Saturn Award for Best Writing
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Template:Short description Template:Infobox award The Saturn Awards for Best Writing is a Saturn Award presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
Unlike most awards rewarding writing in films, it recognizes only the writer(s) of the screenplay, and not those of the story.
Winners and nominees
1970s
| Year | Writer(s) | Motion Picture |
|---|---|---|
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(2nd) |
William Peter Blatty | The Exorcist |
1974/1975 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(3rd) |
Harlan Ellison (for his career) | |
| Ib Melchior (for his career) | ||
1976 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(4th) |
Jimmy Sangster (for his career) | |
1977 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(5th) |
George Lucas | Star Wars |
| Larry Gelbart | Oh, God! | |
| Laird Koenig | The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | |
| Steven Spielberg | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | |
| Michael Winner and Jeffrey Konvitz | The Sentinel | |
1978 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(6th) |
Elaine May and Warren Beatty | Heaven Can Wait |
| Heywood Gould | The Boys from Brazil | |
| Cliff Green | Picnic at Hanging Rock | |
| Rosemary Ritvo and Alfred Sole | Alice, Sweet Alice (Communion) | |
| Anthony Shaffer | The Wicker Man | |
1979 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
(7th) |
Nicholas Meyer | Time After Time |
| Jerry Juhl and Jack Burns | The Muppet Movie | |
| Robert Kaufman | Love at First Bite | |
| Dan O'Bannon | Alien | |
| Jeb Rosebrook and Gerry Day | The Black Hole | |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple nominations
- 7 nominations
- Guillermo del Toro
- Peter Jackson
- Quentin Tarantino
- Fran Walsh
- James Cameron
- 6 nominations
- Philippa Boyens
- Christopher Nolan
- 4 nominations
- Lawrence Kasdan
- David Koepp
- George Miller
- Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
- 3 nominations
- J. J. Abrams
- William Peter Blatty
- Alex Garland
- Drew Goddard
- David Hayter
- John Logan
- George Lucas
- Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
- Nicholas Meyer
- Jordan Peele
- Andrew Stanton
- The Wachowskis
- Christopher McQuarrie
- 2 nominations
- Woody Allen
- Michael Arndt
- Brad Bird
- Jeffrey Boam
- C. Robert Cargill
- Joel and Ethan Coen
- Chris Columbus
- Frank Darabont
- Scott Derrickson
- Michael Dougherty
- Scott Frank
- Tony Gilroy
- Michael Goldenberg
- William Goldman
- David S. Goyer
- Michael Green
- Dan Harris
- James V. Hart
- Terry Hayes
- Tom Holland
- Spike Jonze
- Charlie Kaufman
- Steve Kloves
- Don Mancini
- Melissa Mathison
- Edward Neumeier
- Jonathan Nolan
- Dan O'Bannon
- Matt Reeves
- Matthew Robbins
- Gary Ross
- Eric Roth
- Steven Spielberg
- Wesley Strick
- Andrew Kevin Walker
- Joss Whedon
- Rhett Reese
- Paul Wernick
- Jon Spaihts
Multiple wins
- 4 wins
- James Cameron
- Christopher Nolan
- 3 wins
- William Peter Blatty
- 2 wins
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Jonathan Nolan
- Quentin Tarantino
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100209012608/http://www.saturnawards.org/past.html#writing
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000004/1975
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