Francis Ford Coppola won three Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay: Patton (1970), The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather: Part II (1974). Mario Puzo won for his part in the two Godfather movies.
Michael Wilson won for A Place in the Sun (1951) and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957).
Robert Bolt won for Doctor Zhivago (1965) and A Man for All Seasons (1966).
Alvin Sargent won for Julia (1977) and Ordinary People (1980).
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala won for her adaptations of E. M. Forster's novels: s A Room with a View (1986) and Howards End(1992).
Two: Best Supporting Actress (Kim Bassinger) and Best Adapted Screenplay.
Two: Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
Two: Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay.
It didn't win any Oscars. It was nominated for two: Best Screenplay and Best Score.
The Exorcist (1973) was nominated for 10 Oscars, winning two: Best Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Cinematography, Art Direction and Sound.
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.
Two: Best Actor (Sean Penn) and Best Supporting Actor (Tim Robbins).
"Ghost" won two 1990 Academy Awards in five nominations (Oscar wins in bold):Best Picture (Lisa Weinstein, producer).Best Supporting Actress (Whoopi Goldberg).Best Original Screenplay (Bruce Joel Rubin).Best Original Score (Maurice Jarre).Best Film Editing (Walter Murch).
The Swedish director, screenwriter and cinematographer has never won an Academy Award. But he received two Oscar nominations for his film "The Immigrants," which was released in the United States in 1972. Troell was nominated for Best Director and shared a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay with co-writer Bengt Forslund.
The Silence of the Lambs was released in 1991 and was nominated for seven Oscars at the 1992 Academy Awards held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The film won five Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director - Jonathan Demme, Best Actor in a Leading Role - Anthony Hopkins, Best Actress in a Leading Role - Jodie Foster, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The two nominations that did not win gold were: Best Sound and Best Film Editing.
Ira Gershwin (lyrics) and his brother George Gershwin (music) were nominated for Best Song "They Can't Take That Away From Me" from Shall We Dance (1937). I believe they're the first Oscar nominated brothers. Norma Shearerwas nominated 6 times for Best Actress. She won the first time she was nominated, in 1930. That same year her brother, Douglas Shearer, won his first of seven Oscars, for Sound in The Big House.
Two: Adapted Screenplay and Sound.