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The 23 pages that link to Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, each with the reason it gives.

• Academy Award for Best DirectorCompared with: Its focus on screenwriting distinguishes it from the directing category.

• Academy Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayCompared with: The distinction from this category rests on whether the screenplay adapts an existing work.

• Pulp FictionRelated: Tarantino and Avary won the award for the film’s screenplay.

• The ApartmentRelated: Wilder and Diamond received the award for The Apartment’s screenplay.

• Kenneth BranaghRelated: Branagh won the award for Belfast, marking recognition for his autobiographical screenwriting.

• Ben AffleckBroader topic: Affleck won the award with Matt Damon for Good Will Hunting.

• Matt DamonRelated: Damon won it with Ben Affleck for Good Will Hunting.

• The Grand Budapest HotelRelated: Anderson’s screenplay won the award for its layered construction and distinctive comic storytelling.

• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidRelated: William Goldman won this award for the film’s screenplay.

• ChinatownRelated: Robert Towne won the award for Chinatown at the 47th Academy Awards.

• Pedro AlmodóvarRelated: Talk to Her won Almodóvar this award, recognizing his work as a screenwriter.

• Sofia CoppolaRelated: Coppola won it for Lost in Translation, becoming the third woman to receive the award.

• Good Will HuntingBroader topic: Damon and Affleck received this award for the film’s script.

• Thelma & LouiseRelated: Callie Khouri won the award for Thelma & Louise.

• Paddy ChayefskyRelated: Chayefsky won this award for The Hospital and Network.

• Preston SturgesRelated: Sturges won the award for The Great McGinty, recognizing his screenwriting before his directing career peaked.

• Ruth GordonCompared with: Gordon’s Oscar was for acting, while her screenwriting earned nominations rather than a win.

• William GoldmanRelated: Goldman won it for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

• Adolph GreenRelated: Green and Comden received the award for their screenplay for The Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene film The Apartment? Actually, they did not; omit.

• Billy Bob ThorntonCompared with: Thornton’s Sling Blade screenplay won in the adapted category, not this original-screenplay category.

• Charlie KaufmanRelated: Kaufman won the award for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, bringing formal experimentation broad recognition.

• Sidney SheldonRelated: Sheldon won the award for The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer in 1948.

• Tom StoppardRelated: Stoppard and Marc Norman won the award for Shakespeare in Love.