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  1. 3 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) 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 .

  2. Jul 3, 2024 · Every year the Academy evaluates a year's worth of brilliant original screenplays and picks what they believe to be the best of the best, nominating these for the most prestigious writing awards in cinema: the Oscars.

  3. 3 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, musicals, short stories, TV series, and other films and film characters.

  4. 1 day ago · The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year.

  5. 5 days ago · Written and fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: Jul 21, 2024 • Article History. Academy Award: Oscar statuettes. In full: Academy Award of Merit. Byname: Oscar. Related Topics: Academy Award for best original screenplay. Academy Award for best adapted screenplay. Academy Award for best actress.

  6. The Douglas Dillon Book Award. for Books of Distinction on the Practice of American Diplomacy. Since 1995, the American Academy of Diplomacy has celebrated distinguished writing about US diplomatic efforts and achievements with an annual award.

  7. Jul 3, 2024 · The winners and nominees of the Academy Award for Best Picture during this time reflect the decade's finest films. Oscar winners of the 1940s include movies by Alfred Hitchcock , Orson Welles, and other legends.