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
Paul D. Zimmerman (1983)
Woody Allen (1984)
Woody Allen (1985)
Woody Allen (1986)
David Leland (1987)
Shawn Slovo (1988)
Nora Ephron (1989)
Giuseppe Tornatore (1990)
Anthony Minghella (1991)
Woody Allen (1992)
Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin (1993)
Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (1994)
Christopher McQuarrie (1995)
Mike Leigh (1996)
Gary Oldman (1997)
Andrew Niccol (1998)
Charlie Kaufman (1999)
Cameron Crowe (2000)
Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant (2001)
Pedro Almodóvar (2002)
Tom McCarthy (2003)
Charlie Kaufman (2004)
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
Michael Arndt (2006)
Diablo Cody (2007)
Martin McDonagh (2008)
Mark Boal (2009)
David Seidler (2010)
Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
Quentin Tarantino (2012)
Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (2013)
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness (2014)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
Martin McDonagh (2017)
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (2018)
Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (2019)
Emerald Fennell (2020)
Best Screenplay (1995–1996, 2001)
Emma Thompson (1995)
Anthony Minghella (1996)
Christopher Nolan (2001)
Best Writer (2002–2018)
Charlie Kaufman (2002)
Jim Sheridan , Naomi Sheridan, and Kirsten Sheridan (2003)
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
Michael Arndt (2006)
Diablo Cody (2007)
Simon Beaufoy (2008)
Best Original Screenplay (1997–2000, 2009–present)
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (1997)
Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman (1998)
Alan Ball (1999)
Cameron Crowe (2000)
Quentin Tarantino (2009)
David Seidler (2010)
Woody Allen (2011)
Quentin Tarantino (2012)
Spike Jonze (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu , Nicolás Giacobone , Alexander Dinelaris Jr. , and Armando Bó (2014)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
Damien Chazelle / Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
Jordan Peele (2017)
Paul Schrader (2018)
Quentin Tarantino (2019)
Emerald Fennell (2020)
Best Adapted Screenplay (1997–2000, 2009–present)
Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
Scott Smith (1998)
Frank Darabont (1999)
Stephen Gaghan / Steve Kloves (2000)
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
Aaron Sorkin (2010)
Steven Zaillian , Aaron Sorkin , and Stan Chervin (2011)
Tony Kushner (2012)
John Ridley (2013)
Gillian Flynn (2014)
Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015)
Eric Heisserer (2016)
James Ivory (2017)
Barry Jenkins (2018)
Greta Gerwig (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
Danny Boyle (1996)
Terry Gilliam (1997)
Cameron Crowe (1998)
Steven Spielberg (1999)
M. Night Shyamalan (2000)
Bryan Singer (2001)
Baz Luhrmann (2002)
Steven Spielberg (2003)
Quentin Tarantino (2004)
Sam Raimi (2005)
Nick Park and Steve Box (2006)
Christopher Nolan (2007)
David Yates (2008)
Christopher Nolan (2009)
James Cameron (2010)
Edgar Wright (2011)
David Yates (2012)
Sam Mendes (2013)
Alfonso Cuarón (2014)
Christopher Nolan (2015)
J. J. Abrams (2016)
Gareth Edwards (2017)
Rian Johnson (2018)
Robert Bolt (1965)
Robert Bolt (1966)
Stirling Silliphant (1967)
Stirling Silliphant (1968)
Bridget Boland , John Hale and Richard Sokolove (1969)
Erich Segal (1970)
Paddy Chayefsky (1971)
Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo (1972)
William Peter Blatty (1973)
Robert Towne (1974)
Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben (1975)
Paddy Chayefsky (1976)
Neil Simon (1977)
Oliver Stone (1978)
Robert Benton (1979)
William Peter Blatty (1980)
Ernest Thompson (1981)
John Briley (1982)
James L. Brooks (1983)
Peter Shaffer (1984)
Woody Allen (1985)
Robert Bolt (1986)
Bernardo Bertolucci , Mark Peploe and Enzo Ungari (1987)
Naomi Foner (1988)
Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic (1989)
Michael Blake (1990)
Callie Khouri (1991)
Bo Goldman (1992)
Steven Zaillian (1993)
Quentin Tarantino (1994)
Emma Thompson (1995)
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (1996)
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon (1997)
Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (1998)
Alan Ball (1999)
Stephen Gaghan (2000)
Akiva Goldsman (2001)
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2002)
Sofia Coppola (2003)
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005)
Peter Morgan (2006)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
Simon Beaufoy (2008)
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
Aaron Sorkin (2010)
Woody Allen (2011)
Quentin Tarantino (2012)
Spike Jonze (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu , Nicolás Giacobone , Alexander Dinelaris Jr. , and Armando Bo (2014)
Aaron Sorkin (2015)
Damien Chazelle (2016)
Martin McDonagh (2017)
Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly , and Nick Vallelonga (2018)
Quentin Tarantino (2019)
Aaron Sorkin (2020)
Kenneth Branagh (2021)
1976–2000 2001–present
Darry Cowl (2001)
Charlotte Rampling (2001)
Agnès Varda (2001)
Anouk Aimée (2002)
Jeremy Irons (2002)
Claude Rich (2002)
Bernadette Lafont (2003)
Spike Lee (2003)
Meryl Streep (2003)
Micheline Presle (2004)
Jacques Dutronc (2005)
Will Smith (2005)
Hugh Grant (2006)
Pierre Richard (2006)
Marlène Jobert (2007)
Jude Law (2007)
Jeanne Moreau (2008)
Roberto Benigni (2008)
Dustin Hoffman (2009)
Harrison Ford (2010)
Quentin Tarantino (2011)
Kate Winslet (2012)
Kevin Costner (2013)
Scarlett Johansson (2014)
Sean Penn (2015)
Michael Douglas (2016)
George Clooney (2017)
Penélope Cruz (2018)
Robert Redford (2019)
Cate Blanchett (2022)
Joel Coen / Martin Scorsese (1985)
Oliver Stone (1986)
John Huston (1987)
Ramon Menendez (1988)
Steven Soderbergh (1989)
Charles Burnett (1990)
Martha Coolidge (1991)
Carl Franklin (1992)
Robert Altman (1993)
Quentin Tarantino (1994)
Mike Figgis (1995)
Joel Coen (1996)
Robert Duvall (1997)
Wes Anderson (1998)
Alexander Payne (1999)
Ang Lee (2000)
Christopher Nolan (2001)
Todd Haynes (2002)
Sofia Coppola (2003)
Alexander Payne (2004)
Ang Lee (2005)
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (2006)
Julian Schnabel (2007)
Tom McCarthy (2008)
Lee Daniels (2009)
Darren Aronofsky (2010)
Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
David O. Russell (2012)
Steve McQueen (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
Tom McCarthy (2015)
Barry Jenkins (2016)
Jordan Peele (2017)
Barry Jenkins (2018)
Safdie brothers (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
Horton Foote (1985)
Oliver Stone (1986)
Neal Jimenez (1987)
Ramon Menendez and Tom Musca (1988)
Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost (1989)
Charles Burnett (1990)
Gus Van Sant (1991)
Neal Jimenez (1992)
Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt (1993)
Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (1994)
Christopher McQuarrie (1995)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
Kevin Smith (1997)
Don Roos (1998)
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (1999)
Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
Christopher Nolan (2001)
Mike White (2002)
Sofia Coppola (2003)
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
Dan Futterman (2005)
Jason Reitman (2006)
Tamara Jenkins (2007)
Woody Allen (2008)
Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (2009)
Stuart Blumberg and Lisa Cholodenko (2010)
Alexander Payne , Jim Rash , and Nat Faxon (2011)
David O. Russell (2012)
John Ridley (2013)
Dan Gilroy (2014)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (2016)
Greta Gerwig (2017)
Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (2018)
Noah Baumbach (2019)
Emerald Fennell (2020)
Steve Tesich (1980)
Colin Welland (1981)
Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart (1982)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1983)
Philip Kaufman (1984)
Alan Bennett (1985)
Woody Allen (1986)
Alan Bennett (1987)
David Mamet (1988)
Christopher Hampton (1989)
Woody Allen (1990)
David Mamet (1991)
Michael Tolkin (1992)
Harold Ramis and Danny Rubin (1993)
Quentin Tarantino (1994)
Paul Attanasio (1995)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (1996)
Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
Andrew Niccol (1998)
Alan Ball (1999)
Charlie Kaufman (2000)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2001)
Andrew Bovell (2002)
John Collee and Peter Weir (2003)
Charlie Kaufman (2004)
Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco (2005)
Peter Morgan (2006)
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (2007)
Simon Beaufoy (2008)
Jesse Armstrong , Simon Blackwell , Armando Iannucci , and Tony Roche (2009)
Aaron Sorkin (2010)
Asghar Farhadi (2011)
Michael Haneke (2012)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2013)
Wes Anderson (2014)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
Martin McDonagh (2017)
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (2018)
Noah Baumbach (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe (2021)
Sidney Lumet (1975)
Sidney Lumet (1976)
Herbert Ross (1977)
Michael Cimino (1978)
Robert Benton (1979)
Roman Polanski (1980)
Warren Beatty (1981)
Steven Spielberg (1982)
James L. Brooks (1983)
Miloš Forman (1984)
Terry Gilliam (1985)
David Lynch (1986)
John Boorman (1987)
David Cronenberg (1988)
Spike Lee (1989)
Martin Scorsese (1990)
Barry Levinson (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Jane Campion (1993)
Quentin Tarantino (1994)
Mike Figgis (1995)
Mike Leigh (1996)
Curtis Hanson (1997)
Steven Spielberg (1998)
Sam Mendes (1999)
Steven Soderbergh (2000)
David Lynch (2001)
Pedro Almodóvar (2002)
Peter Jackson (2003)
Alexander Payne (2004)
Ang Lee (2005)
Paul Greengrass (2006)
Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
Danny Boyle (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
Olivier Assayas / David Fincher (2010)
Terrence Malick (2011)
Paul Thomas Anderson (2012)
Alfonso Cuarón (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
George Miller (2015)
Barry Jenkins (2016)
Guillermo del Toro / Luca Guadagnino (2017)
Debra Granik (2018)
Bong Joon-ho (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
Jane Campion (2021)
Jean Renoir (1945)
William Wyler (1946)
Elia Kazan (1947)
Roberto Rossellini (1948)
Vittorio De Sica (1949)
John Huston (1950)
Akira Kurosawa (1951)
David Lean (1952)
George Stevens (1953)
Renato Castellani (1954)
William Wyler (1955)
John Huston (1956)
David Lean (1957)
John Ford (1958)
Fred Zinnemann (1959)
Jack Cardiff (1960)
Jack Clayton (1961)
David Lean (1962)
Tony Richardson (1963)
Desmond Davis (1964)
John Schlesinger (1965)
Fred Zinnemann (1966)
Richard Brooks (1967)
Franco Zeffirelli (1968)
Alfred Hitchcock (1969)
François Truffaut (1970)
Ken Russell (1971)
Bob Fosse (1972)
Ingmar Bergman (1973)
Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
Robert Altman / Stanley Kubrick (1975)
Alan J. Pakula (1976)
Luis Buñuel (1977)
Ingmar Bergman (1978)
John Schlesinger (1979)
Robert Redford (1980)
Warren Beatty (1981)
Sidney Lumet (1982)
James L. Brooks (1983)
David Lean (1984)
Akira Kurosawa (1985)
Woody Allen (1986)
Steven Spielberg (1987)
Alan Parker (1988)
Kenneth Branagh (1989)
Kevin Costner (1990)
Jonathan Demme (1991)
James Ivory (1992)
Martin Scorsese (1993)
Quentin Tarantino (1994)
Ang Lee (1995)
Joel Coen (1996)
Curtis Hanson (1997)
Shekhar Kapur (1998)
Anthony Minghella (1999)
Steven Soderbergh (2000)
Todd Field (2001)
Phillip Noyce (2002)
Edward Zwick (2003)
Michael Mann (2004)
Ang Lee (2005)
Martin Scorsese (2006)
Tim Burton (2007)
David Fincher (2008)
Clint Eastwood (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Martin Scorsese (2011)
Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
Spike Jonze (2013)
Clint Eastwood (2014)
Ridley Scott (2015)
Barry Jenkins (2016)
Greta Gerwig (2017)
Bradley Cooper (2018)
Quentin Tarantino (2019)
Spike Lee (2020)
Paul Thomas Anderson (2021)
Michelangelo Antonioni (1966)
Ingmar Bergman (1967)
Ingmar Bergman (1968)
François Truffaut (1969)
Ingmar Bergman (1970)
Bernardo Bertolucci (1971)
Luis Buñuel (1972)
François Truffaut (1973)
Francis Ford Coppola (1974)
Robert Altman (1975)
Martin Scorsese (1976)
Luis Buñuel (1977)
Terrence Malick (1978)
Woody Allen / Robert Benton (1979)
Martin Scorsese (1980)
Louis Malle (1981)
Steven Spielberg (1982)
Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani (1983)
Robert Bresson (1984)
John Huston (1985)
David Lynch (1986)
John Boorman (1987)
Philip Kaufman (1988)
Gus Van Sant (1989)
Martin Scorsese (1990)
David Cronenberg (1991)
Clint Eastwood (1992)
Steven Spielberg (1993)
Quentin Tarantino (1994)
Mike Figgis (1995)
Lars von Trier (1996)
Curtis Hanson (1997)
Steven Soderbergh (1998)
Mike Leigh (1999)
Steven Soderbergh (2000)
Robert Altman (2001)
Roman Polanski (2002)
Clint Eastwood (2003)
Zhang Yimou (2004)
David Cronenberg (2005)
Paul Greengrass (2006)
Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)
Mike Leigh (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Terrence Malick (2011)
Michael Haneke (2012)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
Todd Haynes (2015)
Barry Jenkins (2016)
Greta Gerwig (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Greta Gerwig (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi (2021)
1967–2000
David Newman and Robert Benton (1967)
John Cassavetes (1968)
Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker (1969)
Éric Rohmer (1970)
Penelope Gilliatt (1971)
Ingmar Bergman (1972)
George Lucas , Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck (1973)
Ingmar Bergman (1974)
Robert Towne and Warren Beatty (1975)
Alain Tanner and John Berger (1976)
Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman (1977)
Paul Mazursky (1978)
Steve Tesich (1979)
Bo Goldman (1980)
John Guare (1981)
Murray Schisgal and Larry Gelbart (1982)
Bill Forsyth (1983)
Lowell Ganz , Babaloo Mandel and Bruce Jay Friedman (1984)
Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson (1985)
Hanif Kureishi (1986)
John Boorman (1987)
Ron Shelton (1988)
Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost (1989)
Charles Burnett (1990)
David Cronenberg (1991)
David Webb Peoples (1992)
Jane Campion (1993)
Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary (1994)
Amy Heckerling (1995)
Albert Brooks and Monica Johnson (1996)
Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (1997)
Scott Frank (1998)
Charlie Kaufman (1999)
Kenneth Lonergan (2000)
2001–present
Julian Fellowes (2001)
Ronald Harwood (2002)
Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (2003)
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
Noah Baumbach (2005)
Peter Morgan (2006)
Tamara Jenkins (2007)
Mike Leigh (2008)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2009)
Aaron Sorkin (2010)
Asghar Farhadi (2011)
Tony Kushner (2012)
Richard Linklater , Ethan Hawke , and Julie Delpy (2013)
Wes Anderson (2014)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
Greta Gerwig (2017)
Armando Iannucci , David Schneider and Ian Martin (2018)
Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (2019)
Eliza Hittman (2020)
Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe (2021)
John Ford (1935)
Rouben Mamoulian (1936)
Gregory La Cava (1937)
Alfred Hitchcock (1938)
John Ford (1939)
John Ford (1940)
John Ford (1941)
John Farrow (1942)
George Stevens (1943)
Leo McCarey (1944)
Billy Wilder (1945)
William Wyler (1946)
Elia Kazan (1947)
John Huston (1948)
Carol Reed (1949)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1950)
Elia Kazan (1951)
Fred Zinnemann (1952)
Fred Zinnemann (1953)
Elia Kazan (1954)
David Lean (1955)
John Huston (1956)
David Lean (1957)
Stanley Kramer (1958)
Fred Zinnemann (1959)
Jack Cardiff / Billy Wilder (1960)
Robert Rossen (1961)
No Award (1962)
Tony Richardson (1963)
Stanley Kubrick (1964)
John Schlesinger (1965)
Fred Zinnemann (1966)
Mike Nichols (1967)
Paul Newman (1968)
Costa-Gavras (1969)
Bob Rafelson (1970)
Stanley Kubrick (1971)
Ingmar Bergman (1972)
François Truffaut (1973)
Federico Fellini (1974)
Robert Altman (1975)
Alan J. Pakula (1976)
Woody Allen (1977)
Terrence Malick (1978)
Woody Allen (1979)
Jonathan Demme (1980)
Sidney Lumet (1981)
Sydney Pollack (1982)
Ingmar Bergman (1983)
David Lean (1984)
John Huston (1985)
Woody Allen (1986)
James L. Brooks (1987)
Chris Menges (1988)
Paul Mazursky (1989)
Martin Scorsese (1990)
Jonathan Demme (1991)
Robert Altman (1992)
Jane Campion (1993)
Quentin Tarantino (1994)
Ang Lee (1995)
Lars von Trier (1996)
Curtis Hanson (1997)
Terrence Malick (1998)
Mike Leigh (1999)
Steven Soderbergh (2000)
Robert Altman (2001)
Todd Haynes (2002)
Sofia Coppola (2003)
Clint Eastwood (2004)
Ang Lee (2005)
Martin Scorsese (2006)
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (2007)
Mike Leigh (2008)
Kathryn Bigelow (2009)
David Fincher (2010)
Michel Hazanavicius (2011)
Kathryn Bigelow (2012)
Steve McQueen (2013)
Richard Linklater (2014)
Todd Haynes (2015)
Barry Jenkins (2016)
Sean Baker (2017)
Alfonso Cuarón (2018)
Joshua Safdie and Benjamin Safdie (2019)
Chloé Zhao (2020)
Jane Campion (2021)
William Peter Blatty (1973)
Ib Melchior /Harlan Ellison (1974/75)
Jimmy Sangster (1976)
George Lucas (1977)
Elaine May and Warren Beatty (1978)
Nicholas Meyer (1979)
William Peter Blatty (1980)
Lawrence Kasdan (1981)
Melissa Mathison (1982)
Ray Bradbury (1983)
James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd (1984)
Tom Holland (1985)
James Cameron (1986)
Michael Miner and Edward Neumeier (1987)
Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg (1988)
William Peter Blatty (1989/90)
Ted Tally (1991)
James V. Hart (1992)
Michael Crichton and David Koepp (1993)
Jim Harrison and Wesley Strick (1994)
Andrew Kevin Walker (1995)
Kevin Williamson (1996)
Mike Werb and Michael Colleary (1997)
Andrew Niccol (1998)
Charlie Kaufman (1999)
David Hayter (2000)
Steven Spielberg (2001)
Scott Frank and Jon Cohen (2002)
Fran Walsh , Philippa Boyens , and Peter Jackson (2003)
Alvin Sargent (2004)
Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer (2005)
Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris (2006)
Brad Bird (2007)
Christopher and Jonathan Nolan (2008)
James Cameron (2009)
Christopher Nolan (2010)
Jeff Nichols (2011)
Quentin Tarantino (2012)
Spike Jonze (2013)
Christopher and Jonathan Nolan (2014)
Lawrence Kasdan , J. J. Abrams , and Michael Arndt (2015)
Eric Heisserer (2016)
Rian Johnson (2017)
Bryan Woods , Scott Beck , and John Krasinski (2018/2019)
Quentin Tarantino (2019/2020)