Saturn Award for Best Writing

The Saturn Awards for Best Writing is a Saturn Award presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.

Unlike most awards rewarding writing in films, it recognizes only the writer(s) of the screenplay, and not those of the story.

Multiple nominations

 * 7 nominations
 * Guillermo del Toro
 * Peter Jackson
 * Quentin Tarantino
 * Fran Walsh
 * James Cameron


 * 6 nominations
 * Philippa Boyens
 * Christopher Nolan


 * 4 nominations
 * Lawrence Kasdan
 * David Koepp
 * George Miller
 * Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver


 * 3 nominations
 * J. J. Abrams
 * William Peter Blatty
 * Alex Garland
 * Drew Goddard
 * David Hayter
 * John Logan
 * George Lucas
 * Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
 * Nicholas Meyer
 * Jordan Peele
 * Andrew Stanton
 * The Wachowskis
 * Christopher McQuarrie


 * 2 nominations
 * Woody Allen
 * Michael Arndt
 * Brad Bird
 * Jeffrey Boam
 * C. Robert Cargill
 * Joel and Ethan Coen
 * Chris Columbus
 * Frank Darabont
 * Scott Derrickson
 * Michael Dougherty
 * Scott Frank
 * Tony Gilroy
 * Michael Goldenberg
 * William Goldman
 * David S. Goyer
 * Michael Green
 * Dan Harris
 * James V. Hart
 * Terry Hayes
 * Tom Holland
 * Spike Jonze
 * Charlie Kaufman
 * Steve Kloves
 * Don Mancini
 * Melissa Mathison
 * Edward Neumeier
 * Jonathan Nolan
 * Dan O'Bannon
 * Matt Reeves
 * Matthew Robbins
 * Gary Ross
 * Eric Roth
 * Steven Spielberg
 * Wesley Strick
 * Andrew Kevin Walker
 * Joss Whedon

Multiple wins

 * 4 wins
 * James Cameron
 * Christopher Nolan


 * 3 wins
 * William Peter Blatty


 * 2 wins
 * Lawrence Kasdan
 * Jonathan Nolan
 * Quentin Tarantino