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
The Anderson Platoon documentary. The French war cameraman and First Indochina War veteran Schoendoerffer (38), already famous for his celebrated masterpiece "The 317th Platoon" (1965), returns to Vietnam. On 1 August 1965, the 1st Cavalry Division (United States) is sent to South Vietnam. The following year in September, Schoendoerffer joins it and follows a 33-man platoon of GIs led by Black West Pointer Lieutenant Joseph B. Anderson (24) until October 1966. The "Anderson Platoon" has been shown in more than 20 countries and won several prizes, including an Oscar on April 10, 1968, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Some time after the