The Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Screenplay is an annual award given by the Austin Film Critics Association, honoring the best in screenplay.
Year | Winner | Screenwriter(s) |
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2005 | The Squid and the Whale | Noah Baumbach |
2006 | Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) | Guillermo del Toro |
2007 | Juno † | Diablo Cody |
2008 | Synecdoche, New York | Charlie Kaufman |
2009 | Inglourious Basterds | Quentin Tarantino |
Year | Winner | Screenwriter(s) |
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2010 | Black Swan | Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin |
2011 | Midnight in Paris † | Woody Allen |
2012 | Looper | Rian Johnson |
2013 | Her † | Spike Jonze |
2014 | Nightcrawler | Dan Gilroy |
2015 | Inside Out | Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley |
2016 | Moonlight | Barry Jenkins |
2017 | Get Out † | Jordan Peele |
2018 | Sorry to Bother You | Boots Riley [1] |
2019 | Parasite † | Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won [2] [3] |
Year | Winner | Screenwriter(s) |
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2020 | Minari | Lee Isaac Chung [4] |
2021 | Pig | Vanessa Block and Michael Sarnoski [5] |
2022 | Everything Everywhere All at Once † | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert |
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The Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film is an annual award given by the Austin Film Critics Association, honoring the best in animated filmmaking.
The Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is an annual award given by the Austin Film Critics Association, honoring the best in adapted screenplay.
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The Austin Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble is an annual award given by the Austin Film Critics Association, honoring the best in ensemble cast. This category was first awarded in 2018.