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Oscar for Writing Adapted Screenplay
The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. It is awarded each year to the writer of a screenplay adapted from another source (usually a novel, play, short story, or TV show but also sometimes another film). All...
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Benjamin Glazer
Benjamin Glazer (May 7, 1887 - March 18, 1956) was an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, producer, foley artist, and director of American films from the 1920s through the 1950s. He made the first translation of Ferenc Molnar's play Liliom into...
Anthony Coldeway
Anthony W. Coldeway (August 1, 1887-January 29, 1963) was an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter who had an extensive career from 1910 through 1954. Although most of his work was on films, he did some writing for television and also was the...
Alfred A. Cohn
Alfred A. Cohn (March 26, 1880 – February 3, 1951) was an author, journalist and newspaper editor, Police Commissioner, and screenwriter of the 1920s and 1930s. He is best remembered for his work on The Jazz Singer, which was nominated for (but did...
Bess Meredyth
Bess Meredyth (February 12, 1890 - July 13, 1969) was an award-winning film writer and silent film actress. The wife of the Casablanca director Michael Curtiz, Meredyth wrote The Affairs of Cellini (1934) and adapted The Unsuspected (1947). She was...
Josephine Lovett
Josephine Lovett (21 October 1877, in San Francisco, California – 17 September 1958, in Rancho Santa Fe, California) was an American screenwriter. She wrote for 32 films between 1916 and 1935. Her work on Our Dancing Daughters garnered a nomination...
Hanns Kräly
Hanns Kräly (January 16, 1884 – November 11, 1950), credited in the United States as Hans Kraly, was a German actor and screenwriter. His main collaborations were with director Ernst Lubitsch, and they worked together on 30 films between 1915 and...
George Abbott
George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than seven decades.
Abbott was born in Forestville, New York,...
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- 1930
- x Award Nominee:
- Maxwell Anderson,
- Del Andrews
Julien Josephson
Julien Josephson (October 24, 1881 – April 14, 1959) was an American motion picture screenwriter. His career spanned between 1914 and 1943. He was a native of Roseburg, Oregon.
Josephson was well-known for his early silent movie adaptions of...
Maxwell Anderson
James Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 – 28 February 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist. He was a founding member of The Playwrights Company.
Anderson was born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, the second child of...
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- x Year:
- 1930
- x Award Nominee:
- George Abbott,
- Del Andrews
Frances Marion
Frances Marion (November 18, 1888 - May 12, 1973) was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female screenwriter of the twentieth century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos
Born Marion Benson Owens in San...
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- x Year:
- 1930
- x Award Nominee:
- Joseph Farnham,
- Martin Flavin
Joseph Farnham
Joseph White Farnham (December 2, 1884 – June 2, 1931) was an American playwright and an Academy Award-winning film writer and film editor of the silent movie era to the early 1930s. He was also a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture...
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- x Year:
- 1930
- x Award Nominee:
- Martin Flavin,
- Frances Marion
Martin Flavin
Martin (Archer) Flavin (November 2, 1883 – December 27, 1967) was an American playwright and novelist.
He was awarded the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for his novel Journey in the Dark.
Flavin was born in San Francisco, California, and died in Carmel,...
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- x Year:
- 1930
- x Award Nominee:
- Joseph Farnham,
- Frances Marion
Lenore J. Coffee
Lenore Jackson Coffee (13 July 1896, San Francisco – 2 July 1984, Woodland Hills, California) was an American screenwriter, playwright and novelist.
Coffee began her career when she answered an ad requesting a screen story for the actress Clara...
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- x Year:
- 1930
- x Award Nominee:
- Howard Estabrook
- x Year:
- 1938
- x Award Nominee:
- Julius J. Epstein
Del Andrews
Del Andrews (1894 – 1942), born Udell Endrows, was a Hollywood writer/director in the 1920s. He primarily worked on low budget westerns, writing and directing films starring Hoot Gibson, Fred Thomson, and Bob Custer.
He shared an Academy Award...
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- x Year:
- 1930
- x Award Nominee:
- Maxwell Anderson,
- George Abbott
Don Marquis
Don Marquis (born July 29, 1878, in Walnut, Illinois - died December 29, 1937, in New York City) was an American humorist, journalist and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist and playwright. He is remembered best for...
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- x Year:
- 1931
- x Award Nominee:
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz,
- Norman Z. McLeod
Norman Z. McLeod
Norman Zenos McLeod (September 20, 1898, Grayling, Michigan – January 27, 1964, Hollywood, California) was an American film director, cartoonist and writer. He is considered one of the best directors of comedy films of all time.
McLeod made several...
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- x Year:
- 1931
- x Award Nominee:
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz,
- Don Marquis
Horace Jackson
Howard Estabrook
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- 1931
- x Award Nominee:
- x Year:
- 1930
- x Award Nominee:
- Lenore J. Coffee
Francis Edward Faragoh
Percy Heath
Percy Heath, (30 April 1923 – 28 April 2005), was a jazz musician, famous for position as double bass player for the Modern Jazz Quartet.
He was the brother of tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath and drummer Albert Heath, with whom he formed the Heath...
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- x Year:
- 1932
- x Award Nominee:
- Samuel Hoffenstein
Edwin J. Burke
Paul Green
Paul Eliot Green (17 March 1894 - 4 May 1981) was an American playwright best known for his depictions of life in North Carolina during the first decades of the twentieth century. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his 1927 play, In...
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- x Year:
- 1933
- x Award Nominee:
- Sonya Levien
Sarah Y. Mason
Jules Furthman
Jules Furthman (March 5, 1888 - September 22, 1966) was a magazine and newspaper writer before working as a screenwriter.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, during World War I he wrote under the name "Stephen Fox." Furthman wrote screenplays for a number of...
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- x Year:
- 1935
- x Award Nominee:
- Talbot Jennings,
- Carey Wilson
Achmed Abdullah
Achmed Abdullah (12 May 1881 – 12 May 1945), a pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff, was a Russian-born writer. He is most noted for his pulp stories of crime, mystery and adventure. He wrote screenplays for some successful films. He was...
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- x Year:
- 1935
- x Award Nominee:
- Waldemar Young,
- John L. Balderston,
- William Slavens McNutt
- John L. Balderston,
Casey Robinson
Grover Jones
Grover Jones (15 November 1893 – 24 September 1940) was an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote for 104 films between 1920 and 1946.
He was born in Rosedale, Indiana, and died in Hollywood, California.
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- 1935
- x Award Nominee:
- Waldemar Young,
- John L. Balderston,
- Achmed Abdullah,
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- John L. Balderston,
Carey Wilson
Carey Wilson (May 19, 1889 - February 1, 1962) was an Oscar-nominated American writer, voice actor and producer. Wilson's screenplays include Ben-Hur (1925), Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), and The Great Heart (1938). His credits as producer include...
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- x Year:
- 1935
- x Award Nominee:
- Jules Furthman,
- Talbot Jennings
Waldemar Young
Waldemar Young (1 July 1878 – 30 August 1938), was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 81 films between 1917 and 1938.
He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and died in Hollywood, California from pneumonia.
Waldemar was a grandson of Brigham Young....
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- x Year:
- 1935
- x Award Nominee:
- John L. Balderston,
- Achmed Abdullah,
- William Slavens McNutt
- Achmed Abdullah,
William Slavens McNutt
William Slavens McNutt (September 12, 1885 – January 25, 1938), was an American screenwriter. He wrote for 28 films between 1922 and 1939. He was nominated for an Academy Award on two separate occasions. At the 1932 awards he was nominated for the...
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- x Year:
- 1935
- x Award Nominee:
- Waldemar Young,
- John L. Balderston,
- Achmed Abdullah
- John L. Balderston,
Sheridan Gibney
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- 1936
- x Award Nominee:
- Pierre Collings
Eric Hatch
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- x Year:
- 1936
- x Award Nominee:
- Morrie Ryskind
Pierre Collings
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- x Year:
- 1936
- x Award Nominee:
- Sheridan Gibney
Dorothy Parker
Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893–June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles.
From a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary...
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- x Year:
- 1937
- x Award Nominee:
- Alan Campbell,
- Robert Carson
Marc Connelly
Marcus Cook Connelly (13 December 1890 - 21 December 1980) was an American playwright, director, producer, performer, and lyricist. He was a key member of the Algonquin Round Table, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1930.
Connelly was...
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- x Year:
- 1937
- x Award Nominee:
- John Lee Mahin,
- Dale Van Every
Alan Campbell
Alan or Allan Campbell may refer to:
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- x Year:
- 1937
- x Award Nominee:
- Dorothy Parker,
- Robert Carson
Morrie Ryskind
Morrie Ryskind (20 October 1895, New York City - 24 August 1985, Washington, D.C.) was an American dramatist, lyricist and director on theatrical productions and motion pictures.
Ryskind earned credits for script and lyric writing, and directing...
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- x Year:
- 1937
- x Award Nominee:
- Anthony Veiller
- x Year:
- 1936
- x Award Nominee:
- Eric Hatch
Robert Carson
Robert Carson (April 7, 1918 – March 24, 2006) was a British numismatist. He was a leading expert on Roman coins, and was employed as Keeper of Coins and Medals at the British Museum from 1978 to 1983.
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- x Year:
- 1937
- x Award Nominee:
- Dorothy Parker,
- Alan Campbell
Dale Van Every
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- x Year:
- 1937
- x Award Nominee:
- Marc Connelly,
- John Lee Mahin
Viña Delmar
Viña Delmar (born Alvina Croter, 29 January 1903, New York City - 19 January 1990, Los Angeles) was a 20th century playwright, screenwriter, and novelist. With the editorial assistance of her husband, Eugene, she wrote or adapted about twenty plays...
Geza Herczeg
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- x Award Nominee:
- Heinz Herald,
- Norman Raine
Norman Raine
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- x Year:
- 1937
- x Award Nominee:
- Heinz Herald,
- Geza Herczeg
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for...
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- x Year:
- 1938
- x Award Nominee:
- Ian Dalrymple,
- Cecil Lewis,
- W.P. Lipscomb
- Cecil Lewis,
Frank Wead
Frank Wilber "Spig" Wead (born October 24, 1895, in Peoria, Illinois – died November 15, 1947, in Santa Monica, California) was a U.S. Navy aviator turned screenwriter who helped promote United States Naval aviation from its inception through World...
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- x Year:
- 1938
- x Award Nominee:
- Ian Dalrymple,
- Elizabeth Hill
Robert Riskin
Robert Riskin (March 30, 1897–September 20, 1955) was an American screenwriter and playwright, best known for his collaborations with director-producer Frank Capra.
Riskin began his career as a playwright, writing for many local New York City...
Cecil Lewis
Cecil Arthur Lewis MC (29 March 1898 – 27 January 1997) was a British fighter pilot who flew in World War I. He went on to co-found the BBC and enjoy a long career as a writer. Author of the aviation classic Sagittarius Rising (inspiration for the...
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- x Year:
- 1938
- x Award Nominee:
- Ian Dalrymple,
- George Bernard Shaw,
- W.P. Lipscomb
- George Bernard Shaw,
Ian Dalrymple
Ian Dalrymple (26 August 1903, Johannesburg, South Africa – 28 March 1989, London, England) was a British screenwriter, film director and producer.
He was educated at Cambridge University. Initially, he worked as an editor at Gaumont-British...
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- x Year:
- 1938
- x Award Nominee:
- Frank Wead,
- Elizabeth Hill
- x Year:
- 1938
- x Award Nominee:
- Cecil Lewis,
- George Bernard Shaw,
- W.P. Lipscomb
- George Bernard Shaw,
Elizabeth Hill
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- x Year:
- 1938
- x Award Nominee:
- Ian Dalrymple,
- Frank Wead
W.P. Lipscomb
W.P. Lipscomb (born 1887 in England, died 25 July 1958) was a British screenwriter, producer and director.
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- x Year:
- 1938
- x Award Nominee:
- Ian Dalrymple,
- Cecil Lewis,
- George Bernard Shaw
- Cecil Lewis,
Charles MacArthur
Charles Gordon MacArthur (November 5, 1895, Scranton, Pennsylvania – April 21, 1956, New York City) was an American playwright and screenwriter. The son of a Baptist minister, he is best known for his plays with Ben Hecht, Ladies and Gentlemen ...
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- x Year:
- 1939
Eric Maschwitz
Albert Eric Maschwitz OBE (10 June 1901–27 October 1969), known as Eric Maschwitz and sometimes credited as Holt Marvell, was an English entertainer, writer, broadcaster and broadcasting executive.
Born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, the descendant of...
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- x Year:
- 1939
- x Award Nominee:
- R. C. Sherriff,
- Claudine West
Sidney Howard
Sidney Coe Howard (26 June 1891 – 23 August 1939) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1925 and a posthumous Academy Award in 1940 for the screenplay for Gone with the Wind.
Howard was born in...
R. C. Sherriff
Robert Cedric Sherriff (6 June 1896 – 13 November 1975) was an English writer best known for his play Journey's End which was based on his experiences as a captain in World War I. He wrote several plays, novels, and screenplays, and was nominated...
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- x Year:
- 1939
- x Award Nominee:
- Claudine West,
- Eric Maschwitz
Dalton Trumbo
Dalton Trumbo (December 9, 1905 – September 10, 1976) was an American screenwriter and novelist, and one of the Hollywood Ten, a group of film professionals who testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the...
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- x Year:
- 1940
- x Award Nominee:
- Donald Ogden Stewart
Michael Hogan
Michael Hogan (born in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian actor of Irish descent. His birthdate is a matter of private record. Hogan is notable for numerous roles in TV over the past four decades, most recently as Colonel Saul Tigh in the...
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- x Year:
- 1940
- x Award Nominee:
- Philip MacDonald
Donald Ogden Stewart
Donald Ogden Stewart (November 30, 1894 - August 2, 1980) was an American author and screenwriter.
His hometown was Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from Yale University, where he became a brother to the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity (Phi chapter), in...
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- 1940
- x Award Nominee:
- Dalton Trumbo
Philip MacDonald
Philip MacDonald (November 5, 1900, London — December 10, 1980, Woodland Hills, California) was an English author of thrillers.
MacDonald was the grandson of the writer George MacDonald and son of the author Ronald MacDonald and the actress...
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- x Year:
- 1940
- x Award Nominee:
- Michael Hogan
Heinz Herald
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- x Year:
- 1940
- x Award Nominee:
- John Huston,
- Norman Burnside
- x Year:
- 1937
- x Award Nominee:
- Geza Herczeg,
- Norman Raine
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Herman Jacob Mankiewicz (pronounced MANK-eh-wits), (November 7, 1897 – March 5, 1953) was an American screenwriter, who, with Orson Welles, wrote the screenplay for Citizen Kane. Earlier, he was the Berlin correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and...
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- x Year:
- 1941
- x Award Nominee:
- Orson Welles
- x Year:
- 1942
- x Award Nominee:
- Jo Swerling
