graduating from New York University, Arndt was a script reader for some time before choosing to write screenplays Babel is a 2006 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga, starring an Ensemble cast. Guillermo Arriaga Jordán (born 13 March 1958) is a Mexican author screenwriter and producer is a 2006 War film directed by Clint Eastwood whose cast includes Ken Watanabe and Kazunari Ninomiya. Iris Yamashita is an Academy Award -nominated Japanese-American screenwriter Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London Ontario) is an Academy Award -winning Canadian screenwriter producer Pan's Labyrinth (Spanish El laberinto del fauno, literally The Labyrinth of the Faun) is a 2006 Spanish language Guillermo del Toro Gómez (born October 9, 1964) is an Academy Award -nominated Mexican filmmaker The Queen Drama film directed by Stephen Frears, Peter Morgan and starring Dame Helen Mirren in the title role Queen Peter Morgan (born 10 April 1963 is an English Screenwriter and Playwright, best known for writing the films and plays The Deal 2007 saw major releases such as The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure Book of Secrets, The 80th Academy Awards ceremony honoring the best in film for 2007, was broadcast from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood California on ABC Juno is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Brook Busey (born June 14 1978 better known by the Pen name Diablo Cody, is an American Academy Award & BAFTA -winning Screenwriter Lars and the Real Girl is a 2007 American Dramedy Film directed by Craig Gillespie Nancy Oliver (born February 8 1955) is an American Playwright and Screenwriter. Michael Clayton is a 2007 American dramatic Legal thriller Film written and directed by Tony Gilroy and produced Anthony Joseph Gilroy (born 11 September 1956) is an American Screenwriter and filmmaker. Ratatouille (rat-a-too-e is a 2007 Computer-animated Family film produced by Pixar and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures Phillip Bradley "Brad" Bird (born on September 11, 1957) is the two-time Academy Award -winning American director of The Savages is a 2007 American Comedy - Drama film written and directed by Tamara Jenkins. Tamara Jenkins (b May 2, 1962) is an Academy Award -nominated Screenwriter, Actress and director. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. This is a list of Academy Awards ceremonies complete with date of each event year in film, ceremony host and the Best Picture award winner The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States The Academy Award for Best Story was an Academy Award given from the beginning of the Academy Awards until 1957 when it was eliminated in favor of the Academy Award for

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