National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay (National Society of Film Critics Awards)

National Society of Film Critics Awards

The National Society of Film Critics award for Best Screenplay is the award given for best screenwriting at the annual National Society of Film Critics Awards. The category was introduced in 1967.

Check all the winners of National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay presented under National Society of Film Critics Awards since 1967 .

Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Richard Linklater

Honored for : Before Midnight

Nominations 2013 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ethan Hawke	Before Midnight
Julie Delpy	Before Midnight
Richard Linklater	Before Midnight
Joel Coen	Inside Llewyn Davis
Ethan Coen	Inside Llewyn Davis
Eric Singer	American Hustle
David O. Russell	American Hustle

Tony Kushner

Honored for : Lincoln

Nominations 2012 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tony Kushner	Lincoln
Paul Thomas Anderson	The Master
David O. Russell	Silver Linings Playbook

Asghar Farhadi

Honored for : A Separation

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Woody Allen	Midnight in Paris
Asghar Farhadi	A Separation
Aaron Sorkin	Moneyball
Steven Zaillian	Moneyball

Aaron Sorkin

Honored for : The Social Network

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
David Seidler	The King's Speech
Roman Polanski	The Ghost Writer
Robert Harris	The Ghost Writer
Aaron Sorkin	The Social Network

Joel Coen, Ethan Coen

Honored for : A Serious Man

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Olivier Assayas	Summer Hours
Joel Coen	A Serious Man
Ethan Coen	A Serious Man
Quentin Tarantino	Inglourious Basterds

Mike Leigh

Honored for : Happy-Go-Lucky

Nominations 2008 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Arnaud Desplechin	A Christmas Tale
Charlie Kaufman	Synecdoche, New York
Mike Leigh	Happy-Go-Lucky

Tamara Jenkins

Honored for : The Savages

Nominations 2007 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tamara Jenkins	The Savages
Paul Thomas Anderson	There Will Be Blood
Ronald Harwood	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Peter Morgan

Honored for : The Queen

Nominations 2006 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Peter Morgan	The Queen
William Monahan	The Departed
Eric Roth	The Good Shepherd

Noah Baumbach

Honored for : The Squid and the Whale

Nominations 2005 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Dan Futterman	Capote
Tony Kushner	Munich
Eric Roth	Munich
Noah Baumbach	The Squid and the Whale

Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

Honored for : Sideways

Nominations 2004 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Charlie Kaufman	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jim Taylor	Sideways
Alexander Payne	Sideways
Ethan Hawke	Before Sunset
Richard Linklater	Before Sunset
Julie Delpy	Before Sunset

Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini

Honored for : American Splendor

Nominations 2003 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Craig Lucas	The Secret Lives of Dentists
Shari Springer Berman	American Splendor
Robert Pulcini	American Splendor
Brian Helgeland	Mystic River

Ronald Harwood

Honored for : The Pianist

Nominations 2002 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ronald Harwood	The Pianist
Alfonso Cuarón	Y Tu Mamá También
Carlos Cuarón	Y Tu Mamá También
Alexander Payne	About Schmidt
Jim Taylor	About Schmidt

Julian Fellowes

Honored for : Gosford Park

Nominations 2001 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Julian Fellowes	Gosford Park
Christopher Nolan	Memento
Daniel Clowes	Ghost World
Terry Zwigoff	Ghost World

Kenneth Lonergan

Honored for : You Can Count on Me

Nominations 2000 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Kenneth Lonergan	You Can Count on Me
Stephen Gaghan	Traffic
Steve Kloves	Wonder Boys

Charlie Kaufman

Honored for : Being John Malkovich

Nominations 1999 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Charlie Kaufman	Being John Malkovich
Alan Ball	American Beauty
Jim Taylor	Election
Alexander Payne	Election

Scott Frank

Honored for : Out of Sight

Nominations 1998 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Owen Wilson	Rushmore
Wes Anderson	Rushmore
Marc Norman	Shakespeare in Love
Tom Stoppard	Shakespeare in Love
Scott Frank	Out of Sight

Curtis Hanson, Brian Helgeland

Honored for : L.A. Confidential

Nominations 1997 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Curtis Hanson	L.A. Confidential
Brian Helgeland	L.A. Confidential
Kevin Smith	Chasing Amy
Atom Egoyan	The Sweet Hereafter

Albert Brooks, Monica Mcgowan Johnson

Honored for : Mother

Nominations 1996 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
David O. Russell	Flirting with Disaster
Monica Mcgowan Johnson	Mother
Albert Brooks	Mother
Stanley Tucci	Big Night
Joseph Tropiano	Big Night

Amy Heckerling

Honored for : Clueless

Nominations 1995 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Amy Heckerling	Clueless
Gilles Taurand	Wild Reeds
Olivier Massart	Wild Reeds
André Téchiné	Wild Reeds
Todd Haynes	Safe

Quentin Tarantino

Honored for : Pulp Fiction

Nominations 1994 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Quentin Tarantino	Pulp Fiction
Krzysztof Kie?lowski	Three Colors: Red
Krzysztof Piesiewicz	Three Colors: Red
Paul Attanasio	Quiz Show

Jane Campion

Honored for : The Piano

Nominations 1993 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Frank Barhydt	Short Cuts
Robert Altman	Short Cuts
John Guare	Six Degrees of Separation
Jane Campion	The Piano

David Peoples

Honored for : Unforgiven

Nominations 1992 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Neil Jordan	The Crying Game
David Peoples	Unforgiven
Michael Tolkin	The Player

David Cronenberg

Honored for : Naked Lunch

Nominations 1991 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
David Cronenberg	Naked Lunch
James Toback	Bugsy
Agnieszka Holland	Europa Europa
Calder Willingham	Rambling Rose

Charles Burnett

Honored for : To Sleep with Anger

Nominations 1990 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Donald E. Westlake	The Grifters
Tom Stoppard	The Russia House
Charles Burnett	To Sleep with Anger

Gus Van Sant, Daniel Yost

Honored for : Drugstore Cowboy

Nominations 1989 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Daniel Yost	Drugstore Cowboy
Gus Van Sant	Drugstore Cowboy
Steve Kloves	The Fabulous Baker Boys
Steven Soderbergh	Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Ron Shelton

Honored for : Bull Durham

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ron Shelton	Bull Durham
Daniel Yost	Bull Durham
Norman Snider	Dead Ringers
David Cronenberg	Dead Ringers
Shawn Slovo	A World Apart

John Boorman

Honored for : Hope and Glory

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
J?z? Itami	Tampopo
Ethan Coen	Raising Arizona
Joel Coen	Raising Arizona
John Boorman	Hope and Glory

Hanif Kureishi

Honored for : My Beautiful Laundrette

Nominations 1986 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Hanif Kureishi	My Beautiful Laundrette
Woody Allen	Hannah and Her Sisters

Albert Brooks, Monica Mcgowan Johnson

Honored for : Lost in America

Nominations 1985 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Albert Brooks	Lost in America
Monica Mcgowan Johnson	Lost in America
Richard Condon	Prizzi's Honor
Janet Roach	Prizzi's Honor
Woody Allen	The Purple Rose of Cairo
Terry Gilliam	Brazil
Tom Stoppard	Brazil
Charles McKeown	Brazil

Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Bruce Jay Friedman

Honored for : Splash

Nominations 1984 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Bruce Jay Friedman	Splash
Lowell Ganz	Splash
Babaloo Mandel	Splash
Colo Tavernier	A Sunday in the Country
Bertrand Tavernier	A Sunday in the Country

Bill Forsyth

Honored for : Local Hero

Nominations 1983 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Bill Forsyth	Local Hero
Ron Shelton	Under Fire
Clayton Frohman	Under Fire
James L. Brooks	Terms of Endearment

Murray Schisgal, Larry Gelbart

Honored for : Tootsie

Nominations 1982 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Murray Schisgal	Tootsie
Larry Gelbart	Tootsie
Barry Levinson	Diner

John Guare

Honored for : Atlantic City

Nominations 1981 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Guare	Atlantic City
Warren Beatty	Reds
Trevor Griffiths	Reds
Sidney Lumet	Prince of the City
Jay Presson Allen	Prince of the City
Dennis Potter	Pennies from Heaven

Bo Goldman

Honored for : Melvin and Howard

Nominations 1980 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Bo Goldman	Melvin and Howard
Jean Gruault	Mon oncle d'Amérique
John Sayles	Return of the Secaucus 7

Steve Tesich

Honored for : Breaking Away

Nominations 1979 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Steve Tesich	Breaking Away
Marshall Brickman	Manhattan
Woody Allen	Manhattan
Blake Edwards	10
Robert Benton	Kramer vs. Kramer
Jerzy Kosi?ski	Being There
Robert C. Jones	Being There

Paul Mazursky

Honored for : An Unmarried Woman

Nominations 1978 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Paul Mazursky	An Unmarried Woman
Sheldon Keller	Movie Movie
Larry Gelbart	Movie Movie
Woody Allen	Interiors
W. D. Richter	Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Bertrand Blier	Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman

Honored for : Annie Hall

Nominations 1977 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Woody Allen	Annie Hall
Marshall Brickman	Annie Hall

Alain Tanner, John Berger

Honored for : Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000

Nominations 1976 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Alain Tanner	Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000
John Berger	Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000
Paddy Chayefsky	Network
Harold Pinter	The Last Tycoon
Paul Mazursky	Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Robert Towne, Warren Beatty

Honored for : Shampoo

Nominations 1975 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Robert Towne	Shampoo
Warren Beatty	Shampoo

Ingmar Bergman

Honored for : Scenes from a Marriage

Nominations 1974 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ingmar Bergman	Scenes from a Marriage

George Lucas, Gloria Katz, Willard Huyck

Honored for : American Graffiti

Nominations 1973 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
George Lucas	American Graffiti
Gloria Katz	American Graffiti
Willard Huyck	American Graffiti

Ingmar Bergman

Honored for : Cries and Whispers

Nominations 1972 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ingmar Bergman	Cries and Whispers
Mario Puzo	The Godfather
Francis Ford Coppola	The Godfather
Bengt Forslund	The Emigrants
Jan Troell	The Emigrants
Jean-Claude Carrière	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Luis Buñuel	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Alain Tanner	The Salamander
John Berger	The Salamander

Penelope Gilliatt

Honored for : Sunday Bloody Sunday

Nominations 1971 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Penelope Gilliatt	Sunday Bloody Sunday

Éric Rohmer

Honored for : My Night at Maud's

Nominations 1970 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Éric Rohmer	My Night at Maud's
Ingmar Bergman	The Passion of Anna
Carole Eastman	Five Easy Pieces
Jorge Semprún	The Confession
Jean Gruault	The Wild Child
François Truffaut	The Wild Child

Paul Mazursky, Larry Tucker

Honored for : Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

Nominations 1969 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Paul Mazursky	Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Larry Tucker	Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
Alvin Sargent	The Sterile Cuckoo
Jorge Semprún	Z
Costa-Gavras	Z

John Cassavetes

Honored for : Faces

Nominations 1968 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
John Cassavetes	Faces

David Newman, Robert Benton

Honored for : Bonnie and Clyde

Nominations 1967 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ingmar Bergman	Persona
David Newman	Bonnie and Clyde
Robert Benton	Bonnie and Clyde
Bohumil Hrabal	Closely Watched Trains
Ji?í Menzel	Closely Watched Trains