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MOVIES
Academy Awards
Most Wins for Original Screenplay
This list features screenwriters that have won the most Best Original Screenplay awards at the Academy Awards.
RANK | SCREENWRITERS | NOMINATIONS | WINS | FILMS |
1 | Woody Allen | 16 | 3 | Annie Hall (1977) Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) Midnight in Paris (2011) |
2 | Billy Wilder | 4 | 2 | Sunset Boulevard (1950) The Apartment (1960) |
3 | Quentin Tarantino | 4 | 2 | Pulp Fiction (1994) Django Unchained (2012) |
4 | Charles Brackett | 2 | 2 | Sunset Boulevard (1950) Titanic (1953) |
5 | Paddy Chayefsky | 3 | 2 | The Hospital (1971) Network (1976) |
References
Wikipedia. (2025). Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay#Multiple_wins_and_nominations [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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