1940–1975
Preston Sturges (1940)
Herman J. Mankiewicz and Orson Welles (1941)
Michael Kanin and Ring Lardner Jr. (1942)
Norman Krasna (1943)
Lamar Trotti (1944)
Richard Schweizer (1945)
Muriel Box and Sydney Box (1946)
Sidney Sheldon (1947)
No award (1948)
Robert Pirosh (1949)
Charles Brackett , D. M. Marshman Jr. , and Billy Wilder (1950)
Alan Jay Lerner (1951)
T. E. B. Clarke (1952)
Charles Brackett , Richard L. Breen , and Walter Reisch (1953)
Budd Schulberg (1954)
Sonya Levien and William Ludwig (1955)
Albert Lamorisse (1956)
George Wells (1957)
Nathan E. Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith (1958)
Clarence Greene , Maurice Richlin , Russell Rouse , and Stanley Shapiro (1959)
I. A. L. Diamond and Billy Wilder (1960)
William Inge (1961)
Ennio de Concini , Pietro Germi , and Alfredo Giannetti (1962)
James Webb (1963)
S. H. Barnett, Peter Stone and Frank Tarloff (1964)
Frederic Raphael (1965)
Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven (1966)
William Rose (1967)
Mel Brooks (1968)
William Goldman (1969)
Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North (1970)
Paddy Chayefsky (1971)
Jeremy Larner (1972)
David S. Ward (1973)
Robert Towne (1974)
Frank Pierson (1975)
1976–2000
Paddy Chayefsky (1976)
Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman (1977)
Robert C. Jones , Waldo Salt , and Nancy Dowd (1978)
Steve Tesich (1979)
Bo Goldman (1980)
Colin Welland (1981)
John Briley (1982)
Horton Foote (1983)
Robert Benton (1984)
William Kelley, Pamela Wallace , and Earl W. Wallace (1985)
Woody Allen (1986)
John Patrick Shanley (1987)
Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow (1988)
Tom Schulman (1989)
Bruce Joel Rubin (1990)
Callie Khouri (1991)
Neil Jordan (1992)
Jane Campion (1993)
Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (1994)
Christopher McQuarrie (1995)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (1997)
Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998)
Alan Ball (1999)
Cameron Crowe (2000)
2001–present
Julian Fellowes (2001)
Pedro Almodóvar (2002)
Sofia Coppola (2003)
Pierre Bismuth , Michel Gondry and Charlie Kaufman (2004)
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
Michael Arndt (2006)
Diablo Cody (2007)
Dustin Lance Black (2008)
Mark Boal (2009)
David Seidler (2010)
Woody Allen (2011)
Quentin Tarantino (2012)
Spike Jonze (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu , Nicolás Giacobone , Alexander Dinelaris Jr. , and Armando Bo (2014)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
Jordan Peele (2017)
Nick Vallelonga , Brian Currie and Peter Farrelly (2018)
Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (2019)
Emerald Fennell (2020)
John Ford (1973)
James Cagney (1974)
Orson Welles (1975)
William Wyler (1976)
Bette Davis (1977)
Henry Fonda (1978)
Alfred Hitchcock (1979)
James Stewart (1980)
Fred Astaire (1981)
Frank Capra (1982)
John Huston (1983)
Lillian Gish (1984)
Gene Kelly (1985)
Billy Wilder (1986)
Barbara Stanwyck (1987)
Jack Lemmon (1988)
Gregory Peck (1989)
David Lean (1990)
Kirk Douglas (1991)
Sidney Poitier (1992)
Elizabeth Taylor (1993)
Jack Nicholson (1994)
Steven Spielberg (1995)
Clint Eastwood (1996)
Martin Scorsese (1997)
Robert Wise (1998)
Dustin Hoffman (1999)
Harrison Ford (2000)
Barbra Streisand (2001)
Tom Hanks (2002)
Robert De Niro (2003)
Meryl Streep (2004)
George Lucas (2005)
Sean Connery (2006)
Al Pacino (2007)
Warren Beatty (2008)
Michael Douglas (2009)
Mike Nichols (2010)
Morgan Freeman (2011)
Shirley MacLaine (2012)
Mel Brooks (2013)
Jane Fonda (2014)
Steve Martin (2015)
John Williams (2016)
Diane Keaton (2017)
George Clooney (2018)
Denzel Washington (2019)
Julie Andrews (2022)
George Furth (1970)
Burt Shevelove (1971)
John Guare and Mel Shapiro (1972)
Hugh Wheeler (1973)
Hugh Wheeler (1974)
James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante (1976)
Thomas Meehan (1977)
Hugh Wheeler (1979)
James Lapine (1984)
Jerry Colker (1985)
Rupert Holmes (1986)
L. Arthur Rose, Douglas Furber , Stephen Fry and Mike Ockrent (1987)
James Lapine (1988)
Larry Gelbart (1990)
Marsha Norman (1991)
George C. Wolfe (1992)
James Lapine (1994)
Jonathan Larson (1996)
Terrence McNally (1998)
Alfred Uhry (1999)
Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan (2001)
John Lahr and Elaine Stritch (2002)
Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan (2003)
Winnie Holzman (2004)
Rachel Sheinkin (2005)
Bob Martin and Don McKellar (2006)
Rupert Holmes and Peter Stone (2007)
Douglas Carter Beane (2008)
Lee Hall (2009)
Alex Timbers (2010)
Adam Mathias (2011)
Joe DiPietro (2012)
Dennis Kelly (2013)
Robert L. Freedman (2014)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (2015)
John Caird (2016)
Irene Sankoff and David Hein (2017)
Tina Fey (2018)
Robert Horn (2019)
Michael R. Jackson (2020)
Fred Ebb (1969)
Stephen Sondheim /Bertolt Brecht (1970)
Stephen Sondheim (1971)
John Guare (1972)
Stephen Sondheim (1973)
Al Carmines (1974)
Charlie Smalls (1975)
Edward Kleban (1976)
Martin Charnin (1977)
Carol Hall (1978)
Stephen Sondheim (1979)
Tim Rice (1980)
Stephen Sondheim /Maury Yeston (1982)
Howard Ashman (1983)
Stephen Sondheim (1984)
Roger Miller (1985)
Stephen Sondheim (1988)
David Zippel (1990)
William Finn (1991)
Susan Birkenhead (1992)
Denis Markell and Douglas Bernstein (1993)
Stephen Sondheim (1994)
Jonathan Larson (1996)
Gerard Alessandrini (1997)
Lynn Ahrens (1998)
Gerard Alessandrini (1999)
Stephen Sondheim (2000)
Mel Brooks (2001)
Jason Robert Brown (2002)
Scott Wittman and Marc Shaiman (2003)
Stephen Schwartz (2004)
Eric Idle (2005)
Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison (2006)
Steven Sater (2007)
Stew (2008)
Stephen Sondheim (2009)
John Kander and Fred Ebb (2010)
Trey Parker , Robert Lopez and Matt Stone (2011)
Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (2012)
Tim Minchin (2013)
Robert L. Freedman and Steven Lutvak (2014)
Lin-Manuel Miranda (2015)
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016)
David Yazbek (2017)
Peter Kellogg (2018)
David Yazbek (2019)
Michael R. Jackson (2020)
Roscoe Lee Browne (1986)
John Cleese (1987)
Cleavon Little (1989)
Jay Thomas (1990)
Jay Thomas (1991)
No Award (1992)
David Clennon (1993)
Martin Sheen (1994)
Carl Reiner (1995)
Tim Conway (1996)
Mel Brooks (1997)
Mel Brooks (1998)
Mel Brooks (1999)
Bruce Willis (2000)
Derek Jacobi (2001)
Anthony LaPaglia (2002)
Gene Wilder (2003)
John Turturro (2004)
Bobby Cannavale (2005)
Leslie Jordan (2006)
Stanley Tucci (2007)
Tim Conway (2008)
Justin Timberlake (2009)
Neil Patrick Harris (2010)
Justin Timberlake (2011)
Jimmy Fallon (2012)
Bob Newhart (2013)
Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Bradley Whitford (2015)
Peter Scolari (2016)
Dave Chappelle (2017)
Katt Williams (2018)
Luke Kirby (2019)
Eddie Murphy (2020)
Dave Chappelle (2021)
Billy Friedberg , Nat Hiken , Coleman Jacoby , Arnold Rosen, Leonard Stern and Tony Webster (1957)
No award (1958–1963)
Sam Denoff , Bill Persky and Carl Reiner (1964)
No award (1965)
Hal Goldman , Al Gordon and Sheldon Keller (1966)
Mel Brooks , Sam Denoff , Bill Persky , Carl Reiner and Mel Tolkin (1967)
Chris Bearde , Phil Hahn, Jack Hanrahan , Coslough Johnson, Paul Keyes, Marc London, Allan Manings , David Panich, Hugh Wedlock Jr. and Digby Wolfe (1968)
Allan Blye, Bob Einstein , Carl Gottlieb , Cy Howard , Steve Martin , Jerry Music, Murray Roman , Cecil Tuck, Paul Wayne and Mason Williams (1969)
Complete list
(1957–1969)
(1970–1979)
(1980–1989)
(1990–1999)
(2000–2009)
(2010–2019)
(2020–present)
2000
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Chuck Berry
Plácido Domingo
Clint Eastwood
Angela Lansbury
2001
Julie Andrews
Van Cliburn
Quincy Jones
Jack Nicholson
Luciano Pavarotti
2002
James Earl Jones
James Levine
Chita Rivera
Paul Simon
Elizabeth Taylor
2003
James Brown
Carol Burnett
Loretta Lynn
Mike Nichols
Itzhak Perlman
2004
Warren Beatty
Ossie Davis & Ruby Dee
Elton John
Joan Sutherland
John Williams
2005
Tony Bennett
Suzanne Farrell
Julie Harris
Robert Redford
Tina Turner
2006
Zubin Mehta
Dolly Parton
Smokey Robinson
Steven Spielberg
Andrew Lloyd Webber
2007
Leon Fleisher
Steve Martin
Diana Ross
Martin Scorsese
Brian Wilson
2008
Morgan Freeman
George Jones
Barbra Streisand
Twyla Tharp
Pete Townshend & Roger Daltrey
2009
Mel Brooks
Dave Brubeck
Grace Bumbry
Robert De Niro
Bruce Springsteen
Nebula Award for Best Script
Soylent Green – Stanley R. Greenberg (1973)
Sleeper – Woody Allen (1974)
Young Frankenstein – Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder (1975)
Star Wars – George Lucas (1977)
The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan (1999)
Galaxy Quest – David Howard and Robert Gordon (2000)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – James Schamus , Kuo Jung Tsai, and Hui-Ling Wang (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , and Peter Jackson (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , Stephen Sinclair , and Peter Jackson (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , and Peter Jackson (2004)
Serenity – Joss Whedon (2005)
Howl's Moving Castle – Hayao Miyazaki , Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth – Guillermo del Toro (2007)
WALL-E – Andrew Stanton , Jim Reardon , and Pete Docter (2008)
Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
Mel Brooks (1974/75)
Dan Curtis (1976)
George Lucas /Steven Spielberg (1977)
Philip Kaufman (1978)
Ridley Scott (1979)
Irvin Kershner (1980)
Steven Spielberg (1981)
Nicholas Meyer (1982)
John Badham (1983)
Joe Dante (1984)
Ron Howard (1985)
James Cameron (1986)
Paul Verhoeven (1987)
Robert Zemeckis (1988)
James Cameron (1989/90)
James Cameron (1991)
Francis Ford Coppola (1992)
Steven Spielberg (1993)
James Cameron (1994)
Kathryn Bigelow (1995)
Roland Emmerich (1996)
John Woo (1997)
Michael Bay (1998)
Lilly Wachowski and Lana Wachowski (1999)
Bryan Singer (2000)
Peter Jackson (2001)
Steven Spielberg (2002)
Peter Jackson (2003)
Sam Raimi (2004)
Peter Jackson (2005)
Bryan Singer (2006)
Zack Snyder (2007)
Jon Favreau (2008)
James Cameron (2009)
Christopher Nolan (2010)
J. J. Abrams (2011)
Joss Whedon (2012)
Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
James Gunn (2014)
Ridley Scott (2015)
Gareth Edwards (2016)
Ryan Coogler (2017)
Jordan Peele (2018/2019)
J. J. Abrams (2019/2020)
1947–1975
Street Scene by Kurt Weill (1947)
Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter (1949)
South Pacific by Richard Rodgers (1950)
Call Me Madam by Irving Berlin (1951)
No Strings by Richard Rodgers (1962)
Oliver! by Lionel Bart (1963)
Hello, Dolly! by Jerry Herman (1964)
Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (1965)
Man of La Mancha by Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion (1966)
Cabaret by John Kander and Fred Ebb (1967)
Hallelujah, Baby! by Jule Styne , Betty Comden , and Adolph Green (1968)
Company by Stephen Sondheim (1971)
Follies by Stephen Sondheim (1972)
A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim (1973)
Gigi by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner (1974)
The Wiz by Charlie Smalls (1975)
1976–2000 2001–present
1950–1975
South Pacific by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan (1950)
Hello, Dolly! by Michael Stewart (1964)
Fiddler on the Roof by Joseph Stein (1965)
Company by George Furth (1971)
Two Gentlemen of Verona by John Guare and Mel Shapiro (1972)
A Little Night Music by Hugh Wheeler (1973)
Candide by Hugh Wheeler (1974)
Shenandoah by James Lee Barrett , Peter Udell and Philip Rose (1975)
1976–2000 2001–present
Original Drama (1969–1983)
William Goldman (1969)
Francis Ford Coppola & Edmund H. North (1970)
Penelope Gilliatt (1971)
Jeremy Larner (1972)
Steve Shagan (1973)
Robert Towne (1974)
Frank Pierson (1975)
Paddy Chayefsky (1976)
Arthur Laurents (1977)
Nancy Dowd , Robert C. Jones & Waldo Salt (1978)
Mike Gray , T. S. Cook & James Bridges (1979)
Bo Goldman (1980)
Warren Beatty & Trevor Griffiths (1981)
Melissa Mathison (1982)
Horton Foote (1983)
Original Comedy (1969–1983)
Paul Mazursky & Larry Tucker (1969)
Neil Simon (1970)
Paddy Chayefsky (1971)
Peter Bogdanovich , Buck Henry , David Newman & Robert Benton (1972)
Melvin Frank & Jack Rose (1973)
Mel Brooks , Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman , Richard Pryor & Alan Uger (1974)
Robert Towne & Warren Beatty (1975)
Bill Lancaster (1976)
Woody Allen & Marshall Brickman (1977)
Larry Gelbart & Sheldon Keller (1978)
Steve Tesich (1979)
Nancy Meyers , Harvey Miller & Charles Shyer (1980)
Steve Gordon (1981)
Don McGuire , Larry Gelbart & Murray Schisgal (1982)
Lawrence Kasdan & Barbara Benedek (1983)
Original Screenplay (1984–present)
Woody Allen (1984)
William Kelley & Earl W. Wallace (1985)
Woody Allen (1986)
John Patrick Shanley (1987)
Ron Shelton (1988)
Woody Allen (1989)
Barry Levinson (1990)
Callie Khouri (1991)
Neil Jordan (1992)
Jane Campion (1993)
Richard Curtis (1994)
Randall Wallace (1995)
Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (1996)
James L. Brooks & Mark Andrus (1997)
Marc Norman & Tom Stoppard (1998)
Alan Ball (1999)
Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
Julian Fellowes (2001)
Michael Moore (2002)
Sofia Coppola (2003)
Charlie Kaufman (2004)
Paul Haggis & Bobby Moresco (2005)
Michael Arndt (2006)
Diablo Cody (2007)
Dustin Lance Black (2008)
Mark Boal (2009)
Christopher Nolan (2010)
Woody Allen (2011)
Mark Boal (2012)
Spike Jonze (2013)
Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness (2014)
Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer (2015)
Barry Jenkins & Tarell Alvin McCraney (2016)
Jordan Peele (2017)
Bo Burnham (2018)
Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won (2019)
Emerald Fennell (2020)