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Benjamin Géza Affleck is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of many accolades including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globes. Affleck began his career as a child when he starred in the PBS educational series The Voyage of the Mimi. He later appeared in the independent comedy Dazed and Confused (1993) and several Kevin Smith comedies, including Chasing Amy (1997).
Affleck and Matt Damon attend a Camp David screening of Good Will Hunting with President Bill Clinton in January 1998.
Affleck with Michael Bay and Liv Tyler at the Armageddon premiere in June 1998
Affleck visiting US Marines in Manama, Bahrain in 2003
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the screenplay.
Image: Arthur Harari 2017
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.