Saturn Award for Best Writing
The Saturn Awards for Best Writing is a Saturn Award presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.
| Saturn Award for Best Writing | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best writing of the year for a genre film |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |
| First awarded | 1973 |
| Currently held by | Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and John Krasinski for A Quiet Place (2019) |
| Website | www |
Unlike most awards rewarding writing in films, it recognizes only the writer(s) of the screenplay, and not those of the story.
Winners and nominees
1970s
| Year | Writer(s) | Motion Picture |
|---|---|---|
(2nd) |
William Peter Blatty | The Exorcist |
(3rd) |
Harlan Ellison (for his career) | |
| Ib Melchior (for his career) | ||
(4th) |
Jimmy Sangster (for his career) | |
(5th) |
George Lucas | Star Wars |
| Larry Gelbart | Oh, God! | |
| Laird Koenig | The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane | |
| Steven Spielberg | Close Encounters of the Third Kind | |
| Michael Winner and Jeffrey Konvitz | The Sentinel | |
(6th) |
Elaine May and Warren Beatty | Heaven Can Wait |
| Heywood Gould | The Boys from Brazil | |
| Cliff Green | Picnic at Hanging Rock | |
| Rosemary Ritvo and Alfred Sole | Alice, Sweet Alice (Communion) | |
| Anthony Shaffer | The Wicker Man | |
(7th) |
Nicholas Meyer | Time After Time |
| Jerry Juhl and Jack Burns | The Muppet Movie | |
| Robert Kaufman | Love at First Bite | |
| Dan O'Bannon | Alien | |
| Jeb Rosebrook and Gerry Day | The Black Hole | |
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Multiple nominations
- 7 nominations
- Peter Jackson
- Fran Walsh
- 6 nominations
- Philippa Boyens
- James Cameron
- Guillermo del Toro
- Quentin Tarantino
- 4 nominations
- Lawrence Kasdan
- David Koepp
- George Miller
- Christopher Nolan
- 3 nominations
- William Peter Blatty
- Alex Garland
- Drew Goddard
- David Hayter
- John Logan
- George Lucas
- Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
- Nicholas Meyer
- Andrew Stanton
- The Wachowskis
- 2 nominations
- J. J. Abrams
- Woody Allen
- Michael Arndt
- Brad Bird
- Jeffrey Boam
- Joel and Ethan Coen
- Chris Columbus
- Frank Darabont
- Michael Dougherty
- Scott Frank
- Tony Gilroy
- Michael Goldenberg
- William Goldman
- David S. Goyer
- Michael Green
- Dan Harris
- James V. Hart
- Terry Hayes
- Tom Holland
- Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
- Spike Jonze
- Charlie Kaufman
- Steve Kloves
- Don Mancini
- Melissa Mathison
- Christopher McQuarrie
- Edward Neumeier
- Jonathan Nolan
- Dan O'Bannon
- Jordan Peele
- Matthew Robbins
- Gary Ross
- Eric Roth
- Steven Spielberg
- Wesley Strick
- Andrew Kevin Walker
- Joss Whedon
Multiple wins
- 4 wins
- Christopher Nolan
- 3 wins
- William Peter Blatty
- James Cameron
- 2 wins
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Jonathan Nolan
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