OSCARS LISTS:
"BEST" WRITERS
os=original screenplay; st=original story; sc=screenplay; sa=screenplay adaptation; wr=writing
- 1927/8 -
- BENJAMIN GLAZER (sa-"7th Heaven")
- BEN HECHT (st-"The Underworld")
- JOSEPH FARNHAM (title writing)
- 1928/9
- HANS KRALY (wr-"The Patriot")
- 1929/30 -
- FRANCES MARION (wr-"The Big House")
- 1930/1 -
- HOWARD ESTABROOK (sa-"Cimarron")
- JOHN MONK SAUNDERS (st-"The Dawn Patrol")
- 1931/2 -
- EDWIN BURKE (sa-"Bad Girl")
- FRANCES MARION (st-"The Champ")
- 1932/3 -
- SARAH MASON / VICTOR HEERMAN (sa-"Little Women")
- ROBERT LORD (st-"One Way Passage")
- 1934 -
- ROBERT RISKIN (sa-"It Happened One Night")
- ARTHUR CAESAR (st-"Manhattan Melodrama")
- 1935 -
- (os-"")
- DUDLEY NICHOLS (sc-"The Informer")
- BEN HECHT / CHARLES McCARTHUR (st-"The Scoundrel")
- 1936 -
- (os-"")
- PIERRE COLLINGS / SHERIDAN GIBNEY (sc-"The Story Of Louis Pasteur")
- PIERRE COLLINGS / SHERIDAN GIBNEY (st-"The Story Of Louis Pasteur")
- 1937 -
- (os-"")
- HEINZ HERALD / GEZA HERCZEG / REILLY RAINE (sc-"The Life Of Emile Zola")
- ROBERT CARSON / WILLIAM A. WELLMAN (st-"A Star Is Born")
- 1938 -
- (os-"")
- IAN DALRYMPLE / CECIL LEWIS / W.P. LIPSCOME / GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (sc-"Pygmalion")
- ELEANORE GRIFFIN / DORE SCHARY (st-"Boys Town")
- 1939 -
- (os-"")
- SIDNEY HOWARD (sc-"Gone With The Wind")
- LEWIS R. FOSTER (st-"Mr. Smith Goes To Washington")
- 1940 -
- PRESTON STURGES (os-"The Great McGinty")
- DAVID OGDEN STEWART (sc-"The Philadelphia Story")
- BENJAMIN GLAZER / JOHN S. TOLDY (st-"Arise, My Love")
- 1941 -
- HERMAN J. MANKIEWICZ / ORSON WELLES (os-"Citizen Kane")
- SIDNEY BUCHMAN / SETON I. MILLER (sc-"Here Comes Mr. Jordan")
- HARRY SEGAL (st-"Here Comes Mr. Jordan")
- 1942 -
- RING LARDNER Jnr. / MICHAEL KANIN (os-"Woman Of The Year")
- GEORGE FROESCHEL / JAMES HILTON / CLAUDINE WEST / ARTHUR WIMPERIS (sc-"Mrs. Miniver")
- EMERICK PRESSBURGER (st-"The Invaders")
- 1943 -
- NORMAN KRASNA (os-"Princess O'Rourke")
- HOWARD KOCH / JULIUS J. EPSTEIN / PHILIP G. EPSTEIN (sc-"Casablanca")
- WILLIAM SAROYAN (st-"The Human Comedy")
- 1944 -
- LAMARR TROTTI (os-"Wilson")
- FRANK BUTLER / FRANK CAVETT (sc-"Going My Way")
- LEO McCAREY (st-"Going My Way")
- 1945 -
- RICHARD SCHWEIZER (os-"Mary-Louise")
- CHARLES BRACKETT / BILLY WILDER (sc-"The Lost Weekend")
- CHARLES G. BOOTH (st-"The House On 92nd Street")
- 1946 -
- MURIEL BOX / SIDNEY BOX (os-"The Seventh Veil")
- ROBERT E. SHERWOOD (sc-"The Best Years Of Our Lives")
- CLEMENCE DANE (st-"Vacation From Marriage")
- 1947 -
- SIDNEY SHELDON (os-"The Batchelor And The Bobby-Soxer")
- GEORGE SEATON (sc-"Miracle On 34th Street")
- VALENTINE DAVIES (st-"Miracle On 34th Street")
- 1948 -
- (ss-"")
- JOHN HUSTON (sc-"The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre")
- RICHARD SCHWEIZER / DAVID WEXLER (st-"The Search")
- 1949 -
- ROBERT PIROSH (ss-"Battleground")
- JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ (sc-"A Letter To Three Wives")
- DOUGLAS MORROW (st-"The Stratton Story")
- 1950 -
- CHARLES BRACKETT / D.M. MARSHMAN Jnr. (ss-"Sunset Blvd")
- JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ (sc-"All About Eve")
- EDNA ANHALT / EDWARD ANHALT (st-"Panic In The Streets")
- 1951 -
- ALAN J. LERNER (ss-"An American In Paris")
- HARRY BROWN / MICHAEL WILSON (sc-"A Place In The Sun")
- JAMES BERNARD / PAUL DANE (st-"Seven Days To Noon")
- 1952 -
- T.E.B. CLARKE (ss-"The Lavender Hill Mob")
- CHARLES SCHNEE (sc-"The Bad And The Beautiful")
- FRANK CAVETT (st-"The Greatest Show On Earth")
- 1953 -
- CHARLES BRACKETT / RICHARD BREEN / WALTER REISCH (ss-"Titanic")
- DANIEL TARADASH (sc-"From Here To Eternity")
- DALTON TRUMBOE (st-"Roman Holiday")
- 1954 -
- BUDD SCHULBERG (ss-"On The Waterfront")
- GEORGEW SEATON (sc-"The Country Girl")
- PHILIP YORDAN (st-"Broken Lance")
- 1955 -
- SONIA LEVIEN / WILLIAM LUDWIG (ss-"Interrupted Melody")
- PADDY CHAYEFSKY (sc-"Marty")
- DANIEL FUCHS (st-"Love Me Or Leave Me")
- 1956 -
- ALBERT LAMORISSE (os-"The Red Balloon")
- DALTON TRUMBOE (st-"The Brave One")
- JOHN FARROW / S.J. PERELMAN / JAMES POE (sa-"Around The World In 80 Days")
- 1957 -
- GEORGE WELLS (os-"Designing Woman")
- PIERRE BOULE / CARL FOREMAN / MICHAEL WILSON (sa-"The Bridge On The River Kwai")
- 1958 -
- HAROLD JACOB SMITH / NEDRICK YOUNG (os-"The Defiant Ones")
- ALAN J. LERNER (sa-"Gigi")
- 1959 -
- CLARENCE GREEN / MAURICE RICHLIN / RUSSELL ROUSE / STANLET SHAPIRO (os-"Pillow Talk")
- NEIL PATERSON (sa-"Room At The Top")
- 1960 -
- I.A.L. DIAMOND / BILLY WILDER (os-"The Apartment")
- RICHARD BROOKS (sa-"Elmer Gantry")
- 1961 -
- WILLIAM INGE (os-"Splendor In The Grass")
- ABBY MANN (sa-"Judgement At Nuremberg")
- 1962 -
- PIETRO GERMI / ENNIO DE CONCINI / ALFREDO GIANNETTI (os-"Divorce - Italian Style")
- HORTON FOOTE (sa-"To Kill A Mockingbird")
- 1963 -
- JAMES R. WEBB (os-"How The West Was Won")
- JOHN OSBORNE (sa-"Tom Jones")
- 1964 -
- S.H. BARTLETT / PETER STONE / FRANK TARLOFF (os-"Father Goose")
- EDWARD ANHALT (sa-"Becket")
- 1965 -
- FREDERICK RAPHAEL (os-"Darling")
- ROBERT BOLT (sa-"Doctor Zhivago")
- 1966 -
- CLAUDE LELOUCHE / PIERRE UYTTERHOEVEN (os-"A Man And A Woman")
- ROBERT BOLT (sa-"A Man For All Seasons")
- 1967 -
- WILLIAM ROSE (os-"Guess Who's Coming To Dinner")
- STIRLING SILLIPHANT (sa-"In The Heat Of The Night")
- 1968 -
- MEL BROOKS (os-"The Producers")
- JAMES GOLDMAN (sa-"The Lion In Winter")
- 1969 -
- WILLIAM GOLDMAN (os-"Butch Cassidy And The Sundown Kid")
- WALDO SALT (sa-"Midnight Cowboy")
- 1970 -
- FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA / EDWARD H. NORTH (os-"Patton")
- RING LARDNER Jnr. (sa-"M*A*S*H")
- 1971 -
- PADDY CHAYEFSKY (os-"The Hospital")
- ERNEST TIDYMAN (sa-"The French Connection")
- 1972 -
- JEREMY LARNER (os-"The Candidate")
- FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA / MARIO PUZO (sa-"The Godfather")
- 1973 -
- DAVID S. WARD (os-"The Sting")
- WILLIAM PETER BLATTY (sa-"The Exorcist")
- 1974 -
- ROBERT TOWNE (os-"Chinatown")
- BO GOLDMAN / LAWRENCE HAUBEN (sa-"One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest")
- 1975 -
- FRANK PIERSON (os-"Dog Day Afternoon")
- FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA / MARIO PUZO (sa-"The Godfather Part II")
- 1976 -
- PADDY CHAYEFSKY (os-"Network")
- WILLIAM GOLDMAN (sa-"All The President's Men")
- 1977 -
- WOODY ALLEN / MARSHALL BRICKMAN (os-"Annie Hall")
- ALVIN SARGENT (sa-"Julia")
- 1978 -
- NANCY DOWD / ROBERT C. JONES / WALDO SALT (os-"Coming Home")
- OLIVER STONE (sa-"Midnight Express")
- 1979 -
- STEVE TESICH (os-"Breaking Away")
- ROBERT BENTON (sa-"Kramer Vs. Kramer")
- 1980 -
- BO GOLDMAN (os-"Melvyn And Howard")
- ALVIN SARGENT (sa-"Ordinary People")
- 1981 -
- COLIN WELLAND (os-"Chariots Of Fire")
- ERNEST THOMPSON (sa-"On Golden Pond")
- 1982 -
- JOHN BRILEY (os-"Gandhi")
- DONALD STEWART / COSTA-GAVROS (sa-"Missing")
- 1983 -
- HORTON FOOTE (os-"Tender Mercies")
- JAMES L. BROOKS (sa-"Terms Of Endearment")
- 1984 -
- ROBERT BENTON 2 (os-"Places In The Heart")
- PETER SCHAFFER (sa-"Amadeus")
- 1985 -
- WILLIAM KELLEY / EARL W. WALLACE / PAMELA WALLACE (os-"Witness")
- KURT LUEDTKE (sa-"Out Of Africa")
- 1986 -
- WOODY ALLEN (os-"Hannah And Her Sisters")
- RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA (sa-"A Room With A View")
- 1987 -
- JOHN PATRICK SHANLEY (os-"Moonstruck")
- BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI / MARK PEPLOE (sa-"The Last Emperor")
- 1988 -
- RONALD BASS / BARRY MORROW (os-"Rain Man")
- CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON (sa-"Dangerous Liaisons")
- 1989 -
- TOM SCHULMAN (os-"Dead Poets Society")
- ALFRED UHRY (sa-"Driving Miss Daisy")
- 1990 -
- BRUCE JOEL RUBIN (os-"Ghost")
- MICHAEL BLAKE (sa-"Dances With Wolves")
- 1991 -
- CALLIE KHOURI (os-"Thelma & Louise")
- TED TALLY (sa-"Silence Of The Lambs")
- 1992 -
- NEIL JORDAN (os-"The Crying Game")
- RUTH PRAWER JHABVALA (sa-"Howards End")
- 1993 -
- JANE CAMPION (os-"The Piano")
- STEVEN ZAILLIAN (sa-"Schindler's List")
- 1994 -
- ROGER AVARY / QUENTIN TARANTINO (os-"Pulp Fiction")
- ERIC ROTH (sa-"Forrest Gump")
- 1995 -
- CHRISTOPHER McQUARRIE (os-"The Usual Suspects")
- EMMA THOMPSON (sa-"Sense And Sensibility")
- 1996 -
- ETHAN COEN / JOEL COEN (os-"Fargo")
- BILLY BOB THORNTON (sa-"Sling Blade")
- 1997 -
- BEN AFFLECK / MATT DAMON (os-"Good Will Hunting")
- CURTIS HANSON / BRIAN HELGOLAND (sa-"LA Confidential")
- 1998 -
- MARC NORMAN / TOM STOPPARD (os-"Shakespeare In Love")
- BILL CONDON (sa-"Gods And Monsters")
- 1999 -
- ALAN BALL (os-"American Beauty")
- JOHN IRVING (sa-"The Cider House Rules")
- 2000 -
- CAMERON CROWE (os-"Almost Famous")
- STEPHEN GAGHAN (sa-"Traffic")
- 2001 -
- JULIAN FELLOWES (os-"Gosford Park")
- AKIVA GOLDSMAN (sa-"A Beautiful Mind")
- 2002 -
- PEDRO ALMODOVAR (os-"Talk to Her")
- RONALD HARWOOD (sa-"The Pianist")
