Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Every winner and nominee of the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay since 1929, newest first.
2026🏆 Winner
Paul Thomas Anderson
One Battle After Another4 nominees
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2025🏆 WinnerPeter Straughan
Conclave4 nominees
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Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin+2Sing SingNominee
Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius+2Emilia PérezNominee
RaMell Ross, Joslyn BarnesNickel BoysNominee2024🏆 Winner
Cord Jefferson
American Fiction4 nominees
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Christopher NolanOppenheimerNominee
Greta Gerwig, Noah BaumbachBarbieNominee
Tony McNamaraPoor ThingsNominee2023🏆 Winner
Sarah Polley
Women Talking4 nominees
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LivingNominee
2022🏆 Winner
Sian Heder
CODA4 nominees
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Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts+1DuneNominee2021🏆 Winner
Florian Zeller
The Father4 nominees
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Chloé ZhaoNomadlandNominee
Ramin BahraniThe White TigerNominee
2020🏆 Winner
Taika Waititi
Jojo Rabbit3 nominees
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2019🏆 Winner
Spike Lee
BlacKkKlansman4 nominees
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2018🏆 Winner
James Ivory
Call Me by Your Name4 nominees
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Scott Neustadter, Michael H. WeberThe Disaster ArtistNominee
James Mangold, Scott Frank+1LoganNominee
Aaron SorkinMolly's GameNominee2017🏆 Winner
Barry Jenkins
Moonlight4 nominees
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Theodore Melfi, Allison SchroederHidden FiguresNominee
Eric HeissererArrivalNominee
Luke DaviesLionNominee
August WilsonFencesNominee2016🏆 WinnerCharles Randolph
The Big Short4 nominees
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Phyllis NagyCarolNominee
Nick HornbyBrooklynNominee
Drew GoddardThe MartianNominee
Emma DonoghueRoomNominee2015🏆 Winner
Graham Moore
The Imitation Game4 nominees
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Anthony McCartenThe Theory of EverythingNominee
Damien ChazelleWhiplashNominee
Jason HallAmerican SniperNominee2014🏆 Winner
John Ridley
12 Years a Slave4 nominees
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Julie Delpy, Richard Linklater+1Before MidnightNominee
Billy RayCaptain PhillipsNominee
Steve Coogan, Jeff PopePhilomenaNominee2013🏆 Winner
Chris Terrio
Argo4 nominees
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David MageeLife of PiNominee
Lucy Alibar, Benh ZeitlinBeasts of the Southern WildNominee
Tony KushnerLincolnNominee2012🏆 Winner
Nat Faxon
The Descendants4 nominees
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John LoganHugoNominee
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin+1MoneyballNominee
George Clooney, Grant Heslov+1The Ides of MarchNominee
Bridget O'Connor, Peter StraughanTinker Tailor Soldier SpyNominee2011🏆 WinnerAaron Sorkin
The Social Network4 nominees
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Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy127 HoursNominee
Joel Coen, Ethan CoenTrue GritNominee
Michael Arndt, John Lasseter+2Toy Story 3Nominee
Debra Granik, Anne RoselliniWinter's BoneNominee2010🏆 WinnerGeoffrey S. Fletcher
Precious4 nominees
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Jason Reitman, Sheldon TurnerUp in the AirNominee
Jesse Armstrong, Armando Iannucci+2In the LoopNominee
Nick HornbyAn EducationNominee2009🏆 Winner
Simon Beaufoy
Slumdog Millionaire4 nominees
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2008🏆 WinnerJoel Coen
No Country for Old Men4 nominees
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Christopher HamptonAtonementNominee
Sarah PolleyAway from HerNominee
Ronald HarwoodThe Diving Bell and the ButterflyNominee2007🏆 Winner
William Monahan
The Departed4 nominees
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Dan Mazer, Sacha Baron Cohen+3Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of KazakhstanNominee
Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton+3Children of MenNominee
2006🏆 Winner
Larry McMurtry
Brokeback Mountain4 nominees
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Dan FuttermanCapoteNominee
Tony Kushner, Eric RothMunichNominee
2005🏆 Winner
Jim Taylor
Sideways4 nominees
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Julie Delpy, Richard Linklater+2Before SunsetNominee
David MageeFinding NeverlandNominee
2004🏆 Winner
Philippa Boyens
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King4 nominees
🏆 WinnerPhilippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Peter JacksonThe Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
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2003🏆 WinnerRonald Harwood
The Pianist4 nominees
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Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz+1About a BoyNominee
David HareThe HoursNominee
Bill CondonChicagoNominee
Charlie KaufmanAdaptation.Nominee2002🏆 Winner
Akiva Goldsman
A Beautiful Mind4 nominees
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Todd Field, Robert FestingerIn the BedroomNominee
Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio+2ShrekNominee2001🏆 Winner
Stephen Gaghan
Traffic4 nominees
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James Schamus, Wang Hui-ling+1Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonNominee
Steve KlovesWonder BoysNominee
Robert Nelson JacobsChocolatNominee2000🏆 Winner
John Irving
The Cider House Rules4 nominees
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Alexander Payne, Jim TaylorElectionNominee
Frank DarabontThe Green MileNominee
Michael Mann, Eric RothThe InsiderNominee1999🏆 WinnerBill Condon
Gods and Monsters4 nominees
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1998🏆 Winner
Curtis Hanson
L.A. Confidential4 nominees
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David Mamet, Hilary HenkinWag the DogNominee
Paul AttanasioDonnie BrascoNominee1997🏆 Winner
Billy Bob Thornton
Sling Blade4 nominees
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1996🏆 Winner
Emma Thompson
Sense and Sensibility4 nominees
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Anna Pavignano, Furio Scarpelli+3The PostmanNominee
Chris Noonan, George MillerBabeNominee
Mike FiggisLeaving Las VegasNominee1995🏆 Winner
Eric Roth
Forrest Gump4 nominees
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Robert BentonNobody's FoolNominee
Paul AttanasioQuiz ShowNominee
1994🏆 WinnerSteven Zaillian
Schindler's List4 nominees
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William NicholsonShadowlandsNominee
Ruth Prawer JhabvalaThe Remains of the DayNominee1993🏆 WinnerRuth Prawer Jhabvala
Howards End4 nominees
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1992🏆 Winner
Ted Tally
The Silence of the Lambs4 nominees
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Fannie Flagg, Carol SobieskiFried Green TomatoesNominee
Oliver Stone, Zachary SklarJFKNominee
Becky Johnston, Pat ConroyThe Prince of TidesNominee1991🏆 WinnerMichael Blake
Dances with Wolves4 nominees
1990🏆 WinnerAlfred Uhry
Driving Miss Daisy4 nominees
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1989🏆 WinnerChristopher Hampton
Dangerous Liaisons4 nominees
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1988🏆 WinnerMark Peploe
The Last Emperor4 nominees
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Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jönsson+2My Life as a DogNominee
Tony HustonThe DeadNominee
Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr+1Full Metal JacketNominee
1987🏆 WinnerRuth Prawer Jhabvala
A Room with a View4 nominees
1986🏆 WinnerKurt Luedtke
Out of Africa4 nominees
1985🏆 Winner
Peter Shaffer
Amadeus4 nominees
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David LeanA Passage to IndiaNominee
Charles FullerA Soldier's StoryNominee
1984🏆 Winner
James L. Brooks
Terms of Endearment4 nominees
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1983🏆 Winner
Costa-Gavras
Missing4 nominees
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1982🏆 WinnerErnest Thompson
On Golden Pond4 nominees
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Michael WellerRagtimeNominee1981🏆 Winner
Alvin Sargent
Ordinary People4 nominees
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Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens+1Breaker MorantNominee
Lawrence B. Marcus, Richard RushThe Stunt ManNominee1980🏆 WinnerRobert Benton
Kramer vs. Kramer4 nominees
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A Little RomanceNominee1979🏆 WinnerOliver Stone
Midnight Express4 nominees
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Neil SimonCalifornia SuiteNominee
Bernard SladeSame Time, Next YearNominee
Walter NewmanBloodbrothersNominee
1978🏆 WinnerAlvin Sargent
Julia4 nominees
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Larry GelbartOh, God!Nominee
Peter ShafferEquusNominee1977🏆 Winner
William Goldman
All the President's Men4 nominees
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David Butler, Steve ShaganVoyage of the DamnedNominee
Federico Fellini, Bernardino ZapponiFellini's CasanovaNominee
Robert GetchellBound for GloryNominee1976🏆 WinnerLawrence Hauben
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest4 nominees
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Ruggero Maccari, Dino RisiScent of a WomanNominee
Neil SimonThe Sunshine BoysNominee
Stanley KubrickBarry LyndonNominee1975🏆 Winner
Mario Puzo
The Godfather Part II4 nominees
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Mordecai Richler, Lionel ChetwyndThe Apprenticeship of Duddy KravitzNominee
Julian BarryLennyNominee
Paul DehnMurder on the Orient ExpressNominee1974🏆 Winner
William Peter Blatty
The Exorcist4 nominees
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Robert TowneThe Last DetailNominee
James BridgesThe Paper ChaseNominee
Alvin SargentPaper MoonNominee
Waldo Salt, Norman WexlerSerpicoNominee1973🏆 WinnerMario Puzo
The Godfather4 nominees
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Lonne Elder IIISounderNominee
Jay Presson AllenCabaretNominee
1972🏆 WinnerErnest Tidyman
The French Connection4 nominees
1971🏆 Winner
Ring Lardner, Jr.
M*A*S*H4 nominees
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Joseph Bologna, David Zelag Goodman+1Lovers and Other StrangersNominee
George SeatonAirportNominee
Larry KramerWomen in LoveNominee1970🏆 WinnerWaldo Salt
Midnight Cowboy4 nominees
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Jorge Semprún, Costa-GavrasZNominee
John Hale, Bridget Boland+1Anne of the Thousand DaysNominee
Arnold SchulmanGoodbye, ColumbusNominee1969🏆 WinnerJames Goldman
The Lion in Winter4 nominees
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1968🏆 Winner
Stirling Silliphant
In the Heat of the Night4 nominees
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Frank Pierson, Donn PearceCool Hand LukeNominee
Richard BrooksIn Cold BloodNominee
Calder Willingham, Buck HenryThe GraduateNominee
Joseph Strick, Fred HainesUlyssesNominee1967🏆 Winner
Robert Bolt
A Man for All Seasons4 nominees
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William RoseThe Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!Nominee
Bill NaughtonAlfieNominee1966🏆 WinnerRobert Bolt
Doctor Zhivago4 nominees
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Abby MannShip of FoolsNominee
Frank Pierson, Walter NewmanCat BallouNominee
Stanley Mann, John KohnThe CollectorNominee1965🏆 Winner
Edward Anhalt
Becket4 nominees
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Stanley Kubrick, Peter George+1Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BombNominee
Alan Jay LernerMy Fair LadyNominee
Bill Walsh, Don DaGradiMary PoppinsNominee
1964🏆 Winner
John Osborne
Tom Jones4 nominees
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Richard L. Breen, Phoebe Ephron+1Captain Newman, M.D.Nominee
Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.HudNominee
James PoeLilies of the FieldNominee1963🏆 Winner
Horton Foote
To Kill a Mockingbird4 nominees
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Robert Bolt, Michael WilsonLawrence of ArabiaNominee
William GibsonThe Miracle WorkerNominee
Vladimir NabokovLolitaNominee
Eleanor PerryDavid and LisaNominee1962🏆 WinnerAbby Mann
Judgment at Nuremberg4 nominees
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Sidney Carroll, Robert RossenThe HustlerNominee
Ernest LehmanWest Side StoryNominee
1961🏆 WinnerRichard Brooks
Elmer Gantry4 nominees
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Isobel LennartThe SundownersNominee
Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob SmithInherit the WindNominee
James KennawayTunes of GloryNominee1960🏆 WinnerNeil Paterson
Room at the Top4 nominees
1959🏆 WinnerAlan Jay Lerner
Gigi4 nominees
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Terence Rattigan, John GaySeparate TablesNominee
Nelson Gidding, Don MankiewiczI Want to Live!Nominee1958🏆 Winner
Carl Foreman
The Bridge on the River Kwai4 nominees
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1957🏆 WinnerJames Poe
Around the World in 80 Days4 nominees
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Norman CorwinLust for LifeNominee
Tennessee WilliamsBaby DollNominee
Michael WilsonFriendly PersuasionNominee
Ivan Moffat, Fred GuiolGiantNominee1956🏆 Winner
Paddy Chayefsky
Marty4 nominees
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Paul OsbornEast of EdenNominee
Daniel Fuchs, Isobel LennartLove Me or Leave MeNominee1955🏆 WinnerGeorge Seaton
The Country Girl4 nominees
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Ernest Lehman, Billy Wilder+1SabrinaNominee
John Michael HayesRear WindowNominee
1954🏆 Winner
Daniel Taradash
From Here to Eternity4 nominees
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A. B. Guthrie Jr.ShaneNominee
Eric AmblerThe Cruel SeaNominee
Ian McLellan Hunter, John DightonRoman HolidayNominee
Helen DeutschLiliNominee1953🏆 WinnerCharles Schnee
The Bad and the Beautiful4 nominees
Nominees (4)
Carl ForemanHigh NoonNominee
Michael Wilson5 FingersNominee
Roger MacDougall, John Dighton+1The Man in the White SuitNominee
Frank S. NugentThe Quiet ManNominee1952🏆 WinnerMichael Wilson
A Place in the Sun4 nominees
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Jacques Natanson, Max OphülsLa RondeNominee
Robert Wyler, Philip YordanDetective StoryNominee
1951🏆 Winner
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
All About Eve4 nominees
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Albert MannheimerBorn YesterdayNominee
Albert MaltzBroken ArrowNominee
1950🏆 WinnerJoseph L. Mankiewicz
A Letter to Three Wives4 nominees
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Carl ForemanChampionNominee
Graham GreeneThe Fallen IdolNominee
1949🏆 Winner
John Huston
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre4 nominees
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Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder+1A Foreign AffairNominee
Frank Partos, Millen BrandThe Snake PitNominee
Richard Schweizer, David WechslerThe SearchNominee1948🏆 WinnerGeorge Seaton
Miracle on 34th Street4 nominees
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David Lean, Ronald Neame+1Great ExpectationsNominee
Richard MurphyBoomerang!Nominee
John PaxtonCrossfireNominee
1947🏆 Winner
Robert E. Sherwood
The Best Years of Our Lives4 nominees
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Anthony VeillerThe KillersNominee
Ronald Neame, David Lean+1Brief EncounterNominee
Sally Benson, Talbot JenningsAnna and the King of SiamNominee
Sergio Amidei, Federico FelliniRome, Open CityNominee1946🏆 WinnerCharles Brackett
The Lost Weekend4 nominees
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Frank Davis, Tess SlesingerA Tree Grows in BrooklynNominee
Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore+1Story of G.I. JoeNominee
Albert MaltzPride of the MarinesNominee
1945🏆 Winner
Frank Butler
Going My Way4 nominees
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Walter Reisch, John L. Balderston+1GaslightNominee
Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein+1LauraNominee1944🏆 Winner
Julius J. Epstein
Casablanca4 nominees
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Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster+2The More the MerrierNominee
Dashiell HammettWatch on the RhineNominee1943🏆 Winner
James Hilton
Mrs. Miniver4 nominees
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Herman J. Mankiewicz, Jo SwerlingThe Pride of the YankeesNominee
Sidney Buchman, Irwin ShawThe Talk of the TownNominee
George Froeschel, Claudine West+1Random HarvestNominee1942🏆 WinnerSidney Buchman
Here Comes Mr. Jordan4 nominees
1941🏆 WinnerDonald Ogden Stewart
The Philadelphia Story4 nominees
1940🏆 WinnerSidney Howard
Gone with the Wind4 nominees
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Eric Maschwitz, R. C. Sherriff+1Goodbye, Mr. ChipsNominee
Walter Reisch, Billy Wilder+1NinotchkaNominee
Sidney BuchmanMr. Smith Goes to WashingtonNominee1939🏆 Winner
George Bernard Shaw
Pygmalion4 nominees
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Ian Dalrymple, Elizabeth Hill+1The CitadelNominee
Dore Schary, John MeehanBoys TownNominee1938🏆 WinnerGeza Herczeg
The Life of Emile Zola4 nominees
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Morrie Ryskind, Anthony VeillerStage DoorNominee
Alan Campbell, Robert Carson+1A Star Is BornNominee
Viña DelmarThe Awful TruthNominee1937🏆 WinnerPierre Collings
The Story of Louis Pasteur4 nominees
1936🏆 WinnerDudley Nichols
The Informer3 nominees
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Achmed Abdullah, John L. Balderston+3The Lives of a Bengal LancerNominee
Casey RobinsonCaptain BloodNominee1935🏆 Winner
Robert Riskin
It Happened One Night2 nominees
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Ben HechtViva Villa!Nominee1934🏆 Winner
Victor Heerman
Little Women2 nominees
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Paul Green, Sonya LevienState FairNominee
Robert RiskinLady for a DayNominee1932🏆 WinnerEdwin J. Burke
Bad Girl2 nominees
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Sidney HowardArrowsmithNominee
Percy Heath, Samuel HoffensteinDr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeNominee1931🏆 Winner
Howard Estabrook
Cimarron4 nominees
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Seton I. Miller, Fred Niblo Jr.The Criminal CodeNominee
Francis Edward Faragoh, Robert N. LeeLittle CaesarNominee
Horace JacksonHolidayNominee
Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sam MintzSkippyNominee1929🏆 WinnerBenjamin Glazer
7th Heaven2 nominees
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Anthony ColdewayGlorious BetsyNominee
Alfred A. CohnThe Jazz SingerNominee
