The 1979 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay went to Steve Tesich for "Breaking Away."
Best Original Screenplay- Witness Best Adapted Screenplay- Out of Africa
Midnight Express won the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture in 1979.
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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.
She won Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation (2003).
Joel & Ethan Coen won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Fargo (1996)
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay of 1996 went to Joel and Ethan Coen for "Fargo."
David Seidler won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "The King's Speech" at the 83rd Academy Awards.
Original Screenplay- Hannah and Her Sisters Adapted Screenplay- A Room with a View
The nominees for Best Original Screenplay in 2008 were:Frozen RiverHappy-Go-LuckyIn BrugesMilkWall-EAnd the winner was Milk.
The best Original Screenplay was Places in the Heart by Robert Benton.The best Adapted Screenplay was Amadeus by Peter Shaffer.