BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay
| BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay | |
|---|---|
_(54065187869)_(cropped).jpg) The 2024 recipient: Jesse Eisenberg | |
| Awarded for | Best Original Screenplay |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Currently held by | Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain (2024) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to a screenwriter for a specific film.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, and video games (and formerly also for children's film and television). Since 1983, selected films have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Adapted Screenplay at an annual ceremony.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the remaining nominees. The winner is also the first name listed in each category.
History
[edit]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 and Best Original Screenplay.
Woody Allen holds the record for the most wins with four awards.
Winners and nominees
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[edit]2020s
[edit]| Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) |
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| 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 | |
| Licorice Pizza | Paul Thomas Anderson | |
| Being the Ricardos | Aaron Sorkin | |
| Belfast | Kenneth Branagh | |
| Don't Look Up | Adam McKay | |
| King Richard | Zach Baylin | |
| The Banshees of Inisherin | Martin McDonagh | |
| Everything Everywhere All at Once | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert | |
| The Fabelmans | Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg | |
| Tár | Todd Field | |
| Triangle of Sadness | Ruben Östlund | |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | |
| Barbie | Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach | |
| The Holdovers | David Hemingson | |
| Maestro | Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer | |
| Past Lives | Celine Song | |
| A Real Pain | Jesse Eisenberg | |
| Anora | Sean Baker | |
| The Brutalist | Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold | |
| Kneecap | Rich Peppiatt, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, and JJ Ó Dochartaigh | |
| The Substance | Coralie Fargeat |
Multiple wins and nominations
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Multiple wins[edit]
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Multiple nominations[edit]
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See also
[edit]- 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
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