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
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the submitting country as a whole. For example, the Oscar statuette won by the Canadian film "The Barbarian Invasions" (2003) was until recently on display at the Museum of Civilization in Quebec City. It is now on display at the TIFF Bell lightbox. The rules currently governing the Foreign Language Film category state that "the Academy statuette (Oscar) will be awarded to the picture and "accepted" by the director on behalf of the film's creative talents" (emphasis added). Therefore, the director does not "personally" win the Award, but simply accepts it during the ceremony. In fact, the Foreign Language