Latest winner WRITING (Original Story)
A working WRITING (Original Story) dossier with winners, craft credits, ceremony trails, and nominee history kept close to the surface.
Latest Winner
The Brave One
Span
1927/28-1956
Nominations
127
Ceremonies
27
The Brave One
Most recent winning record: 29th ceremony (1956). Dalton Trumbo
Latest winner Category History
27 ceremonies, 27 winners, 100 other nominees across the full Academy Awards span. Fast view shows every winner and keeps older nominee trails linked through each ceremony ledger.
1950s
4 other nominees
- Nominee High Society Edward Bernds | Elwood Ullman Credits Edward Bernds Elwood Ullman Film History
- Nominee The Eddy Duchin Story Leo Katcher Film History Person History
- Nominee The Proud and the Beautiful Jean Paul Sartre Film History Person History
- Nominee Umberto D. Cesare Zavattini Film History Person History
4 other nominees
- Nominee Rebel without a Cause Nicholas Ray Film History Person History
- Nominee Strategic Air Command Beirne Lay Jr. Film History Person History
- Nominee The Private War of Major Benson Joe Connelly | Bob Mosher Credits Joe Connelly Bob Mosher Film History
- Nominee The Sheep Has Five Legs Jean Marsan | Henry Troyat | Jacques Perret | Henri Verneuil | Raoul Ploquin Credits Jean Marsan Henry Troyat Jacques Perret Henri Verneuil Raoul Ploquin Film History
4 other nominees
- Nominee Bread, Love and Dreams Ettore Margadonna Film History Person History
- Nominee Forbidden Games François Boyer Film History Person History
- Nominee Night People Jed Harris | Tom Reed Credits Jed Harris Tom Reed Film History
- Nominee There's No Business Like Show Business Lamar Trotti Film History Person History
4 other nominees
- Nominee Above and Beyond Beirne Lay Jr. Film History Person History
- Nominee Hondo Louis L'Amour Film History Person History
- Nominee Little Fugitive Ray Ashley | Morris Engel | Ruth Orkin Credits Ray Ashley Morris Engel Ruth Orkin Film History
- Nominee The Captain's Paradise Alec Coppel Film History Person History
4 other nominees
- Nominee My Son John Leo McCarey Film History Person History
- Nominee The Narrow Margin Martin Goldsmith | Jack Leonard Credits Martin Goldsmith Jack Leonard Film History
- Nominee The Pride of St. Louis Guy Trosper Film History Person History
- Nominee The Sniper Edna Anhalt | Edward Anhalt Credits Edna Anhalt Edward Anhalt Film History
4 other nominees
- Nominee Bullfighter and the Lady Budd Boetticher | Ray Nazarro Credits Budd Boetticher Ray Nazarro Film History
- Nominee Here Comes the Groom Robert Riskin | Liam O'Brien Credits Robert Riskin Liam O'Brien Film History
- Nominee Teresa Alfred Hayes | Stewart Stern Credits Alfred Hayes Stewart Stern Film History
- Nominee The Frogmen Oscar Millard Film History Person History
4 other nominees
- Nominee Bitter Rice Giuseppe De Santis | Carlo Lizzani Credits Giuseppe De Santis Carlo Lizzani Film History
- Nominee Mystery Street Leonard Spigelgass Film History Person History
- Nominee The Gunfighter William Bowers | Andre de Toth Credits William Bowers Andre de Toth Film History
- Nominee When Willie Comes Marching Home Sy Gomberg Film History Person History
1940s
4 other nominees
- Nominee Come to the Stable Clare Boothe Luce Film History Person History
- Nominee It Happens Every Spring Shirley W. Smith | Valentine Davies Credits Shirley W. Smith Valentine Davies Film History
- Nominee Sands of Iwo Jima Harry Brown Film History Person History
- Nominee White Heat Virginia Kellogg Film History Person History
4 other nominees
- Nominee Louisiana Story Frances Flaherty | Robert Flaherty Credits Frances Flaherty Robert Flaherty Film History
- Nominee Red River Borden Chase Film History Person History
- Nominee The Naked City Malvin Wald Film History Person History
- Nominee The Red Shoes Emeric Pressburger Film History Person History
4 other nominees
- Nominee A Cage of Nightingales Georges Chaperot | Rene Wheeler Credits Georges Chaperot Rene Wheeler Film History
- Nominee It Happened on Fifth Avenue Herbert Clyde Lewis | Frederick Stephani Credits Herbert Clyde Lewis Frederick Stephani Film History
- Nominee Kiss of Death Eleazar Lipsky Film History Person History
- Nominee Smash-Up--The Story of a Woman Dorothy Parker | Frank Cavett Credits Dorothy Parker Frank Cavett Film History
4 other nominees
4 other nominees
- Nominee A Medal for Benny John Steinbeck | Jack Wagner Credits John Steinbeck Jack Wagner Film History
- Nominee A Song to Remember Ernst Marischka Film History Person History
- Nominee Objective, Burma! Alvah Bessie Film History Person History
- Nominee The Affairs of Susan Thomas Monroe | Laszlo Gorog Credits Thomas Monroe Laszlo Gorog Film History
4 other nominees
4 other nominees
4 other nominees
4 other nominees
4 other nominees
1930s
4 other nominees
5 other nominees
4 other nominees
4 other nominees
3 other nominees
2 other nominees
2 other nominees
3 other nominees
4 other nominees
1920s
1 other nominee
Category Highlights
Sortable ledger
Every nomination in this category as a sortable table, for research that needs the raw record beside the posters and winners above.
