Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay

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The Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Screenplay is an annual film award given by the Online Film Critics Society to honor the best screenplay (written directly for the screen) of the year.

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Awarded for the first time in 1975 as a special prize and starting the following year as a competitive prize, it was occasionally awarded in the editions of 1975-1977, 1980-1982, 1990-1992 and 2007, otherwise being replaced by the awards dedicated to the best screenplay, original and not original. [1] [2]

Winners

1990s

YearWinnerWriter(s)
1998 The Truman Show Andrew Niccol
1999 Being John Malkovich Charlie Kaufman

2000s

YearWinnerWriter(s)
2000No information
2001 Mulholland Drive David Lynch
The Others Alejandro Amenábar
2002 Far from Heaven Todd Haynes
2003 Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola
2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Charlie Kaufman
2005 Good Night, and Good Luck. George Clooney and Grant Heslov
2006 Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) Guillermo del Toro
2007 Juno Diablo Cody
2008 WALL-E Jim Reardon and Andrew Stanton
2009 Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino

2010s

YearWinnerWriter(s)
2010 Inception Christopher Nolan
2011 Midnight in Paris Woody Allen
2012 Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola
2013 Her Spike Jonze
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson
2015 Spotlight Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
2016 Hell or High Water Taylor Sheridan
2017 Get Out Jordan Peele
2018 Sorry to Bother You Boots Riley
2019 Parasite Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won

2020s

YearWinnerWriter(s)
2020 Promising Young Woman Emerald Fennell
2021 Pig Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block
2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh
2023 The Holdovers David Hemingson

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References

  1. "AFI Award Winners Feature Categories 1958-2010" (PDF). 2012-03-19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-19. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  2. "The Age - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2022-08-15.