First awarded 1978 Instituted 1978 | Official website www.aacta.org Category of AACTA Awards | |
Presented by Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts People also search for AACTA Award for Best Film Currently held by Andrew Knight, Robert Schenkkan Winners & Nominees Hacksaw RidgeRobert Schenkkan - Andrew Knight, Hacksaw Ridge, Winner, GoldstoneIvan Sen, Goldstone, Nominee, Down UnderAbe Forsythe, Down Under, Nominee, PawnoDamian Hill, Pawno, Nominee, Paper PlanesRobert Connolly - Steve Worland, Paper Planes, Winner, Mad Max: Fury RoadGeorge Miller - Brendan McCarthy - Nick Lathouris, Mad Max: Fury Road, Nominee, Kill Me Three TimesJames McFarland, Kill Me Three Times, Nominee, Cut SnakeBlake Ayshford, Cut Snake, Nominee, The BabadookJennifer Kent, The Babadook, Winner, 52 TuesdaysSophie Hyde - Matthew Cormack, 52 Tuesdays, Nominee, Charlie's CountryDavid Gulpilil - Rolf de Heer, Charlie's Country, Nominee, The Water DivinerAndrew Knight - Andrew Anastasios, The Water Diviner, Nominee, The RocketKim Mordaunt, The Rocket, Winner, Mystery RoadIvan Sen, Mystery Road, Nominee, 100 BLOODY ACRESColin Cairnes - Cameron Cairnes, 100 BLOODY ACRES, Nominee, DriftTim Duffy - Morgan O'Neill, Drift, Nominee, Wish You Were HereFelicity Price - Kieran Darcy-Smith, Wish You Were Here, Winner, Not Suitable for ChildrenMichael Lucas, Not Suitable for Children, Nominee, Burning ManJonathan Teplitzky, Burning Man, Nominee, MentalP J Hogan, Mental, Nominee | ||
Leon ford media room aacta award for best original screenplay griff the invisible
The AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), for an Australian screenplay "written directly and originally for the screen". Prior to the establishment of the Academy in 2011, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (more commonly known as the AFI Awards). It was first handed out in 1978 when the award for Best Screenplay (which was first presented at the 1974-75 awards) was split into two categories: Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay. The award has since been presented intermittently from 1978-1979, 1983-1987, 1989, 1993-2006, and then from 2008-present.
Contents
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the years listed correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the same year. The films and screenwriters in bold and in yellow background have won are the winners. Those that are neither highlighted nor in bold are the nominees. When sorted chronologically, the table always lists the winning screenplay first and then the other nominees.