Two-time winners for directing: Frank Borzage for Seventh Heaven (1927) and Bad Girl (1931). Lewis Milestone for Two Arabian Knights (1927) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1930). Frank Lloyd of Drag (1929) and Cavalcade (1933). Leo McCarey for The Awful Truth (1937) and Going My Way (1944). Joseph L. Mankiewicz for A Letter to Three Wives (1949) and All About Eve (1950). Billy Wilder for The Lost Weekend (1945) and The Apartment (1960). Elia Kazan for Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and On the Waterfront (1954). George Stevens for A Place in the Sun (1951) and Giant (1956). David Lean for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962). George Wise for West Side Story (1961) and The Sound of Music (1965). Fred Zinnemann for From Here to Eternity (1953) and A Man of All Seasons (1966). Milos Forman for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Amadeus (1984). Oliver Stone for Platoon (1986) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). Steven Spielberg for Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998). Clint Eastwood for Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). Three-time winners for directing: Frank Capra for It Happened One Night (1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) and You Can't Take It With You (1938). William Wyler for Mrs. Miniver (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and Ben-Hur (1959). Four-time winner for directing: John Ford for The Informer (1935), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), How Green Was My Valley (1941) and The Quiet Man (1952).
The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974) won for best adapted screenplay. Sequels are based on the original material, so they count as adaptations of the original work.
Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola shared the award for best adapted screenplay for both movies, adapted from Puzo's novel.
Woody Allen has been nominated a record 16 times for Best Original Screenplay, and won three Academy Awards. Here is a list of the nominations (Oscar wins in bold):
The 2015 Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar went to Graham Moore. He received the award for the screenplay of The Imitation Game, a movie about the life and work of Alan Turing, the father of modern computing. The screenplay was adapted from the book Alan Turing: The Enigma, by Andrew Hodges.
Original Screenplay- Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman, Annie Hall Adapted Screenplay- Alvin Sargent, Julia
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One of two is Charlie Chaplin.
One: for Best Original Screenplay.
"The King's Speech" won four 2010 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Director (Tom Hooper) and Best Original Screenplay (David Seidler). The only other 2010 film to win four Oscars was "Inception," which won in several technical categories.
Four men won three Oscars for screenwriting: Billy Wilderfor The Lost Weekend (1945), Sunset Boulevard (1950) and The Apartment (1960). Charles Brackett for The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard and Titanic (1953). Paddy Chayefsky for Marty (1955), Hospital (1971) and Network (1976). Francis Ford Coppola for Patton (1970), The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974). All three adapted screenplays.
Best Picture Best Original Screenplay Best Actor (Colin Firth) Best Director (Tom Hooper)
Little Miss Sunshine was nominated for 4 Oscars: Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin) and Original Screenplay. It won 2 Oscars: Supporting Actor and Screenplay.
Two: Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
Two: Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
best original screenplay for pulp fiction at the Oscars 1994
One: for Best Original Screenplay.
"The King's Speech" won four 2010 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Director (Tom Hooper) and Best Original Screenplay (David Seidler). The only other 2010 film to win four Oscars was "Inception," which won in several technical categories.
It won four Oscars including: best picture, best actor (Dustin Hoffman), best director (Barry Levinson), and best original screenplay.
The Academy Award for Best Picture of 2010 went to "The King's Speech." The movie also won Oscars for Best Actor (Colin Firth), Best Director (Tom Hooper) and Best Original Screenplay (David Seidler).
Zero. He was nominated for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay for Rocky (1976), but didn't win.Stallone, who received two 1976 nominations for "Rocky" (Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay), has never won an Academy Award.
Four men won three Oscars for screenwriting: Billy Wilderfor The Lost Weekend (1945), Sunset Boulevard (1950) and The Apartment (1960). Charles Brackett for The Lost Weekend, Sunset Boulevard and Titanic (1953). Paddy Chayefsky for Marty (1955), Hospital (1971) and Network (1976). Francis Ford Coppola for Patton (1970), The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974). All three adapted screenplays.
Best Picture Best Original Screenplay Best Actor (Colin Firth) Best Director (Tom Hooper)
Little Miss Sunshine was nominated for 4 Oscars: Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Alan Arkin), Supporting Actress (Abigail Breslin) and Original Screenplay. It won 2 Oscars: Supporting Actor and Screenplay.
The Piano won 3 Oscars: Best Actress, Supporting Actress and Original Screenplay.