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
Richard Rush (director) Richard Rush (director) Richard Rush (born April 15, 1929 in New York, New York) is an American film director, scriptwriter, and producer. He is best known for the Oscar-nominated "The Stunt Man". His other works, however, have been less celebrated. The next best-known of his films is "Color of Night" — the film won a Golden Raspberry Award as the worst film of 1994, but "Maxim" magazine also singled the film out as having the Best Sex Scene in film history. Rush also directed "Freebie and the Bean", an over-the-top police buddy comedy/drama starring Alan Arkin and James Caan. He