Steven Zaillian

American screenwriter, film director and producer (born 1953)

Steven Zaillian

Born|

Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian

(1953-01-30) January 30, 1953 (age 71)

Fresno, California, U.S.

Alma mater| San Francisco State University
Occupations|

* Screenwriter
* film director
* film producer
* film editor

Years active| 1977–present[1]
Spouse| Elizabeth Zaillian
Children| 2

Steven Ernest Bernard Zaillian[1] (born January 30, 1953) is an American screenwriter, film director and producer. He won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for his screenplay Schindler's List (1993) and has earned Oscar nominations for the films Awakenings, Gangs of New York, Moneyball and The Irishman. He was presented with the Distinguished Screenwriter Award at the 2009 Austin Film Festival and the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America in 2011. Zaillian is the founder of Film Rites, a film production company.

He has also created, written and directed the limited series The Night Of (2016) and Ripley (2024).

## Early life[edit]

Steven Zaillian was born in Fresno, California, the son of Jim Zaillian, a radio news reporter. Zaillian is of Armenian descent.[2][3] He attended Sonoma State University, graduated from San Francisco State University in 1975 with a degree in Cinema.[1]

## Personal life[edit]

He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Elizabeth Zaillian; they have two sons together.[4]

## Career[edit]

Steven Zaillian is known for writing screenplays that often deal with tragedy and drama. Zaillian has written screenplays for many notable films. Zaillian wrote the screenplay for the 1990 film Awakenings. His most notable work is the 1993 screenplay for the film Schindler's List, for which he won an Academy Award. The Schindler’s List screenplay was voted the 49th best screenplay of all time by the Writers Guild of America West, the 32nd best of all time by IMDb, and the 49th best by filmsite.org. Zaillian directed and wrote the 1993 film Searching for Bobby Fischer, for which he earned critical and commercial acclaim. Zaillian also wrote and directed the 1998 film A Civil Action and wrote the screenplays for the films Gangs of New York in 2002, and American Gangster in 2007. In 2007, in partnership with Mandate Pictures, he signed a deal with Columbia Pictures.[5] Zaillian co-wrote the screenplay for Moneyball in 2011 with Aaron Sorkin. Zaillian also wrote the screenplay for the 2011 film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. His most recent work includes creating, directing, writing, and producing the 2016 Emmy-winning HBO miniseries The Night Of and writing the screenplay for the 2019 Netflix film The Irishman.

## Filmography[edit]

### Film[edit]

Year  | Title  | Director | Writer | Producer

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1985  | The Falcon and the Snowman | No  | Yes  | No
1990  | Awakenings | No  | Yes  | No
1993  | Schindler's List | No  | Yes  | No
Searching for Bobby Fischer | Yes  | Yes  | No
Jack the Bear | No  | Yes  | No
1994  | Clear and Present Danger | No  | Yes  | No
1996  | Mission: Impossible | No  | Story  | No
1998  | A Civil Action | Yes  | Yes  | Executive
2001  | Hannibal | No  | Yes  | No
2002  | Gangs of New York | No  | Yes  | No
2005  | The Interpreter | No  | Yes  | No
2006  | All the King's Men | Yes  | Yes  | Yes
2007  | American Gangster | No  | Yes  | Executive
2011  | Moneyball | No  | Yes  | No
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | No  | Yes  | Executive
2014  | Exodus: Gods and Kings | No  | Yes  | No
2018  | Red Sparrow | No  | No  | Yes
2019  | The Irishman | No  | Yes  | No
2021  | Those Who Wish Me Dead | No  | No  | Yes

### Television[edit]

Year  | Title  | Director  | Writer  | Executive
Producer  | Notes

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2016  | The Night Of | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |
2024  | Ripley | Yes  | Yes  | Yes  |

### Executive producer only[edit]

* Welcome to the Rileys (2010)
* The Cold Light of Day (2012)
* The Current War (2017)
* My Dinner with Hervé (2018)

### Editor[edit]

* Breaker! Breaker! (1977)
* Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
* Starhops (1978)

## Awards[edit]

Year  | Title  | Award  | Result

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1991  | Awakenings | Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated
1994  | Schindler's List | Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Won
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Won
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay | Won
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay | Won
1999  | A Civil Action | Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated
2003  | Gangs of New York | Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay | Nominated
BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay | Nominated
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay | Nominated
2008  | American Gangster | BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay | Nominated
2012  | Moneyball | Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay | Nominated
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Won
Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay | Won
Satellite Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated
AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay | Nominated
2012  | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated
2017  | The Night Of | Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film (Episode: "The Beach")  | Won
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series | Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Episode: "The Beach")  | Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Episode: "The Call of the Wild")  | Nominated
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Long Form – Adapted | Nominated
2020  | The Irishman | Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay | Nominated
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated
Critics' Choice Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated
AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay | Nominated

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c "Blue" Gene Tyranny (2015). "Steven Zaillian". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 5, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2015.
2. ^ "Armenia's tragedy was long in coming to the movie screen". Los Angeles Times. November 18, 2002. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
3. ^ Setencich, Eli (March 23, 1994). "'Schindler's' screenwriter goes back to dad's vision". Fresno Bee. p. B1. Retrieved July 26, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Steven Zaillian biography". Tribute. Retrieved May 18, 2012.
5. ^ Garrett, Diane (May 1, 2007). "Zaillian signs deal with Columbia". Variety. Retrieved January 7, 2021..

## External links[edit]

* Steven Zaillian on Charlie Rose
* Steven Zaillian at IMDb
* Writings at One for the Table

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Films written and directed|

* Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
* A Civil Action (1998)
* All the King's Men (2006)

Films written|

* The Falcon and the Snowman (1985)
* Awakenings (1990)
* Schindler's List (1993)
* Jack the Bear (1993)
* Clear and Present Danger (1994)
* Mission: Impossible (1996)
* Hannibal (2001)
* Gangs of New York (2002)
* The Interpreter (2005)
* American Gangster (2007)
* Moneyball (2011)
* The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
* Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
* The Irishman (2019)

Television series|

* The Night Of (2016)
* Ripley (2024)
* Cortes (unproduced)

Awards for Steven Zaillian

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Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

1928–1950|

* Benjamin Glazer (1928)
* Hanns Kräly (1929)
* Frances Marion (1930)
* Howard Estabrook (1931)
* Edwin J. Burke (1932)
* Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason (1933)
* Robert Riskin (1934)
* Dudley Nichols (1935)
* Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney (1936)
* Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, and Norman Reilly Raine (1937)
* Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Arthur Lewis, W. P. Lipscomb, and George Bernard Shaw (1938)
* Sidney Howard (1939)
* Donald Ogden Stewart (1940)
* Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller (1941)
* George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, and Arthur Wimperis (1942)
* Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein, and Howard Koch (1943)
* Frank Butler and Frank Cavett (1944)
* Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder (1945)
* Robert Sherwood (1946)
* George Seaton (1947)
* John Huston (1948)
* Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1949)
* Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)

1951–1975|

* Harry Brown and Michael Wilson (1951)
* Charles Schnee (1952)
* Daniel Taradash (1953)
* George Seaton (1954)
* Paddy Chayefsky (1955)
* John Farrow, S. J. Perelman, and James Poe (1956)
* Pierre Boulle, Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson (1957)
* Alan Jay Lerner (1958)
* Neil Paterson (1959)
* Richard Brooks (1960)
* Abby Mann (1961)
* Horton Foote (1962)
* John Osborne (1963)
* Edward Anhalt (1964)
* Robert Bolt (1965)
* Robert Bolt (1966)
* Stirling Silliphant (1967)
* James Goldman (1968)
* Waldo Salt (1969)
* Ring Lardner Jr. (1970)
* Ernest Tidyman (1971)
* Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo (1972)
* William Peter Blatty (1973)
* Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo (1974)
* Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben (1975)

1976–2000|

* William Goldman (1976)
* Alvin Sargent (1977)
* Oliver Stone (1978)
* Robert Benton (1979)
* Alvin Sargent (1980)
* Ernest Thompson (1981)
* Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart (1982)
* James L. Brooks (1983)
* Peter Shaffer (1984)
* Kurt Luedtke (1985)
* Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1986)
* Bernardo Bertolucci and Mark Peploe (1987)
* Christopher Hampton (1988)
* Alfred Uhry (1989)
* Michael Blake (1990)
* Ted Tally (1991)
* Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1992)
* Steven Zaillian (1993)
* Eric Roth (1994)
* Emma Thompson (1995)
* Billy Bob Thornton (1996)
* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Bill Condon (1998)
* John Irving (1999)
* Stephen Gaghan (2000)

2001–present|

* Akiva Goldsman (2001)
* Ronald Harwood (2002)
* Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005)
* William Monahan (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy (2008)
* Geoffrey S. Fletcher (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon (2011)
* Chris Terrio (2012)
* John Ridley (2013)
* Graham Moore (2014)
* Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015)
* Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (2016)
* James Ivory (2017)
* Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee (2018)
* Taika Waititi (2019)
* Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (2020)
* Sian Heder (2021)
* Sarah Polley (2022)
* Cord Jefferson (2023)

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BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

1983–2000|

* Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1983)
* Bruce Robinson (1984)
* Richard Condon and Janet Roach (1985)
* Kurt Luedtke (1986)
* Claude Berri and Gérard Brach (1987)
* Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman (1988)
* Christopher Hampton (1989)
* Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese (1990)
* Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle and Ian La Frenais (1991)
* Michael Tolkin (1992)
* Steven Zaillian (1993)
* Paul Attanasio (1994)
* John Hodge (1995)
* Anthony Minghella (1996)
* Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce (1997)
* Elaine May (1998)
* Neil Jordan (1999)
* Stephen Gaghan (2000)

2001–present|

* Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Roger S. H. Schulman and Joe Stillman (2001)
* Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005)
* Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan (2006)
* Ronald Harwood (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy (2008)
* Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan (2011)
* David O. Russell (2012)
* Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (2013)
* Anthony McCarten (2014)
* Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015)
* Luke Davies (2016)
* James Ivory (2017)
* Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott (2018)
* Taika Waititi (2019)
* Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (2020)
* Sian Heder (2021)
* Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell (2022)
* Cord Jefferson (2023)

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Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay

Screenplay
(1980–2021)|

* Bo Goldman (1980)
* Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn (1981)
* Barry Levinson (1982)
* Éric Rohmer (1983)
* Alex Cox (1984)
* Woody Allen (1985)
* Woody Allen (1986)
* James L. Brooks (1987)
* Ron Shelton (1988)
* Woody Allen (1989)
* Nicholas Kazan (1990)
* David Cronenberg (1991)
* Neil Jordan (1992)
* Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt (1993)
* Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino (1994)
* Emma Thompson (1995)
* Joseph Tropiano and Stanley Tucci (1996)
* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Scott Frank (1998)
* Charlie Kaufman (1999)
* Cameron Crowe / Steve Kloves (2000)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Charlie and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Dan Futterman (2005)
* William Monahan (2006)
* Brad Bird (2007)
* Dustin Lance Black (2008)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (2011)
* Tony Kushner (2012)
* Nicole Holofcener (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo / Richard Linklater (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Greta Gerwig (2017)
* Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (2018)
* Quentin Tarantino (2019)
* Charlie Kaufman (2020)
* Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe (2021)

Original Screenplay
(2022–present)|

* Martin McDonagh (2022)
* David Hemingson (2023)

Adapted Screenplay
(2022–present)|

* Kogonada (2022)
* Jonathan Glazer (2023)

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Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay

* Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese (1990)
* No Award (1991)
* No Award (1992)
* Steven Zaillian (1993)
* Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino (1994)
* Christopher McQuarrie (1995)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998)
* Charlie Kaufman (1999)
* Cameron Crowe (2000)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Charlie and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)

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Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

* William Monahan (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy (2008)
* Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (2011)
* Tony Kushner (2012)
* John Ridley (2013)
* Gillian Flynn (2014)
* Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015)
* Seo-Kyung Chung and Park Chan-wook (2016)
* James Ivory (2017)
* Barry Jenkins (2018)
* Greta Gerwig (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Sarah Polley (2022)
* Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese (2023)

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Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay

Best Screenplay
(1995–1996, 2001)|

* Emma Thompson (1995)
* Anthony Minghella (1996)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)

Best Writer
(2002–2018)|

* Charlie Kaufman (2002)
* Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, and Kirsten Sheridan (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
* Michael Arndt (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy (2008)

Best Original Screenplay
(1997–2000, 2009–present)|

* Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (1997)
* Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman (1998)
* Alan Ball (1999)
* Cameron Crowe (2000)
* Quentin Tarantino (2009)
* David Seidler (2010)
* Woody Allen (2011)
* Quentin Tarantino (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bó (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Damien Chazelle / Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Paul Schrader (2018)
* Quentin Tarantino (2019)
* Emerald Fennell (2020)
* Kenneth Branagh (2021)
* Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (2023)

Best Adapted Screenplay
(1997–2000, 2009–present)|

* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Scott Smith (1998)
* Frank Darabont (1999)
* Stephen Gaghan / Steve Kloves (2000)
* Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin (2011)
* Tony Kushner (2012)
* John Ridley (2013)
* Gillian Flynn (2014)
* Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015)
* Eric Heisserer (2016)
* James Ivory (2017)
* Barry Jenkins (2018)
* Greta Gerwig (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Sarah Polley (2022)
* Cord Jefferson (2023)

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Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay

1990s|

* Michael Blake (1990)
* Callie Khouri (1991)
* David Webb Peoples (1992)
* Steven Zaillian (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (1994)
* Christopher McQuarrie (1995)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
* Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson (1997)
* Andrew Niccol (1998)
* Alan Ball (1999)

2000s|

* Cameron Crowe (2000)
* Akiva Goldsman (2001)
* Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005)
* Michael Arndt (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Dustin Lance Black (2008)
* Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)

2010s|

* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash (2011)
* Mark Boal (2012)
* John Ridley (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bó (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Greta Gerwig (2017)
* Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (2018)
* Noah Baumbach (2019)

2020s|

* Emerald Fennell (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Martin McDonagh (2022)
* David Hemingson (2023)

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Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay

Screenplay
(2011–2019)|

* Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian (2011)
* David O. Russell (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Richard Linklater (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Damien Chazelle (2016)
* Martin McDonagh (2017)
* Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie and Peter Farrelly / Adam McKay (2018)
* Noah Baumbach (2019)

Original Screenplay
(2020–present)|

* Lee Isaac Chung (2020)
* Adam McKay (2021)

Adapted Screenplay
(2020–present)|

* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)

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Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Movies for Television and Limited Series

1971–2000|

* Buzz Kulik for Brian's Song (1971)
* Lamont Johnson for That Certain Summer (1972)
* Joseph Sargent for The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)
* John Korty for The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
* Sam O'Steen for Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975)
* Marvin J. Chomsky for Inside the Third Reich (1982)
* Edward Zwick for Special Bulletin (1983)
* Daniel Petrie for The Dollmaker (1984)
* John Erman for An Early Frost (1985)
* Lee Grant for Nobody's Child (1986)
* Jud Taylor for Foxfire (1987)
* Lamont Johnson for Lincoln (1988)
* Dan Curtis for War and Remembrance: "Parts VIII-XII: The Final Chapter" (1989)
* Roger Young for Murder in Mississippi (1990)
* Stephen Gyllenhaal for Paris Trout (1991)
* Ron Lagomarsino for Picket Fences: "Pilot" (1992)
* Michael Ritchie for The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom (1993)
* Rod Holcomb for ER: "Pilot" (1994)
* Mick Jackson for Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
* Betty Thomas for The Late Shift (1996)
* John Herzfeld for Don King: Only in America (1997)
* Michael Cristofer for Gia (1998)
* Mick Jackson for Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
* Jeff Bleckner for The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000)

2001–present|

* Frank Pierson for Conspiracy (2001)
* Mick Jackson for Live from Baghdad (2002)
* Mike Nichols for Angels in America (2003)
* Joseph Sargent for Something the Lord Made (2004)
* Joseph Sargent for Warm Springs / George C. Wolfe for Lackawanna Blues (2005)
* Walter Hill for Broken Trail (2006)
* Yves Simoneau for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007)
* Jay Roach for Recount (2008)
* Ross Katz for Taking Chance (2009)
* Mick Jackson for Temple Grandin (2010)
* Jon Cassar for The Kennedys (2011)
* Jay Roach for Game Change (2012)
* Steven Soderbergh for Behind the Candelabra (2013)
* Lisa Cholodenko for Olive Kitteridge (2014)
* Dee Rees for Bessie (2015)
* Steven Zaillian for The Night Of: "The Beach" (2016)
* Jean-Marc Vallée for Big Little Lies (2017)
* Ben Stiller for Escape at Dannemora (2018)
* Johan Renck for Chernobyl (2019)
* Scott Frank for The Queen's Gambit (2020)
* Barry Jenkins for The Underground Railroad (2021)
* Helen Shaver for Station Eleven: "Who's There?" (2022)
* Sarah Adina Smith for Lessons in Chemistry: "Her and Him" (2023)

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Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay

1965–1975|

* Robert Bolt (1965)
* Robert Bolt (1966)
* Stirling Silliphant (1967)
* Stirling Silliphant (1968)
* Bridget Boland, John Hale and Richard Sokolove (1969)
* Erich Segal (1970)
* Paddy Chayefsky (1971)
* Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo (1972)
* William Peter Blatty (1973)
* Robert Towne (1974)
* Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben (1975)

1976–2000|

* Paddy Chayefsky (1976)
* Neil Simon (1977)
* Oliver Stone (1978)
* Robert Benton (1979)
* William Peter Blatty (1980)
* Ernest Thompson (1981)
* John Briley (1982)
* James L. Brooks (1983)
* Peter Shaffer (1984)
* Woody Allen (1985)
* Robert Bolt (1986)
* Bernardo Bertolucci, Mark Peploe, and Enzo Ungari (1987)
* Naomi Foner (1988)
* Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic (1989)
* Michael Blake (1990)
* Callie Khouri (1991)
* Bo Goldman (1992)
* Steven Zaillian (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino (1994)
* Emma Thompson (1995)
* Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (1996)
* Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (1997)
* Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998)
* Alan Ball (1999)

2001–present|

* Stephen Gaghan (2000)
* Akiva Goldsman (2001)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2002)
* Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005)
* Peter Morgan (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy (2008)
* Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Woody Allen (2011)
* Quentin Tarantino (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo (2014)
* Aaron Sorkin (2015)
* Damien Chazelle (2016)
* Martin McDonagh (2017)
* Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly, and Nick Vallelonga (2018)
* Quentin Tarantino (2019)
* Aaron Sorkin (2020)
* Kenneth Branagh (2021)
* Martin McDonagh (2022)
* Justine Triet and Arthur Harari (2023)

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MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker

* John Singleton (1992)
* Carl Franklin (1993)
* Steven Zaillian (1994)
* Steve James (1995)
* Wes Anderson (1996)
* Doug Liman (1997)
* Peter Cattaneo (1998)
* Guy Ritchie (1999)
* Spike Jonze (2000)
* Sofia Coppola (2001)
* Christopher Nolan (2002)

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National Board of Review Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

* Ted Tally (2000)
* Robert Festinger and Todd Field (2001)
* Charlie Kaufman (2002)
* Anthony Minghella (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Stephen Gaghan (2005)
* Ron Nyswaner (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy / Eric Roth (2008)
* Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne and Jim Rash (2011)
* David O. Russell (2012)
* Terence Winter (2013)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2014)
* Drew Goddard (2015)
* Jay Cocks and Martin Scorsese (2016)
* Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2017)
* Barry Jenkins (2018)
* Steven Zaillian (2019)
* Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies (2020)
* Joel Coen (2021)
* Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell (2022)
* Tony McNamara (2023)

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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay

1956–1975|

* James Poe, John Farrow and S. J. Perelman (1956)
* No Award (1957)
* Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith (1958)
* Wendell Mayes (1959)
* I. A. L. Diamond and Billy Wilder (1960)
* Abby Mann (1961)
* No Award (1962)
* Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr. (1963)
* Harold Pinter (1964)
* No Award (1965)
* Robert Bolt (1966)
* David Newman and Robert Benton (1967)
* Lorenzo Semple Jr. (1968)
* Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker (1969)
* Éric Rohmer (1970)
* Larry McMurtry and Peter Bogdanovich / Penelope Gilliatt (1971)
* Ingmar Bergman (1972)
* George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck (1973)
* Ingmar Bergman (1974)
* François Truffaut, Suzanne Schiffman and Jean Gruault (1975)

1976–2000|

* Paddy Chayefsky (1976)
* Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman (1977)
* Paul Mazursky (1978)
* Steve Tesich (1979)
* Bo Goldman (1980)
* John Guare (1981)
* Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal (1982)
* Bill Forsyth (1983)
* Robert Benton (1984)
* Woody Allen (1985)
* Hanif Kureishi (1986)
* James L. Brooks (1987)
* Ron Shelton (1988)
* Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost (1989)
* Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1990)
* David Cronenberg (1991)
* Neil Jordan (1992)
* Jane Campion (1993)
* Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (1994)
* Emma Thompson (1995)
* Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson (1996)
* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2000)

2001–present|

* Julian Fellowes (2001)
* Charlie and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Craig Lucas (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Noah Baumbach (2005)
* Peter Morgan (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Jenny Lumet (2008)
* Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche (2009)
* Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko (2010)
* Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin (2011)
* Tony Kushner (2012)
* Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (2013)
* Wes Anderson (2014)
* Phyllis Nagy (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2017)
* Paul Schrader (2018)
* Quentin Tarantino (2019)
* Eliza Hittman (2020)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2021)
* Martin McDonagh (2022)
* Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik (2023)

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Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

* Scott Frank (1998)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005)
* Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* John Ajvide Lindqvist (2008)
* Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan (2011)
* Chris Terrio (2012)
* John Ridley (2013)
* Gillian Flynn (2014)
* Phyllis Nagy (2015)
* Eric Heisserer (2016)
* James Ivory (2017)
* Barry Jenkins (2018)
* Steven Zaillian (2019)
* Chloé Zhao (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Rian Johnson (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)

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San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

* Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Scott Smith (1998)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999)
* Robert Nelson Jacobs (2000)
* Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff (2001)
* Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (2003)
* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Dan Futterman (2005)
* Jason Reitman (2006)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy (2008)
* Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (2011)
* Chris Terrio (2012)
* Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke (2013)
* Gillian Flynn (2014)
* Emma Donoghue (2015)
* Whit Stillman (2016)
* Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2017)
* Peter Fellows, Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, and David Schneider (2018)
* J.C. Lee and Julius Onah (2019)
* Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell (2022)
* Kelly Fremon Craig and Judy Blume (2023)

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St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay

Screenplay
2004–2009|

* Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
* Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry (2005)
* Peter Morgan (2006)
* Diablo Cody (2007)
* Peter Morgan (2008)
* Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2009)

Original Screenplay
2010–present|

* David Seidler (2010)
* Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
* Mark Boal (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo (2014)
* Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
* Taylor Sheridan (2016)
* Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor (2017)
* Adam McKay (2018)
* Noah Baumbach (2019)
* Emerald Fennell (2020)
* Fran Kranz (2021)
* Martin McDonagh / Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (2022)
* Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (2023)

Adapted Screenplay
2010–present|

* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (2011)
* Tony Kushner / David O. Russell (2012)
* John Ridley (2013)
* Gillian Flynn (2014)
* Drew Goddard (2015)
* Whit Stillman (2016)
* Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2017)
* Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott (2018)
* Steven Zaillian (2019)
* Charlie Kaufman (2020)
* Jane Campion (2021)
* Rebecca Lenkiewicz (2022)
* Christopher Nolan (2023)

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Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay

Screenplay
(1999–2022)|

* Paul Thomas Anderson / Charlie Kaufman (1999)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
* Christopher Nolan (2001)
* Charlie and Donald Kaufman (2002)
* Denys Arcand / Sofia Coppola (2003)
* Charlie Kaufman (2004)
* Noah Baumbach (2005)
* Peter Morgan (2006)
* Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
* Jenny Lumet (2008)
* Quentin Tarantino / Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin (2011)
* Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
* Spike Jonze (2013)
* Wes Anderson (2014)
* Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015)
* Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
* Jordan Peele (2017)
* Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara / Paul Schrader (2018)
* Steven Zaillian (2019)
* Lee Isaac Chung (2020)
* Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe (2021)
* Martin McDonagh (2022)

Original Screenplay
(2023–present)|

* Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach (2023)

Adapted Screenplay
(2023–present)|

* Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese (2023)

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Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Adapted Drama
(1969–1983)|

* Waldo Salt (1969)
* Robert Anderson (1970)
* Ernest Tidyman (1971)
* Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo (1972)
* Waldo Salt & Norman Wexler (1973)
* Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo (1974)
* Bo Goldman & Lawrence Hauben (1975)
* William Goldman (1976)
* Alvin Sargent (1977)
* Oliver Stone (1978)
* Robert Benton (1979)
* Alvin Sargent (1980)
* Ernest Thompson (1981)
* Costa-Gavras & Donald E. Stewart (1982)
* Julius J. Epstein (1983)

Adapted Comedy
(1969–1983)|

* Arnold Schulman (1969)
* Ring Lardner Jr. (1970)
* John Paxton (1971)
* Jay Presson Allen (1972)
* Alvin Sargent (1973)
* Lionel Chetwynd & Mordecai Richler (1974)
* Neil Simon (1975)
* Blake Edwards & Frank Waldman (1976)
* Larry Gelbart (1977)
* Elaine May & Warren Beatty (1978)
* Jerzy Kosiński (1979)
* Jim Abrahams, David Zucker & Jerry Zucker (1980)
* Gerald Ayres (1981)
* Blake Edwards (1982)
* James L. Brooks (1983)

Adapted Screenplay
(1984–present)|

* Bruce Robinson (1984)
* Richard Condon & Janet Roach (1985)
* Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1986)
* Steve Martin (1987)
* Christopher Hampton (1988)
* Alfred Uhry (1989)
* Michael Blake (1990)
* Ted Tally (1991)
* Michael Tolkin (1992)
* Steven Zaillian (1993)
* Eric Roth (1994)
* Emma Thompson (1995)
* Billy Bob Thornton (1996)
* Curtis Hanson & Brian Helgeland (1997)
* Scott Frank (1998)
* Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor (1999)
* Stephen Gaghan (2000)
* Akiva Goldsman (2001)
* David Hare (2002)
* Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini (2003)
* Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor (2004)
* Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana (2005)
* William Monahan (2006)
* Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy (2008)
* Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner (2009)
* Aaron Sorkin (2010)
* Alexander Payne, Jim Rash & Nat Faxon (2011)
* Chris Terrio (2012)
* Billy Ray (2013)
* Graham Moore (2014)
* Adam McKay & Charles Randolph (2015)
* Eric Heisserer (2016)
* James Ivory (2017)
* Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty (2018)
* Taika Waititi (2019)
* Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern & Nina Pedrad (2020)
* Sian Heder (2021)
* Sarah Polley (2022)
* Cord Jefferson (2023)

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Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement

1950s|

* Sonya Levien (1953)
* Dudley Nichols (1954)
* Robert Riskin (1955)
* Julius Epstein & Philip Epstein and Albert Hackett & Frances Goodrich (1956)
* Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder (1957)
* John Lee Mahin (1958)
* Nunnally Johnson (1959)

1960s|

* Norman Krasna (1960)
* George Seaton (1961)
* Philip Dunne (1962)
* Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1963)
* John Huston (1964)
* Sidney Buchman (1965)
* Isobel Lennart (1966)
* Richard Brooks (1967)
* Casey Robinson (1968)
* Carl Foreman (1969)

1970s|

* Dalton Trumbo (1970)
* James Poe (1971)
* Ernest Lehman (1972)
* William Rose (1973)
* Paddy Chayefsky (1974)
* Preston Sturges (1975)
* Michael Wilson (1976)
* Samson Raphaelson (1977)
* Edward Anhalt (1978)
* Neil Simon (1979)

1980s|

* Billy Wilder & I. A. L. Diamond (1980)
* Ben Hecht (1981)
* Paul Osborn (1982)
* Lamar Trotti (1983)
* Melville Shavelson, Jack Rose, Norman Panama, and Melvin Frank (1984)
* William Goldman (1985)
* Waldo Salt (1986)
* Woody Allen (1987)
* Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank Jr. (1988)
* Ring Lardner Jr. (1989)

1990s|

* Donald Ogden Stewart (1990)
* Alvin Sargent (1991)
* Frank Pierson (1992)
* Horton Foote (1993)
* Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1994)
* Charles Bennett (1995)
* Daniel Taradash (1996)
* Robert Towne (1997)
* Bo Goldman (1998)
* Paul Schrader (1999)

2000s|

* Jean-Claude Carrière (2000)
* Betty Comden and Adolph Green (2001)
* Blake Edwards (2002)
* Mel Brooks (2003)
* John Michael Hayes (2004)
* David Mamet (2005)
* Lawrence Kasdan (2006)
* Robert Benton (2007)
* Budd Schulberg (2008)
* No award (2009)

2010s|

* Barry Levinson (2010)
* Steven Zaillian (2011)
* Eric Roth (2012)
* Tom Stoppard (2013)
* Paul Mazursky (2014)
* Harold Ramis (2015)
* Elaine May (2016)
* Oliver Stone (2017)
* James L. Brooks (2018)
* Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (2019)

2020s|

* Nancy Meyers (2020)
* No award (2021)
* No award (2022)
* Charlie Kaufman (2023)

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USC Scripter Awards – Film

1980s|

* Hugh Whitemore and Helene Hanff (1988)
* Frank Galati, Lawrence Kasdan, and Anne Tyler (1989)

1990s|

* Steven Zaillian and Oliver Sacks (1990)
* Carol Sobieski and Fannie Flagg (1991)
* Richard Friedenberg and Norman Maclean (1992)
* Steven Zaillian and Thomas Keneally (1993)
* Frank Darabont and Stephen King (1994)
* Emma Thompson and Jane Austen (1995)
* Anthony Minghella and Michael Ondaatje (1996)
* Curtis Hanson, Brian Helgeland, and James Ellroy (1997)
* Steven Zaillian and Jonathan Harr (1998)
* Armyan Bernstein, Dan Gordon, Rubin Carter, Sam Chaiton, and Terry Swinton (1999)

2000s|

* Steve Kloves and Michael Chabon (2000)
* Akiva Goldsman and Sylvia Nasar (2001)
* David Hare and Michael Cunningham (2002)
* Brian Helgeland and Dennis Lehane / Gary Ross and Laura Hillenbrand (2003)
* Paul Haggis and F.X. Toole (2004)
* Dan Futterman and Gerald Clarke (2005)
* David Arata, Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Timothy J. Sexton, and P. D. James (2006)
* Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, and Cormac McCarthy (2007)
* Simon Beaufoy and Vikas Swarup (2008)
* Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, and Walter Kirn (2009)

2010s|

* Aaron Sorkin and Ben Mezrich (2010)
* Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, and Kaui Hart Hemmings (2011)
* Chris Terrio, Antonio J. Mendez, and Joshuah Bearman (2012)
* John Ridley and Solomon Northup (2013)
* Graham Moore and Andrew Hodges (2014)
* Adam McKay, Charles Randolph, and Michael Lewis (2015)
* Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (2016)
* James Ivory and André Aciman (2017)
* Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini, and Peter Rock (2018)
* Greta Gerwig and Louisa May Alcott (2019)

2020s|

* Chloé Zhao and Jessica Bruder (2020)
* Maggie Gyllenhaal and Elena Ferrante (2021)
* Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews (2022)
* Cord Jefferson and Percival Everett (2023)

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