Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay

The Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by the Chicago Film Critics Association.

Winners

1990s

• 1990: Goodfellas – Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese
• 1993: Schindler's List – Steven Zaillian
• 1994: Pulp Fiction – Roger Avary and Quentin Tarantino
• 1995: The Usual Suspects – Christopher McQuarrie
• 1996: Fargo – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
• 1997: L.A. Confidential – Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland
• 1998: Shakespeare in Love – Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard
  • Bulworth – Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pikser
  • Happiness – Todd Solondz
  • A Simple Plan – Scott Smith
  • The Truman Show – Andrew Niccol
• 1999: Being John Malkovich – Charlie Kaufman
  • American Beauty – Alan Ball
  • Magnolia – Paul Thomas Anderson
  • The Sixth Sense – M. Night Shyamalan
  • Topsy-Turvy – Mike Leigh

2000s

• 2000: Almost Famous – Cameron Crowe
  • State and Main – David Mamet
  • Traffic – Stephen Gaghan
  • Wonder Boys – Steve Kloves
  • You Can Count On Me – Kenneth Lonergan
• 2001: Memento – Christopher Nolan
  • A Beautiful Mind – Akiva Goldsman
  • Ghost World – Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff
  • Gosford Park – Julian Fellowes
  • The Royal Tenenbaums – Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson
• 2002: Adaptation. – Charlie and Donald Kaufman
  • About a Boy – Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, and Paul Weitz
  • About Schmidt – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
  • Far from Heaven – Todd Haynes
  • Punch-Drunk Love – Paul Thomas Anderson
• 2003: Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola
• 2004: Sideways – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
• 2005: Crash – Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
  • Brokeback Mountain – Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
  • Capote – Dan Futterman
  • Good Night, and Good Luck. – George Clooney and Grant Heslov
  • A History of Violence – Josh Olson

References