The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material; writers with "written by", "screenplay" or "story" credits are
The 2026 recipient: Ryan Coogler
Woody Allen has received the most Oscar nominations in this category with 16, winning three times: for Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters and Midnight in Paris
Orson Welles co-won the award for Citizen Kane in 1942.
Herman J. Mankiewicz won for Citizen Kane (1941) alongside Orson Welles.
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The Academy Awards, more commonly known as the Oscars, are awards based on artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in the U
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