London Film Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year

The London Film Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year is an annual award given by the London Film Critics' Circle.

List of winners YearScreenwriter(s)Film(s)1980Breaking Away1981Chariots of Fire1982Costa-Gavras and Donald E. StewartMissing1983Heat and Dust1984The Right Stuff1985A Private Function1986Hannah and Her Sisters1987 Prick Up Your Ears1988House of Games1989Dangerous Liaisons1990 Crimes and Misdemeanors1991 Homicide1992The Player1993 and Danny RubinGroundhog Day1994Pulp Fiction1995Quiz Show and Disclosure1996Fargo1997 and Brian HelgelandL.A. Confidential1998The Truman Show and Gattaca1999American Beauty2000Being John Malkovich2001 The Man Who Wasn't There2002Lantana2003 and Peter WeirMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World2004 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2005 and Bobby MorescoCrash2006The Queen2007The Lives of Others2008Slumdog Millionaire2009, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony RocheIn the Loop2010The Social Network2011A Separation2012Amour2013 Inside Llewyn Davis2014The Grand Budapest Hotel2015 and Josh SingerSpotlight2016Manchester by the Sea2017Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri2018 and Tony McNamaraThe Favourite2019Marriage Story2020Nomadland2021 and Takamasa OeDrive My Car2022The Banshees of Inisherin2023Justine Triet & Arthur HarariAnatomy of a Fall2024Jesse EisenbergA Real Pain

Multiple winners The following screenwriters have won multiple awards:

3 wins – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996, 2001, 2013) 2 wins – Alan Bennett (1985, 1987) 2 wins – Woody Allen (1986, 1990) 2 wins – David Mamet (1988, 1991) 2 wins – Charlie Kaufman (2000, 2004) 2 wins - Martin McDonagh (2017, 2022)

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