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 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Official website http://www.bafta.org/

The BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay is the British Academy Film Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. It has been awarded 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
Local Hero Bill Forsyth
Trading Places Timothy Harris, Herschel Weingrod
Zelig Woody Allen
1984
38th
Broadway Danny Rose Woody Allen
The Big Chill Barbara Benedek, 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 Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis
My Beautiful Laundrette Hanif Kureishi
Witness William Kelley, Earl W. Wallace
1986
40th
Hannah and Her Sisters Woody Allen
Crocodile Dundee John Cornell, Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie
The Mission Robert Bolt
Mona Lisa Neil Jordan, 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, 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, Adrian Dunbar
Unforgiven David Webb Peoples
1993
47th
Groundhog Day Harold Ramis, Danny Rubin
In the Line of Fire Jeff Maguire
The Piano Jane Campion
Sleepless in Seattle Jeff Arch, Nora Ephron, David S. Ward
1994
48th
Pulp Fiction Roger Avary, Quentin Tarantino
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, Douglas McGrath
Muriel's Wedding P.J. Hogan
Se7en Andrew Kevin Walker
1996
50th
Secrets & Lies Mike Leigh
Brassed Off Mark Herman
Fargo Ethan and Joel 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, Vincenzo Cerami
Shakespeare in Love Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
1999
53rd
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
Almost Famous Cameron Crowe
Billy Elliot Lee Hall
Erin Brockovich Susannah Grant
Gladiator David Franzoni, John Logan, William Nicholson
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Ethan and Joel Coen
2001
55th
Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Guillaume Laurant
Gosford Park Julian Fellowes, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan
Moulin Rouge! Baz Luhrmann, Craig Pearce
The Others Alejandro Amenábar
The Royal Tenenbaums Wes Anderson, Owen Wilson
2002
56th
Talk to Her (Hable con ella) Pedro Almodóvar
And Your Mother Too (Y tu mamá también) Alfonso and Carlos Cuarón
Dirty Pretty Things Steven Knight
Gangs of New York Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan
The Magdalene Sisters Peter Mullan
2003
57th
The Station Agent Thomas McCarthy
21 Grams Guillermo Arriaga
The Barbarian Invasions (Les invasions barbares) Denys Arcand
Finding Nemo Bob Peterson, David Reynolds, Andrew Stanton
Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola
2004
58th
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
Crash Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco
Cinderella Man Akiva Goldsman, Cliff Hollingsworth
Good Night, and Good Luck George Clooney, Grant Heslov
Hotel Rwanda Terry George, Keir Pearson
Mrs Henderson Presents Martin Sherman
2006
60th
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
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
In Bruges Martin McDonagh
Burn After Reading Ethan and Joel 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
The Hurt Locker Mark Boal
The Hangover Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino
A Serious Man Joel and Ethan Coen
Up Pete Docter, Bob Peterson

2010s

Year Film Screenwriter(s)
2010
64th
The King's Speech David Seidler
Black Swan Mark Heyman, Andrés Heinz, John McLaughlin
The Fighter Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
Inception Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
2011
65th
The Artist Michel Hazanavicius
Bridesmaids Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig
Midnight in Paris Woody Allen
The Guard John Michael McDonagh
The Iron Lady Abi Morgan
2012
66th
Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino
Amour Michael Haneke
The Master Paul Thomas Anderson
Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola
Zero Dark Thirty Mark Boal
2013
67th
American Hustle David O. Russell, Eric Warren Singer
Blue Jasmine Woody Allen
Gravity Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón
Inside Llewyn Davis Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Nebraska Bob Nelson
2014
68th
The Grand Budapest Hotel Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness
Whiplash Damien Chazelle
Nightcrawler Dan Gilroy
Birdman Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bó
Boyhood Richard Linklater

See also