British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay

The British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best screenplay in a British independent film. The award was first presented in the 1998 ceremony with Paul Laverty being the first recipient of this award for his work in Ken Loach's My Name is Joe.

Steven Knight, Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell are the only nominees who have received this award more than once with two wins each while Paul Laverty has received the most nominations for this category with six followed by Lynne Ramsay with four.

Multiple nominations

 * 6 nominations
 * Paul Laverty
 * 4 nominations
 * Lynne Ramsay
 * 3 nominations
 * Armando Iannucci
 * Steven Knight
 * Hanif Kureishi
 * Shane Meadows


 * 2 nominations
 * Jesse Armstrong
 * Andrea Arnold
 * Clio Barnard
 * Alice Birch
 * Simon Blackwell
 * Frank Cottrell Boyce
 * Tim Firth
 * Paul Fraser
 * Alex Garland
 * Matt Greenhalgh
 * Andrew Haigh
 * Joanna Hogg
 * Nick Hornby
 * Amy Jump
 * Sebastián Lelio
 * John Michael McDonagh
 * Martin McDonagh
 * Steve McQueen
 * Abi Morgan
 * Peter Morgan
 * Peter Mullan
 * Peter Strickland

Multiple wins

 * 2 wins
 * Simon Blackwell
 * Armando Iannucci
 * Steven Knight