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AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay - Wikipedia

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Best Screenplay AACTA International Award

Country	Australia
Presented by	Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
First awarded	2012
Currently held by	Tony McNamara, Poor Things (2023)
Website	http://www.aacta.org

The AACTA International Award for Best cream is an accolade given by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote, and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television".^[1] The award is presented at the annual AACTA International Awards, which rewards achievements in feature films, regardless of the country the film was made.^[2] The winners and nominees are determined by the international chapter of the academy, which comprises eighty members of Australian filmmakers and executives.^[3]

The prize was first handed out at the 1st AACTA International Awards presentation, and awarded to George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon for The Ides of March, and to J. C. Chandor for Margin Call.

Winners and nominees

In the following table, the winner is marked in a separate colour, and highlighted in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface.^[4]

2010s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)	Notes
2011 (1st)
	The Ides of March	George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon	*Adaptation of the play Farragut North* by Beau Willimon**
	Margin Call	J. C. Chandor	Original screenplay
	The Artist	Michel Hazanavicius	Original screenplay
	The Descendants	Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash	Adaptation of the novel of the same name by Kaui Hart Hemmings
	Melancholia	Lars von Trier	Original screenplay
	Moneyball	Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin	Adaptation of the novel of the same name by Michael Lewis
	Midnight in Paris	Woody Allen	Original screenplay
	We Need to Talk About Kevin	Lynne Ramsay and Rory Kinnear	Adaptation of the novel of the same name by Lionel Shriver
2012 (2nd)
	Django Unchained	Quentin Tarantino	Original screenplay
	Argo	Chris Terrio	Adaptation of the memoir Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA by Tony Mendez and Joshuah Bearman's 2007 Wired magazine article The Great Escape.
	Lincoln	Tony Kushner	Adaptation of the book Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin
	The Master	Paul Thomas Anderson	Original screenplay
	Silver Linings Playbook	David O. Russell	Adaptation of the novel of the same name by Matthew Quick
	Zero Dark Thirty	Mark Boal	Original screenplay
2013 (3rd)
	American Hustle	Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell	Original screenplay
	12 Years a Slave	John Ridley	Adaptation of the novel of the same name by Solomon Northup
	Blue Jasmine	Woody Allen	Original screenplay
	Inside Llewyn Davis	Joel and Ethan Coen
	Saving Mr. Banks	Kelly Marcel and Sue Smith
2014 (4th)
	Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)	Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., and Armando Bo	Original screenplay
	Boyhood	Richard Linklater	Original screenplay
	The Grand Budapest Hotel	Wes Anderson	Original screenplay
	The Imitation Game	Graham Moore	Adaptation of the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
	Whiplash	Damien Chazelle	Original screenplay
2015 (5th)
	Spotlight	Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer	Original screenplay
	Carol	Phyllis Nagy	Adaptation of the book The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
	Ex Machina	Alex Garland	Original screenplay
	The Martian	Drew Goddard	Adaptation of the book The Martian by Andy Weir
	Steve Jobs	Aaron Sorkin	Adaptation of the book Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
2016 (6th)
	Manchester by the Sea	Kenneth Lonergan	Original screenplay
	Hacksaw Ridge	Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan	Original screenplay
	Hell or High Water	Taylor Sheridan
	La La Land	Damien Chazelle
	Lion	Luke Davies	Adaptation of the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose
2017 (7th)
	Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri	Martin McDonagh	Original screenplay
	Call Me by Your Name	James Ivory	Adaptation of the book Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman
	Dunkirk	Christopher Nolan	Original screenplay
	Get Out	Jordan Peele
	Lady Bird	Greta Gerwig
2018 (8th)
	The Favourite	Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara	Original screenplay
	A Quiet Place	Scott Beck, John Krasinski, Bryan Woods	Original screenplay
	BlacKkKlansman	Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, Kevin Willmott	Adaptation of the memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth
	Bohemian Rhapsody	Anthony McCarten	Original screenplay
	Roma	Alfonso Cuarón	Original screenplay
2019 (9th)
	Jojo Rabbit	Taika Waititi	*Adaptation of the book Caging Skies* by Christine Leunens**
	The Irishman	Steven Zaillian	Adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt
	Joker	Todd Phillips, Scott Silver	Based on the character by DC Comics
	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Quentin Tarantino	Original screenplay
	Parasite	Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won	Original screenplay

2020s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)	Notes
2020 (10th)
	The Trial of the Chicago 7	Aaron Sorkin	Original screenplay
	The Father	Florian Zeller, Christopher Hampton	Adaptation of the play Le Père by Florian Zeller
	Nomadland	Chloé Zhao	Adaptation of the book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder
	Mank	Jack Fincher	Original screenplay
	Promising Young Woman	Emerald Fennell
2021 (11th)
	Being the Ricardos	Aaron Sorkin	Original screenplay
	Belfast	Kenneth Branagh	Original screenplay
	Licorice Pizza	Paul Thomas Anderson
	Nitram	Shaun Grant
	The Power of the Dog	Jane Campion	Adaptation of the book The Power of the Dog by Thomas Savage
2022 (12th)
	The Banshees of Inisherin	Martin McDonagh	Original screenplay
	Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery	Rian Johnson	Based on the character Benoit Blanc by Rian Johnson
	Tár	Todd Field	Original screenplay
	Triangle of Sadness	Ruben Östlund
	The Woman King	Dana Stevens and Maria Bello

References

^ "AACTA – The Academy". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Archived from the original on 24 June 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
^ "AACTA – The Awards – AACTA International Awards". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). Retrieved 5 January 2014.
^ "Australian Academy announces nominees for 3rd AACTA International Awards" (PDF). Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). 13 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
^ "AACTA International Award Nominees" (PDF). Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). 15 January 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2012.^{[dead link‍]}

External links

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Official website

AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay

George Clooney, Grant Heslov, and Beau Willimon / J. C. Chandor (2011)
Quentin Tarantino (2012)
Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell (2013)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo (2014)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (2015)
Kenneth Lonergan (2016)
Martin McDonagh (2017)
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (2018)
Taika Waititi (2019)
Aaron Sorkin (2020)
Aaron Sorkin (2021)
Martin McDonagh (2022)
Tony McNamara (2023)

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