The BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to a screenwriter for a specific film.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, and video games (and formerly also for children's film and television). Since 1983, selected films have been awarded with the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at an annual ceremony.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the remaining nominees. The winner is also the first name listed in each category.
History The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for Best Original Screenplay has been presented to its winners since 1984, when the original category (BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) was split into two awards, the other being the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay.
Woody Allen holds the record for the most wins with four awards.
Winners and nominees
1980s Year Film Screenwriter(s) The King of Comedy Paul D. Zimmerman Local Hero Bill Forsyth Trading Places Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod Zelig Woody Allen Broadway Danny Rose Woody Allen The Big Chill Barbara Benedek and Lawrence Kasdan Comfort and Joy Bill Forsyth A Private Function Alan Bennett The Purple Rose of Cairo Woody Allen Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale My Beautiful Laundrette Hanif Kureishi Witness † William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace Hannah and Her Sisters † Woody Allen Crocodile Dundee John Cornell, Paul Hogan and Ken Shadie The Mission Robert Bolt Mona Lisa Neil Jordan and David Leland Wish You Were Here David Leland Hope and Glory John Boorman Personal Services David Leland Radio Days Woody Allen A World Apart Shawn Slovo Au revoir les enfants Louis Malle A Fish Called Wanda John Cleese Moonstruck † John Patrick Shanley When Harry Met Sally... Nora Ephron Dead Poets Society † Tom Schulman Rain Man † Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow Sex, Lies and Videotape Steven Soderbergh
1990s Year Film Screenwriter(s) Cinema Paradiso Giuseppe Tornatore Crimes and Misdemeanors Woody Allen Ghost † Bruce Joel Rubin Pretty Woman J. F. Lawton Truly, Madly, Deeply Anthony Minghella The Fisher King Richard LaGravenese Green Card Peter Weir Thelma & Louise † Callie Khouri Husbands and Wives Woody Allen The Crying Game † Neil Jordan Hear My Song Peter Chelsom and Adrian Dunbar Unforgiven David Webb Peoples Groundhog Day Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin In the Line of Fire Jeff Maguire The Piano † Jane Campion Sleepless in Seattle Jeff Arch, Nora Ephron and David S. Ward Pulp Fiction † Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Stephan Elliott Four Weddings and a Funeral Richard Curtis Philadelphia Ron Nyswaner Three Colours: Red Krzysztof Piesiewicz and Krzysztof Kieślowski The Usual Suspects † Christopher McQuarrie Bullets over Broadway Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath Muriel's Wedding P. J. Hogan Se7en Andrew Kevin Walker Secrets & Lies Mike Leigh Brassed Off Mark Herman Fargo † Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Lone Star John Sayles Shine Jan Sardi Nil by Mouth Gary Oldman Boogie Nights Paul Thomas Anderson The Full Monty Simon Beaufoy Mrs Brown Jeremy Brock The Truman Show Andrew Niccol Elizabeth Michael Hirst Life Is Beautiful Roberto Benigni and Vincenzo Cerami Shakespeare in Love † Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard 1999 Being John Malkovich Charlie Kaufman All About My Mother Pedro Almodóvar American Beauty † Alan Ball The Sixth Sense M. Night Shyamalan Topsy-Turvy Mike Leigh
2000s Year Film Screenwriter(s)2000 Almost Famous † Cameron Crowe Billy Elliot Lee Hall Erin Brockovich Susannah Grant Gladiator David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson O Brother, Where Art Thou? Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 2001 Amélie Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant Gosford Park † Julian Fellowes Moulin Rouge! Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce The Others Alejandro Amenábar The Royal Tenenbaums Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson 2002 Talk to Her † Pedro Almodóvar Y tu mamá también Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón Dirty Pretty Things Steven Knight Gangs of New York Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian and Kenneth Lonergan The Magdalene Sisters Peter Mullan2003 The Station Agent Tom McCarthy 21 Grams Guillermo Arriaga The Barbarian Invasions Denys Arcand Finding Nemo Bob Peterson, David Reynolds and Andrew Stanton Lost in Translation † Sofia Coppola 2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind † Charlie Kaufman The Aviator John Logan Collateral Stuart Beattie Ray James L. White Vera Drake Mike Leigh 2005 Crash † Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco Cinderella Man Akiva Goldsman and Cliff Hollingsworth Good Night and Good Luck George Clooney and Grant Heslov Hotel Rwanda Terry George and Keir Pearson Mrs Henderson Presents Martin Sherman2006 Little Miss Sunshine † Michael Arndt Babel Guillermo Arriaga Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro The Queen Peter Morgan United 93 Paul Greengrass2007 Juno † Diablo Cody American Gangster Steven Zaillian The Lives of Others Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Michael Clayton Tony Gilroy This Is England Shane Meadows2008 In Bruges Martin McDonagh Burn After Reading Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Changeling J. Michael Straczynski I've Loved You So Long Philippe Claudel Milk † Dustin Lance Black 2009 The Hurt Locker † Mark Boal The Hangover Jon Lucas and Scott Moore Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino A Serious Man Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Up Pete Docter and Bob Peterson
2010s Year Film Screenwriter(s)2010 The King's Speech † David Seidler Black Swan Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John McLaughlin The Fighter Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson Inception Christopher Nolan The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg 2011 The Artist Michel Hazanavicius Bridesmaids Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo The Guard John Michael McDonagh The Iron Lady Abi Morgan Midnight in Paris † Woody Allen 2012 Django Unchained † Quentin Tarantino Amour Michael Haneke The Master Paul Thomas Anderson Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola Zero Dark Thirty Mark Boal 2013 American Hustle Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell Blue Jasmine Woody Allen Gravity Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón Inside Llewyn Davis Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Nebraska Bob Nelson 2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) † Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. and Armando Bo Boyhood Richard Linklater Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy Whiplash Damien Chazelle 2015 Spotlight † Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer Bridge of Spies Matt Charman, Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Ex Machina Alex Garland The Hateful Eight Quentin Tarantino Inside Out Pete Docter, Josh Cooley and Meg LeFauve 2016 Manchester by the Sea † Kenneth Lonergan Hell or High Water Taylor Sheridan I, Daniel Blake Paul Laverty La La Land Damien Chazelle Moonlight ‡ Barry Jenkins 2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Martin McDonagh Get Out † Jordan Peele I, Tonya Steven Rogers Lady Bird Greta Gerwig The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor 2018 The Favourite Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara Cold War Paweł Pawlikowski and Janusz Głowacki Green Book † Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie and Peter Farrelly Roma Alfonso Cuarón Vice Adam McKay2019 Parasite † Han Jin Won and Bong Joon-hooriginal screenplay winner , on BAFTA website Booksmart Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins and Katie Silberman Marriage Story Noah Baumbach Knives Out Rian Johnson Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino
2020s Year Film Screenwriter(s)2020 Promising Young Woman † Emerald Fennell Another Round Tobias Lindholm and Thomas Vinterberg Mank Jack Fincher Rocks Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson The Trial of the Chicago 7 Aaron Sorkin2021 Licorice Pizza Paul Thomas Anderson Being the Ricardos Aaron Sorkin Belfast † Kenneth Branagh Don't Look Up Adam McKay King Richard Zach Baylin2022 The Banshees of Inisherin Martin McDonagh Everything Everywhere All at Once † Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert The Fabelmans Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg Tár Todd Field Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund2023 Anatomy of a Fall † Justine Triet and Arthur Harari Barbie Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach The Holdovers David Hemingson Maestro Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer Past Lives Celine Song2024 A Real Pain Jesse Eisenberg Anora † Sean Baker The Brutalist Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold Kneecap Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, and JJ Ó Dochartaigh The Substance Coralie Fargeat2025Sinners †Ryan Coogler I Swear Kirk Jones Marty Supreme Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie The Secret Agent Kleber Mendonça Filho Sentimental Value Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins Wins Screenwriter 4 Woody Allen 3 Martin McDonagh 2 Charlie Kaufman Tom McCarthy Quentin Tarantino
Multiple nominations Nominations Screenwriter 10 Woody Allen 6 Joel Coen and Ethan Coen 5 Quentin Tarantino 3 Paul Thomas Anderson Wes Anderson Alfonso Cuarón Mike Leigh David Leland Martin McDonagh 2 Pedro Almodóvar Guillermo Arriaga Mark Boal Damien Chazelle Guillermo del Toro Pete Docter Nora Ephron Bill Forsyth Charlie Kaufman Neil Jordan John Logan Kenneth Lonergan Tom McCarthy Adam McKay Bob Peterson Josh Singer Aaron Sorkin Steven Zaillian
See also Academy Award for Best Story Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
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