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Most nominated writer
Total, across all writing categories:
Woody Allen (16 nominations – 3 Oscars)
Billy Wilder (12 nominations – 3 Oscars)
John Huston (8 nominations – 1 Oscar)
Federico Fellini (8 nominations – 0 Oscars)
Best Original Screenplay (incl. Best Writing, Story & Screenplay):
Woody Allen (16 nominations – 3 Oscars)
Federico Fellini (6 nominations – 0 Oscars)
Ingmar Bergman (5 nominations – 0 Oscars)
Mike Leigh (5 nominations – 0 Oscars)
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Eric Roth (6 nominations – 1 Oscar)
Ethan Coen (4 nominations – 1 Oscar)
Joel Coen (4 nominations – 1 Oscar)
Steven Zaillian (4 nominations – 1 Oscar)
Richard Brooks (4 nominations – 1 Oscar)
James Poe (4 nominations – 1 Oscar)
Stanley Kubrick (4 nominations – 0 Oscars)
Best Original Story:
Leo McCarey (4 nominations – 1 Oscar)
Several people follow with 2 nominations
Best Writing, Screenplay (incl. Best Writing Achievement):
Billy Wilder (6 nominations – 1 Oscar)
John Huston (4 nominations – 1 Oscar)
Charles Brackett (4 nominations – 1 Oscar)
Most winning writer
Total, across all writing categories:
Woody Allen (3 Oscars – 16 nominations)
Billy Wilder (3 Oscars – 12 nominations)
Charles Brackett (3 Oscars – 7 nominations)
Francis Ford Coppola (3 Oscars – 5 nominations)
Paddy Chayefsky (3 Oscars – 4 nominations)
Best Original Screenplay (incl. Best Writing, Story & Screenplay):
Woody Allen (3 Oscars – 16 nominations)
Billy Wilder (2 Oscars – 4 nominations)
Quentin Tarantino (2 Oscars – 4 nominations)
Paddy Chayefsky (2 Oscars – 3 nominations)
Charles Brackett (2 Oscars – 2 nominations)
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Francis Ford Coppola (2 Oscars – 3 nominations)
Robert Bolt (2 Oscars – 3 nominations)
Alexander Payne (2 Oscars – 3 nominations)
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (2 Oscars – 3 nominations)
Christopher Hampton (2 Oscars – 3 nominations)
Alvin Sargent (2 Oscars – 3 nominations)
Mario Puzo (2 Oscars – 2 nominations)
Best Original Story:
Ben Hecht (2 Oscars – 2 nominations)
Dalton Trumbo (2 Oscars – 2 nominations)
Best Writing, Screenplay (incl. Best Writing Achievement):
George Seaton (2 Oscars – 3 nominations)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (2 Oscars – 2 nominations)
People with most consecutive writing nominations
Woody Allen – 4 years in a row
1985 – Broadway Danny Rose (Original Screenplay)
1986 – The Purple Rose of Cairo (Original Screenplay)
1987 – Hannah and Her Sisters (Original Screenplay) (winner)
1988 – Radio Days (Original Screenplay)
Paul Haggis – 3 years in a row
2005 – Million Dollar Baby (Adapted Screenplay)
2006 – Crash (Original Screenplay) (winner)
2007 – Letters from Iwo Jima (Original Screenplay)
Woody Allen – 3 years in a row
1978 – Annie Hall (Original Screenplay) (winner)
1979 – Interiors (Original Screenplay)
1980 – Manhattan (Original Screenplay)
Robert Towne – 3 years in a row
1974 – The Last Detail (Adapted Screenplay)
1975 – Chinatown (Original Screenplay) (winner)
1976 – Shampoo (Original Screenplay)
Years where none of the writing winners were from Best Picture nominees
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