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BOOK LIST:

Winners: Oscar-Winning Screenwriters

Updated: August 12, 2019

Book cover for Adventures in the screen trade : a personal view of Hollywood and screenwriting
Adventures in the screen trade : a personal view of Hollywood and screenwriting
Goldman, William, 1931-
Call Number: 812.09 G619-1

William Goldman—Best Original Screenplay, 1969 (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) and Best Adapted Screenplay, 1976 (All the President’s Men)

 

Book cover for Between flops : a biography of Preston Sturges
Between flops : a biography of Preston Sturges
Curtis, James, 1953-
Call Number: 791.92 S935Cu

Preston Sturges—Best Original Screenplay, 1941 for The Great McGinty

 

Book cover for The brothers Grim : the films of Ethan and Joel Coen
The brothers Grim : the films of Ethan and Joel Coen
Rowell, Erica, 1965-
Call Number: 791.92 C672Ro

Joel & Ethan Coen—Best Original Screenplay, 1996 (Fargo) and Best Adapted Screenplay, 2007 (No Country for Old Men)

 

Book cover for A child of the century
A child of the century
Hecht, Ben, 1894-1964.
Call Number: 813 H447H 1985

Ben Hecht—Best Original Story, 1927 (Underworld) and Best Original Screenplay, 1935 (The Scoundrel)

 

Book cover for Conversations with Wilder
Conversations with Wilder
Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002.
Call Number: 791.92 W673

Billy Wilder—Best Original Screenplay, 1945 (The Lost Weekend), 1950 (Sunset Boulevard) and 1960 (The Apartment)

 

Book cover for Her brilliant career : ten extraordinary women of the fifties
Her brilliant career : ten extraordinary women of the fifties
Cooke, Rachel (Journalist),
Call Number: 301.4129 C773

Muriel & Sydney Box--Best Original Screenplay, 1946 for The Seventh Veil.


Book cover for In Capra's shadow : the life and career of screenwriter Robert Riskin
In Capra's shadow : the life and career of screenwriter Robert Riskin
Scott, Ian, 1954-
Call Number: 812.092 R595Sc

Robert Riskin--Best Adapted Screenplay, 1934 for It Happened One Night.


Book cover for It's good to be the king : the seriously funny life of Mel Brooks
It's good to be the king : the seriously funny life of Mel Brooks
Parish, James Robert.
Call Number: 812.092 B873Pa

Mel Brooks—Best Original Screenplay, 1968 for The Producers

 
 

Book cover for It's the pictures that got small : Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's golden age
"It's the pictures that got small" : Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's golden age
Brackett, Charles, 1892-1969,
Call Number: 791.92 B797

Charles Brackett--Best Adapted Screenplay, 1945 for The Lost Weekend; Best Story and Screenplay: 1951 for Sunset Boulevard; 1953 for Titanic; 


Book cover for The lion that lost its way and other cautionary tales of the show business jungle
The lion that lost its way and other cautionary tales of the show business jungle
Box, Sydney, 1907-1983.
Call Number: 791.92 B788-1

Muriel & Sydney Box--Best Original Screenplay, 1946 for The Seventh Veil.


Book cover for Mank : the wit, world, and life of Herman Mankiewicz
Mank : the wit, world, and life of Herman Mankiewicz
Meryman, Richard, 1926-2015.
Call Number: 812 M278Me

Herman Mankiewicz—Best Original Screenplay, 1941 for Citizen Kane


Book cover for Moving pictures, memories of a Hollywood prince
Moving pictures, memories of a Hollywood prince
Schulberg, Budd.
Call Number: 810.92 S386

Budd Schulberg—Best Original Screenplay, 1954 for On the Waterfront

 

 

Book cover for Orson Welles : interviews
Orson Welles : interviews
Call Number: 812.092 W449Or

Orson Welles--Best Original Screenplay, 1942 for Citizen Kane.


Book cover for The other side of me
The other side of me
Sheldon, Sidney.
Call Number: 813 S544S

Sidney Sheldon--Best Original Screenplay, 1947 for The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer.


Book cover for Ring : a biography of Ring Lardner
Ring : a biography of Ring Lardner
Yardley, Jonathan.
Call Number: 817 L321Ya

Ring Lardner--Best Original Screenplay (with Michael Kanin), 1942 for Woman of the Year.


Book cover for The Sense and sensibility : screenplay & diaries : bringing Jane Austen's novel to film
The Sense and sensibility : screenplay & diaries : bringing Jane Austen's novel to film
Thompson, Emma.
Call Number: 809.281 T469

Emma Thompson—Best Adapted Screenplay, 1995 for Sense and Sensibility

 
 

Book cover for The street where I live : a memoir
The street where I live : a memoir
Lerner, Alan Jay, 1918-1986,
Call Number: 812 L616Le 2018

Alan Jay Lerner--Best Original Screenplay, 1951 for An American in Paris.


This is where I came in
Clarke, T. E. B. (Thomas Ernest Bennett), 1907-1989.
Call Number: 822 C611

T. E. B. Clarke--Best Story and Original Screenplay, 1952 for The Lavender Hill Mob.


Book cover for Without lying down : Frances Marion and the powerful women of early Hollywood
Without lying down : Frances Marion and the powerful women of early Hollywood
Beauchamp, Cari.
Call Number: 812 M341Be

Frances Marion—Best Adapted Screenplay, 1930 (The Big House) and Best Story, 1931 (The Champ)

 

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