Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay was nominated for two different films in the same year (1944): "Hail the Conquering Hero" and "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek". Oliver Stone achieved the same distinction in 1986, for "Platoon" and "Salvador". Maurice Richlin and Stanley Shapiro were nominated in 1959 for both "Operation Petticoat" and "Pillow Talk" and won for the latter. At the 2018 ceremony, "Get Out" writer-director Jordan Peele became the first African-American to win in this category. Winners are listed first in colored row, followed by the other nominees. The following individuals have received multiple Best Original Screenplay Awards: The following individuals received three or
Andrew Davis (director) Award nominations including Best Picture in 1993. Jones received a nomination and won for best supporting actor that year, which is his only Oscar win to date. The Academy ultimately gave the 1993 Best Picture award to "Schindler's List". That year Davis was also honored with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Director by the Hollywood Foreign Press. The Directors Guild of America nominated him for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Direction. Roger Ebert reviewed "The Fugitive" in 1993, he begins his review with, "Andrew Davis' "The Fugitive" is one of the best entertainments of the year, a tense, taut