Saturn Award for Best Writing

The Saturn Award for Best Writing is a Saturn Award presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for the best writing in any motion picture genre.

Notes:

"†" indicates an Academy Award-winning movie on the same category.

"‡" indicates an Academy Award-nominated movie on the same category.

Year Writer(s) Film
1973 William Peter Blatty The Exorcist †
1974/75 Ib Melchior
Harlan Ellison		 (Career Winner)
1976 Jimmy Sangster
1977 George Lucas Star Wars ‡
1978 Elaine May
Warren Beatty		 Heaven Can Wait ‡
1979 Nicholas Meyer Time After Time
1980 William Peter Blatty The Ninth Configuration
1981 Lawrence Kasdan Raiders of the Lost Ark
1982 Melissa Mathison E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial ‡
1983 Ray Bradbury Something Wicked this Way Comes
1984 James Cameron
Gale Anne Hurd		 The Terminator
1985 Tom Holland Fright Night
1986 James Cameron Aliens
1987 Michael Miner
Edward Neumeier		 RoboCop
1988 Gary Ross
Anne Spielberg		 Big ‡
1989/90 William Peter Blatty The Exorcist III
1991 Ted Tally The Silence of the Lambs †
1992 James V. Hart Bram Stoker's Dracula
1993 Michael Crichton
David Koepp		 Jurassic Park
1994 Jim Harrison
Wesley Strick		 Wolf
1995 Andrew Kevin Walker Seven
1996 Kevin Williamson Scream
1997 Mike Werb
Michael Colleary		 Face/Off
1998 Andrew Niccol The Truman Show ‡
1999 Charlie Kaufman Being John Malkovich ‡
2000 David Hayter X-Men
2001 Steven Spielberg A.I. Artificial Intelligence
2002 Scott Frank
Jon Cohen		 Minority Report
2003 Fran Walsh
Philippa Boyens
Peter Jackson		 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King †
2004 Alvin Sargent Spider-Man 2
2005 Christopher Nolan
David S. Goyer		 Batman Begins
2006 Michael Dougherty
Dan Harris		 Superman Returns
2007 Brad Bird Ratatouille ‡
2008 Christopher Nolan
Jonathan Nolan		 The Dark Knight
2009 James Cameron Avatar
2010 Christopher Nolan Inception ‡
2011 Jeff Nichols Take Shelter
2012 Quentin Tarantino Django Unchained †
2013 Spike Jonze Her †

Multiple winners

3 winners

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