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unusual facts about Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay



Deric Washburn

As a writer, Washburn was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a WGA Award for "Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen" for The Deer Hunter, along with Quinn Redeker, Louis Garfinkle and Michael Cimino.

Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal

She has written the screenplays for several feature films, including Running on Empty (for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay and won a Golden Globe Award for the same category), Losing Isaiah, and most recently Bee Season.

Quinn Redeker

As a writer, Redeker was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and a WGA Award for "Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen" for The Deer Hunter, along with Deric Washburn, Louis Garfinkle and Michael Cimino.

Richard Schweizer

Richard Schweizer (December 23, 1899 - March 30, 1965) was a Swiss screenwriter who won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1945 for his work in Marie-Louise, as well as the Academy Award for Best Story in 1948 for his work in The Search.


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