Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay is one of the three film writing awards given by the Writers Guild of America.

Woody Allen holds the record for most wins and nominations for the award, with five wins out of twenty nominations.

Notes

• † indicates an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay winner
• ‡ indiates an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay winner

Winners and nominees

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Writers with multiple awards

5 Awards

• Woody Allen

2 Awards

• Warren Beatty
• Mark Boal
• Paddy Chayefsky
• Larry Gelbart
• Robert Towne

Writers with multiple nominations

20 Nominations

• Woody Allen

5 Nominations

• Ethan Coen
• Joel Coen
• Paul Mazursky

4 Nominations

• Paul Thomas Anderson
• Wes Anderson
• Robert Benton
• Lawrence Kasdan
• Thomas McCarthy

3 Nominations

• Noah Baumbach
• Warren Beatty
• Marshall Brickman
• Francis Ford Coppola
• Blake Edwards
• Nora Ephron
• Barry Levinson
• Kenneth Lonergan
• George Lucas
• John Sayles
• Neil Simon
• Aaron Sorkin
• Steven Spielberg

2 Nominations

• Judd Apatow
• Mark Boal
• James L. Brooks
• James Cameron
• Paddy Chayefsky
• Damien Chazelle
• Diablo Cody
• Roman Coppola
• Cameron Crowe
• Larry Gelbart
• Greta Gerwig
• Hugo Guinness
• Rian Johnson
• Neil Jordan
• Charlie Kaufman
• Adam McKay
• Jordan Peele
• Gary Ross
• David O. Russell
• Taylor Sheridan
• Oliver Stone
• Robert Towne

See also

• Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
• BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
• Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay

References

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