BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
| BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Original Screenplay |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Currently held by | Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman (2020) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best Original Screenplay has been presented to its winners since 1984, when the original category (BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) was split into two awards, the other being the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Winners and nominees[]
1980s[]
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 37th | ||
| The King of Comedy | Paul D. Zimmerman[1] | |
| Local Hero | Bill Forsyth | |
| Trading Places | Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod | |
| Zelig | Woody Allen | |
| 1984 38th | ||
| Broadway Danny Rose | Woody Allen [2] | |
| The Big Chill | Barbara Benedek and Lawrence Kasdan | |
| Comfort and Joy | Bill Forsyth | |
| A Private Function | Alan Bennett | |
| 1985 39th | ||
| The Purple Rose of Cairo | Woody Allen | |
| Back to the Future | Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale | |
| My Beautiful Laundrette | Hanif Kureishi | |
| Witness | William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace | |
| 1986 40th | ||
| Hannah and Her Sisters | Woody Allen | |
| Crocodile Dundee | John Cornell, Paul Hogan, and Ken Shadie | |
| The Mission | Robert Bolt | |
| Mona Lisa | Neil Jordan and David Leland | |
| 1987 41st | ||
| Wish You Were Here | David Leland | |
| Hope and Glory | John Boorman | |
| Personal Services | David Leland | |
| Radio Days | Woody Allen | |
| 1988 42nd | ||
| A World Apart | Shawn Slovo | |
| Au revoir les enfants | Louis Malle | |
| A Fish Called Wanda | John Cleese | |
| Moonstruck | John Patrick Shanley | |
| 1989 43rd | ||
| When Harry Met Sally... | Nora Ephron | |
| Dead Poets Society | Tom Schulman | |
| Rain Man | Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow | |
| Sex, Lies, and Videotape | Steven Soderbergh |
1990s[]
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 44th | ||
| Cinema Paradiso (Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) | Giuseppe Tornatore | |
| Crimes and Misdemeanors | Woody Allen | |
| Ghost | Bruce Joel Rubin | |
| Pretty Woman | J. F. Lawton | |
| 1991 45th | ||
| Truly, Madly, Deeply | Anthony Minghella | |
| The Fisher King | Richard LaGravenese | |
| Green Card | Peter Weir | |
| Thelma & Louise | Callie Khouri | |
| 1992 46th | ||
| Husbands and Wives | Woody Allen | |
| The Crying Game | Neil Jordan | |
| Hear My Song | Peter Chelsom and Adrian Dunbar | |
| Unforgiven | David Webb Peoples | |
| 1993 47th | ||
| Groundhog Day | Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin | |
| In the Line of Fire | Jeff Maguire | |
| The Piano | Jane Campion | |
| Sleepless in Seattle | Jeff Arch, Nora Ephron, and David S. Ward | |
| 1994 48th | ||
| Pulp Fiction | Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary | |
| The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert | Stephan Elliott | |
| Four Weddings and a Funeral | Richard Curtis | |
| Philadelphia | Ron Nyswaner | |
| 1995 49th | ||
| The Usual Suspects | Christopher McQuarrie | |
| Bullets over Broadway | Woody Allen and Douglas McGrath | |
| Muriel's Wedding | P. J. Hogan | |
| Se7en | Andrew Kevin Walker | |
| 1996 50th | ||
| Secrets & Lies | Mike Leigh | |
| Brassed Off | Mark Herman | |
| Fargo | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | |
| Lone Star | John Sayles | |
| Shine | Jan Sardi | |
| 1997 51st | ||
| Nil by Mouth | Gary Oldman | |
| Boogie Nights | Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| The Full Monty | Simon Beaufoy | |
| Mrs Brown | Jeremy Brock | |
| 1998 52nd | ||
| The Truman Show | Andrew Niccol | |
| Elizabeth | Michael Hirst | |
| Life Is Beautiful (La vita è bella) | Roberto Benigni and Vincenzo Cerami | |
| Shakespeare in Love | Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard | |
| 1999 53rd [3] | ||
| Being John Malkovich | Charlie Kaufman | |
| All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) | Pedro Almodóvar | |
| American Beauty | Alan Ball | |
| The Sixth Sense | M. Night Shyamalan | |
| Topsy-Turvy | Mike Leigh |
2000s[]
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 54th [4][5] | ||
| Almost Famous | Cameron Crowe | |
| Billy Elliot | Lee Hall | |
| Erin Brockovich | Susannah Grant | |
| Gladiator | David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson | |
| O Brother, Where Art Thou? | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | |
| 2001 55th [6] | ||
| Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) | Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant | |
| Gosford Park | Julian Fellowes | |
| Moulin Rouge! | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | |
| The Others | Alejandro Amenábar | |
| The Royal Tenenbaums | Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson | |
| 2002 56th [7] | ||
| Talk to Her (Hable con ella) | Pedro Almodóvar | |
| And Your Mother Too (Y Tu Mamá También) | Alfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón | |
| Dirty Pretty Things | Steven Knight | |
| Gangs of New York | Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan | |
| The Magdalene Sisters | Peter Mullan | |
| 2003 57th [8] | ||
| The Station Agent | Tom McCarthy | |
| 21 Grams | Guillermo Arriaga | |
| The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) | Denys Arcand | |
| Finding Nemo | Bob Peterson, David Reynolds, and Andrew Stanton | |
| Lost in Translation | Sofia Coppola | |
| 2004 58th [9] | ||
| Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | Charlie Kaufman | |
| The Aviator | John Logan | |
| Collateral | Stuart Beattie | |
| Ray | James L. White | |
| Vera Drake | Mike Leigh | |
| 2005 59th [10] | ||
| Crash | Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco | |
| Cinderella Man | Akiva Goldsman and Cliff Hollingsworth | |
| Good Night, and Good Luck. | George Clooney and Grant Heslov | |
| Hotel Rwanda | Terry George and Keir Pearson | |
| Mrs Henderson Presents | Martin Sherman | |
| 2006 60th [11] | ||
| Little Miss Sunshine | Michael Arndt | |
| Babel | Guillermo Arriaga | |
| Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno) | Guillermo del Toro | |
| The Queen | Peter Morgan | |
| United 93 | Paul Greengrass | |
| 2007 61st [12] | ||
| Juno | Diablo Cody | |
| American Gangster | Steven Zaillian | |
| The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | |
| Michael Clayton | Tony Gilroy | |
| This Is England | Shane Meadows | |
| 2008 62nd [13] | ||
| In Bruges | Martin McDonagh | |
| Burn After Reading | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | |
| Changeling | J. Michael Straczynski | |
| I've Loved You So Long (Il y a longtemps que je t'aime) | Philippe Claudel | |
| Milk | Dustin Lance Black | |
| 2009 63rd [14] | ||
| The Hurt Locker | Mark Boal | |
| The Hangover | Jon Lucas and Scott Moore | |
| Inglourious Basterds | Quentin Tarantino | |
| A Serious Man | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | |
| Up | Pete Docter and Bob Peterson |
2010s[]
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 64th [15] | ||
| The King's Speech | David Seidler | |
| Black Swan | Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin | |
| The Fighter | Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson | |
| Inception | Christopher Nolan | |
| The Kids Are All Right | Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg | |
| 2011 65th [16] | ||
| The Artist | Michel Hazanavicius | |
| Bridesmaids | Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo | |
| The Guard | John Michael McDonagh | |
| Midnight in Paris | Woody Allen | |
| The Iron Lady | Abi Morgan | |
| 2012 66th [17] | ||
| Django Unchained | Quentin Tarantino | |
| Amour | Michael Haneke | |
| The Master | Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| Moonrise Kingdom | Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola | |
| Zero Dark Thirty | Mark Boal | |
| 2013 67th [18] | ||
| American Hustle | Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell | |
| Blue Jasmine | Woody Allen | |
| Gravity | Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón | |
| Inside Llewyn Davis | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | |
| Nebraska | Bob Nelson | |
| 2014 68th [19] | ||
| The Grand Budapest Hotel | Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness | |
| Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo | |
| Boyhood | Richard Linklater | |
| Nightcrawler | Dan Gilroy | |
| Whiplash | Damien Chazelle | |
| 2015 69th [20] | ||
| Spotlight | Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer | |
| Bridge of Spies | Matt Charman, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen | |
| Ex Machina | Alex Garland | |
| The Hateful Eight | Quentin Tarantino | |
| Inside Out | Pete Docter, Josh Cooley, and Meg LeFauve | |
| 2016 70th [21] | ||
| Manchester by the Sea | Kenneth Lonergan | |
| Hell or High Water | Taylor Sheridan | |
| I, Daniel Blake | Paul Laverty | |
| La La Land | Damien Chazelle | |
| Moonlight | Barry Jenkins | |
| 2017 71st [22] | ||
| Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Martin McDonagh | |
| Get Out | Jordan Peele | |
| I, Tonya | Steven Rogers | |
| Lady Bird | Greta Gerwig | |
| The Shape of Water | Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor | |
| 2018 72nd [23] | ||
| The Favourite | Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara | |
| Cold War | Paweł Pawlikowski and Janusz Głowacki | |
| Green Book | Nick Vallelonga, Brian Hayes Currie, and Peter Farrelly | |
| Roma | Alfonso Cuarón | |
| Vice | Adam McKay | |
| 2019 73rd [24] | ||
| Parasite | Han Jin Won and Bong Joon-ho | |
| Booksmart | Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins and Katie Silberman | |
| Marriage Story | Noah Baumbach | |
| Knives Out | Rian Johnson | |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Quentin Tarantino |
2020s[]
| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 74th [25] | ||
| Promising Young Woman | Emerald Fennell | |
| Another Round | Tobias Lindholm and Thomas Vinterberg | |
| Mank | Jack Fincher | |
| Rocks | Theresa Ikoko and Claire Wilson | |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 | Aaron Sorkin | |
| 2021 (75th) [26] | ||
| Being the Ricardos | Aaron Sorkin | |
| Belfast | Kenneth Branagh | |
| Don't Look Up | Adam McKay | |
| King Richard | Zach Baylin | |
| Licorice Pizza | Paul Thomas Anderson |
See also[]
- Academy Award for Best Story
- Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
- Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
- AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay
- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay
References[]
- ^ BAFTA Awards
- ^ 1985 Film Original Screenplay|BAFTA Awards
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- ^ "Aviator flies off with Bafta for Best Film". The Scotsman. 13 February 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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- ^ King, Susan (21 February 2010). "'Hurt Locker' wins big at BAFTA Awards". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Brown, Mark (14 February 2011). "Baftas 2011: The King's Speech sweeps the board". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (12 February 2012). "Orange BAFTA Film Awards 2012 winners list - in full". Digital Spy. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Brooks, Xan (11 February 2013). "Baftas 2013 – as it happened". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Baftas: Gravity and 12 Years a Slave share glory". BBC News. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Brown, Mark (8 February 2015). "Baftas 2015: Boyhood wins top honours but Grand Budapest Hotel checks out with most". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ BAFTA Awards 2016 winners list|EW.com|EW.com
- ^ Grater, Tom. "Baftas 2017: 'La La Land' scoops five as 'Moonlight', 'Nocturnal Animals' are shutout". Screendaily. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ BAFTA 2018: Full Winners List — Variety
- ^ BAFTA Awards 2019: Full Winners List — Variety
- ^ original screenplay winner, on BAFTA website
- ^ Shoard, Catherine (12 April 2021). "Baftas 2021: Nomadland wins big as Promising Young Woman and Anthony Hopkins surprise". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Film | Original Screenplay in 2022". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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- Best Original Screenplay BAFTA Award winners
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