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Academy awards Writing Original Screenplay [1940 era]


1940 year (13 th)

Nomination :

Ben HechtAngels Over Broadway
The Westerner
Charles Chaplin(Charlie Chaplin)The Great Dictator
Joan HarrisonForeign Correspondent
Charles BennettForeign Correspondent


1941 year (14 th)

Herman J. MankiewiczCitizen Kane

Harry SegallHere Comes Mr. Jordan

Orson WellesCitizen Kane

Nomination :

Billy WilderBall Of Fire
Abem FinkelSERGEANT YORK
Howard Koch/Peter HowardSERGEANT YORK
Harry ChandleeSERGEANT YORK
John HustonSERGEANT YORK


1942 year (15 th)

Nomination :

Paul GallicoThe Pride of the Yankees
Irving BerlinHoliday Inn


1943 year (16 th)

Nomination :

Dudley NicholsAIR FORCE
Frank ButlerRoad to Morocco
Shadow of a Doubt
Lillian HellmanThe North Star


1944 year (17 th)

Leo McCareyGoing My Way

Nomination :

John SteinbeckLifeboat


1945 year (18 th)

Nomination :

Ernst MarischkaA Song to Remember
Philip YordanDillinger


1946 year (19 th)

Muriel BoxThe Seventh Veil

Sydney BoxThe Seventh Veil

Nomination :

Ben HechtNotorious
Raymond ChandlerThe Blue Dahlia
Norman PanamaRoad to Utopia
Melvin FrankRoad to Utopia
Victor TrivasThe Stranger
Jacques Prévert /Jacques PrevertChildren of Paradise


1947 year (20 th)

Valentine DavisMiracle on 34th Street

Nomination :

John PaxtonCrossfire
Kiss of Death
Sergio AmideiShoeshine
Cesare ZavattiniShoeshine
Abraham PolonskyBody and Soul
Charles Chaplin(Charlie Chaplin)Monsieur Verdoux
Ruth GordonA Double Life
Garson KaninA Double Life


1948 year (21 th)

Richard SchweizerThe Search

David WechslerThe Search

Nomination :

Borden ChaseRed River
Emeric PressburgerThe Red Shoes
The Naked City


1949 year (22 th)

Robert PiroshBattleground

The Stratton Story

Nomination :

White Heat
Sergio AmideiPaisan
Roberto RosselliniPaisan
Federico FelliniPaisan
Harry BrownSands of IWO JIMA
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