Saturn Award for Best Writing
| 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 | James Cameron, Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver for Avatar: The Way of Water (2022/2023) |
| Website | www |
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 |
|---|---|---|
1973
(2nd) |
William Peter Blatty | The Exorcist |
1974/1975
(3rd) |
Harlan Ellison (for his career) | |
| Ib Melchior (for his career) | ||
1976
(4th) |
Jimmy Sangster (for his career) | |
1977
(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 | |
1978
(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 | |
1979
(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
2020s
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
Multiple wins
- 4 wins
- James Cameron
- Christopher Nolan
- 3 wins
- William Peter Blatty
- 2 wins
- Lawrence Kasdan
- Jonathan Nolan
- Quentin Tarantino