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Saturn Award for Best Writing
Screenplay award
Screenplay award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Saturn Award for Best Writing |
| awarded_for | Best writing of the year for a genre film |
| presenter | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films |
| country | United States |
| year | 1973 |
| holder | Oz Perkins for Longlegs (2023/2024) |
| website |
The Saturn Awards for Best Writing is a Saturn Award presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| William Peter Blatty | *The Exorcist* | |
| Harlan Ellison (for his career) | ||
| Ib Melchior (for his career) | ||
| Jimmy Sangster (for his career) | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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
| Year | Writer(s) | Motion Picture |
|---|---|---|
| William Peter Blatty | *The Ninth Configuration* | |
| Sidney Aaron | Altered States | |
| Leigh Brackett (posthumous nomination) and Lawrence Kasdan | The Empire Strikes Back | |
| Lewis John Carlino | Resurrection | |
| John Sayles | Alligator | |
| Lawrence Kasdan | *Raiders of the Lost Ark* | |
| David Eyre and Michael Wadleigh | Wolfen | |
| Peter Hyams | Outland | |
| John Landis | An American Werewolf in London | |
| Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam | Time Bandits | |
| Melissa Mathison | *E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial* | |
| Jay Presson Allen | Deathtrap | |
| Terry Hayes, George Miller and Brian Hannant | Mad Max 2 | |
| Tom Karnowski, John Stuckmeyer and Albert Pyun | The Sword and the Sorcerer | |
| Jack B. Sowards | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | |
| Ray Bradbury | *Something Wicked This Way Comes* | |
| Jeffrey Boam | The Dead Zone | |
| William Condon and Michael Laughlin | Strange Invaders | |
| Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas | Return of the Jedi | |
| Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes | WarGames | |
| James Cameron and Gale Anne Hurd | *The Terminator* | |
| Chris Columbus | Gremlins | |
| Alex Cox | Repo Man | |
| Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | |
| Earl Mac Rauch | The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension | |
| Tom Holland | *Fright Night* | |
| Woody Allen | The Purple Rose of Cairo | |
| Tom Benedek | Cocoon | |
| Chris Columbus | Young Sherlock Holmes | |
| Terry Hayes and George Miller | Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome | |
| James Cameron | *Aliens* | |
| Howard Ashman | Little Shop of Horrors | |
| Nick Castle | The Boy Who Could Fly | |
| Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie and John Cornell | "Crocodile" Dundee | |
| Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Harve Bennett and Nicholas Meyer | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | |
| Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner | *RoboCop* | |
| Michael Cristofer | The Witches of Eastwick | |
| James Dearden | Fatal Attraction | |
| William Goldman | The Princess Bride | |
| Bob Hunt | The Hidden | |
| Alan Parker | Angel Heart | |
| Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg | *Big* | |
| David Cronenberg and Norman Snider | Dead Ringers | |
| Don Mancini, John Lafia and Tom Holland | Child's Play | |
| Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren | Beetlejuice | |
| Alan B. McElroy | Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers | |
| Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | |
| William Peter Blatty | *The Exorcist III* | |
| Jerry Belson | Always | |
| Jeffrey Boam | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | |
| James Cameron | The Abyss | |
| Don Jakoby and Wesley Strick | Arachnophobia | |
| Phil Alden Robinson | Field of Dreams | |
| Bruce Joel Rubin | Ghost | |
| Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon and Gary Goldman | Total Recall |
1990s
| Year | Writer(s) | Motion Picture |
|---|---|---|
| Ted Tally | *The Silence of the Lambs* | |
| Albert Brooks | Defending Your Life | |
| James Cameron and William Wisher | Terminator 2: Judgment Day | |
| Charles Gale | Guilty as Charged | |
| William Goldman | Misery | |
| Richard LaGravenese | The Fisher King | |
| James V. Hart | *Bram Stoker's Dracula* | |
| Martin Donovan and David Koepp | Death Becomes Her | |
| Joe Eszterhas | Basic Instinct | |
| David Giler, Walter Hill and Larry Ferguson | Alien 3 | |
| David Lynch and Robert Engels | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | |
| Nicholas Meyer and Denny Martin Flinn | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country | |
| Bernard Rose | Candyman | |
| Michael Crichton and David Koepp | *Jurassic Park* | |
| Shane Black and David Arnott | Last Action Hero | |
| Brent Maddock, S. S. Wilson, Gregory Hansen and Erik Hansen | Heart and Souls | |
| Tim Metcalfe | Kalifornia | |
| Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis | Groundhog Day | |
| Quentin Tarantino | True Romance | |
| Tracy Tormé | Fire in the Sky | |
| Jim Harrison and Wesley Strick | *Wolf* | |
| Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski | Ed Wood | |
| Frank Darabont | The Shawshank Redemption | |
| Steph Lady and Frank Darabont | Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein | |
| Eric Roth | Forrest Gump | |
| Mark Verheiden | Timecop | |
| Andrew Kevin Walker | *Se7en* | |
| James Cameron and Jay Cocks | Strange Days | |
| George Miller and Chris Noonan | Babe | |
| David Peoples and Janet Peoples | 12 Monkeys | |
| Quentin Tarantino | From Dusk till Dawn | |
| Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow | Toy Story | |
| Kevin Williamson | *Scream* | |
| Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich | Independence Day | |
| Jonathan Gems | Mars Attacks! | |
| The Wachowskis | Bound | |
| Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson | The Frighteners | |
| Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore | Star Trek: First Contact | |
| Mike Werb and Michael Colleary | *Face/Off* | |
| James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg | Contact | |
| Jonathan Lemkin and Tony Gilroy | The Devil's Advocate | |
| Edward Neumeier | Starship Troopers | |
| Matthew Robbins and Guillermo del Toro | Mimic | |
| Ed Solomon | Men in Black | |
| Andrew Niccol | *The Truman Show* | |
| Brandon Boyce | Apt Pupil | |
| Don Mancini | Bride of Chucky | |
| Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer | Dark City | |
| Gary Ross | Pleasantville | |
| Joseph Stefano | Psycho | |
| Charlie Kaufman | *Being John Malkovich* | |
| Ehren Kruger | Arlington Road | |
| M. Night Shyamalan | The Sixth Sense | |
| Stephen Sommers | The Mummy | |
| The Wachowskis | The Matrix | |
| Andrew Kevin Walker | Sleepy Hollow |
2000s
| Year | Writer(s) | Motion Picture |
|---|---|---|
| David Hayter | *X-Men* | |
| Toby Emmerich | Frequency | |
| David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson | Gladiator | |
| Karey Kirkpatrick | Chicken Run | |
| Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson | The Gift | |
| Wang Hui-ling, James Schamus, Tsai Kuo Jung | Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | |
| Steven Spielberg | *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* | |
| Alejandro Amenábar | The Others | |
| Stéphane Cabel and Christophe Gans | Brotherhood of the Wolf | |
| Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman and Roger S. H. Schulman | Shrek | |
| Andrew Stanton and Dan Gerson | Monsters, Inc. | |
| Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | |
| Scott Frank and Jon Cohen | *Minority Report* | |
| Brent Hanley | Frailty | |
| Hayao Miyazaki | ||
| Cindy Davis Hewitt and Donald H. Hewitt | Spirited Away | |
| Mark Romanek | One Hour Photo | |
| Hillary Seitz | Insomnia | |
| Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair and Peter Jackson | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | |
| Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson | *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King* | |
| Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris and David Hayter | X2 | |
| Alex Garland | 28 Days Later | |
| Heather Hach and Leslie Dixon | Freaky Friday | |
| Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson and David Reynolds | Finding Nemo | |
| Quentin Tarantino | Kill Bill: Volume 1 | |
| Alvin Sargent | *Spider-Man 2* | |
| Stuart Beattie | Collateral | |
| Charlie Kaufman | Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind | |
| Steve Kloves | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | |
| Brad Bird | The Incredibles | |
| Quentin Tarantino | Kill Bill: Volume 2 | |
| Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer | *Batman Begins* | |
| Steve Kloves | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | |
| David Koepp | War of the Worlds | |
| George Lucas | Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | |
| Ann Peacock, Andrew Adamson, Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | |
| Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson | King Kong | |
| Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris | *Superman Returns* | |
| Andrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger and Tom Tykwer | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | |
| Guillermo del Toro | Pan's Labyrinth | |
| Zach Helm | Stranger than Fiction | |
| Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Paul Haggis | Casino Royale | |
| The Wachowskis | V for Vendetta | |
| Brad Bird | *Ratatouille* | |
| Joel and Ethan Coen | No Country for Old Men | |
| Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary | Beowulf | |
| Michael Goldenberg | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | |
| John Logan | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | |
| Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad and Michael B. Gordon | 300 | |
| Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan | *The Dark Knight* | |
| Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway | Iron Man | |
| David Koepp, John Kamps | Ghost Town | |
| John Ajvide Lindqvist | Let the Right One In | |
| Eric Roth | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | |
| J. Michael Straczynski | Changeling | |
| James Cameron | *Avatar* | |
| Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell | District 9 | |
| David Hayter and Alex Tse | Watchmen | |
| Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers | Where the Wild Things Are | |
| Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman | Star Trek | |
| Quentin Tarantino | Inglourious Basterds |
2010s
| Year | Writer(s) | Motion Picture |
|---|---|---|
| Christopher Nolan | *Inception* | |
| Michael Arndt | Toy Story 3 | |
| Alex Garland | Never Let Me Go | |
| Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz and John J. McLaughlin | Black Swan | |
| Peter Morgan | Hereafter | |
| Matt Reeves | Let Me In | |
| Jeff Nichols | *Take Shelter* | |
| J. J. Abrams | Super 8 | |
| Woody Allen | Midnight in Paris | |
| Mike Cahill, Brit Marling | Another Earth | |
| Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | |
| John Logan | Hugo | |
| Quentin Tarantino | *Django Unchained* | |
| Tracy Letts | Killer Joe | |
| David Magee | Life of Pi | |
| Martin McDonagh | Seven Psychopaths | |
| Joss Whedon | The Avengers | |
| Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard | The Cabin in the Woods | |
| Spike Jonze | *Her* | |
| Joel and Ethan Coen | Inside Llewyn Davis | |
| Alfonso Cuarón and Jonás Cuarón | Gravity | |
| Jennifer Lee | Frozen | |
| Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright | The World's End | |
| Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | |
| Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan | *Interstellar* | |
| Wes Anderson | The Grand Budapest Hotel | |
| Damien Chazelle | Whiplash | |
| James Gunn and Nicole Perlman | Guardians of the Galaxy | |
| Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | |
| Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth | Edge of Tomorrow | |
| Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Guillermo del Toro | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | |
| Lawrence Kasdan, J. J. Abrams and Michael Arndt | *Star Wars: The Force Awakens* | |
| Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins | Crimson Peak | |
| Alex Garland | Ex Machina | |
| Drew Goddard | The Martian | |
| Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn | Kingsman: The Secret Service | |
| Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly | Jurassic World | |
| George Miller, Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris | Mad Max: Fury Road | |
| Eric Heisserer | *Arrival* | |
| Melissa Mathison (posthumously) | The BFG | |
| Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick | Deadpool | |
| Jon Spaihts, Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill | Doctor Strange | |
| Taylor Sheridan | Hell or High Water | |
| Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy | Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | |
| Rian Johnson | *Star Wars: The Last Jedi* | |
| Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole | Black Panther | |
| Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor | The Shape of Water | |
| Hampton Fancher and Michael Green | Blade Runner 2049 | |
| Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green | Logan | |
| Allan Heinberg | Wonder Woman | |
| Jordan Peele | Get Out | |
| Bryan Woods, Scott Beck and John Krasinski | *A Quiet Place* | |
| Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely | Avengers: Endgame | |
| Drew Goddard | Bad Times at the El Royale | |
| Oh Jung-mi and Lee Chang-dong | Burning | |
| Christopher McQuarrie | Mission: Impossible – Fallout | |
| Jordan Peele | Us | |
| S. Craig Zahler | Dragged Across Concrete | |
| Quentin Tarantino | *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* | |
| J. J. Abrams and Chris Terrio | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | |
| Mike Flanagan | Doctor Sleep | |
| Lauren Hynek, Rick Jaffa, Elizabeth Martin, and Amanda Silver | Mulan | |
| Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won | Parasite | |
| Christopher Nolan | Tenet | |
| Todd Phillips and Scott Silver | Joker |
2020s
| Year | Writer(s) | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Guillermo del Toro and Kim Morgan | *Nightmare Alley* | |
| Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill | The Black Phone | |
| Daniel Kwan and Daniel Schienert | Everything Everywhere All at Once | |
| Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers | Spider-Man: No Way Home | |
| Jordan Peele | Nope | |
| Matt Reeves and Peter Craig | The Batman | |
| James Vanderbilt and Guy Busick | Scream | |
| James Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver | *Avatar: The Way of Water* | |
| Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig | Barbie | |
| Seth Reiss and Will Tracy | The Menu | |
| Erik Jendresen and Christopher McQuarrie | Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | |
| Christopher Nolan | Oppenheimer | |
| Mia Goth and Ti West | Pearl | |
| Oz Perkins | *Longlegs* | |
| Alfred Gough and Miles Millar | Beetlejuice Beetlejuice | |
| Shawn Levy, Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, and Zeb Wells | Deadpool & Wolverine | |
| Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts | Dune: Part Two | |
| Takashi Yamazaki | Godzilla: Minus One | |
| Josh Friedman | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | |
| JT Mollner | Strange Darling | |
| James Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver | Avatar: Fire and Ash | |
| Ryan Coogler | Sinners | |
| Zach Cregger | Weapons | |
| Guillermo del Toro | Frankenstein | |
| Josh Friedman, Jeff Kaplan, Eric Pearson, and Ian Springer | The Fantastic Four: First Steps | |
| Bryan Fuller | Dust Bunny | |
| Erik Jendresen and Christopher McQuarrie | Mission: Impossible − The Final Reckoning |
Multiple nominations
;7 nominations
- Guillermo del Toro
- Peter Jackson
- Quentin Tarantino
- Fran Walsh
- James Cameron
;6 nominations
- Philippa Boyens
- Christopher Nolan
;4 nominations
- Lawrence Kasdan
- David Koepp
- George Miller
- Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
;3 nominations
- J. J. Abrams
- William Peter Blatty
- Alex Garland
- Drew Goddard
- David Hayter
- John Logan
- George Lucas
- Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
- Nicholas Meyer
- Jordan Peele
- Andrew Stanton
- The Wachowskis
- Christopher McQuarrie
;2 nominations
- Woody Allen
- Michael Arndt
- Brad Bird
- Jeffrey Boam
- C. Robert Cargill
- Joel and Ethan Coen
- Chris Columbus
- Frank Darabont
- Scott Derrickson
- Michael Dougherty
- Scott Frank
- Tony Gilroy
- Michael Goldenberg
- William Goldman
- David S. Goyer
- Michael Green
- Dan Harris
- James V. Hart
- Terry Hayes
- Tom Holland
- Spike Jonze
- Charlie Kaufman
- Steve Kloves
- Don Mancini
- Melissa Mathison
- Edward Neumeier
- Jonathan Nolan
- Dan O'Bannon
- Matt Reeves
- Matthew Robbins
- Gary Ross
- Eric Roth
- Steven Spielberg
- Wesley Strick
- Andrew Kevin Walker
- Joss Whedon
- Rhett Reese
- Paul Wernick
- Jon Spaihts
Multiple wins
;4 wins
- James Cameron
- Christopher Nolan
;3 wins
- William Peter Blatty
;2 wins
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Jonathan Nolan
- Quentin Tarantino
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