Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay is one of the three film writing awards given by the Writers Guild of America.

Woody Allen holds the record for most wins and nominations for the award, with five wins out of twenty nominations.

Writers with multiple awards

 * 5 Awards
 * Woody Allen


 * 2 Awards
 * Warren Beatty
 * Mark Boal
 * Paddy Chayefsky
 * Larry Gelbart
 * Robert Towne

Writers with multiple nominations

 * 20 Nominations
 * Woody Allen


 * 5 Nominations
 * Ethan Coen
 * Joel Coen
 * Paul Mazursky


 * 4 Nominations
 * Paul Thomas Anderson
 * Wes Anderson
 * Robert Benton
 * Lawrence Kasdan
 * Thomas McCarthy


 * 3 Nominations
 * Noah Baumbach
 * Warren Beatty
 * Marshall Brickman
 * Francis Ford Coppola
 * Blake Edwards
 * Nora Ephron
 * Barry Levinson
 * Kenneth Lonergan
 * George Lucas
 * John Sayles
 * Neil Simon
 * Aaron Sorkin
 * Steven Spielberg


 * 2 Nominations
 * Judd Apatow
 * Mark Boal
 * James L. Brooks
 * James Cameron
 * Paddy Chayefsky
 * Damien Chazelle
 * Diablo Cody
 * Roman Coppola
 * Cameron Crowe
 * Larry Gelbart
 * Greta Gerwig
 * Hugo Guinness
 * Rian Johnson
 * Neil Jordan
 * Charlie Kaufman
 * Adam McKay
 * Jordan Peele
 * Gary Ross
 * David O. Russell
 * Taylor Sheridan
 * Oliver Stone
 * Robert Towne