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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.
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman & Roger S.H. Schulman
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Eric Roth, Michael Mann
Writing (Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published) - Screenplay by Robert Nelson Jacobs
The 74th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 24, 2002, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2001.
The next year the category was made into Best Adapted Screenplay (aka Based on Material from Another Medium) and was paired with Best Original Screenplay (aka Written Directly for the Screen) to be the two screenplay categories awarded today.
The following 116 pages are in this category, out of 116 total. This list may not reflect recent changes . Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
