50: Tina Fey for best adapted screenplay (Mean Girls, 2004)
39: Woody Allen for best original screenplay (Vicky Cristina Barcelona, 2008)
28: David O. Russell for best original screenplay (I Heart Huckabees, 2004)
24: Alexander Payne for best adapted screenplay (About Schmidt, 2002)
11: Charlie Kaufman for best original screenplay (Synecdoche, New York, 2008)
Not sure about this list. While Kaufman is brilliant, I didn't connect with Synecdoche. I love Tina Fey (a fellow UVA alum to boot) and Mean Girls did get nominated for a WGA award -- maybe instead of Woody Allen's Match Point nomination? And I hope this isn't some sort of IndieWire auteur director love thing, but Alexander Payne co-wrote About Schmidt with his long-time writing partner Jim Thomas -- so how about a shout-out to Mr. Thomas?What screenplays do you think have been shafted by the Academy Awards?
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John Sayles it the guy who I think is always rock solid, but never flashy enough to win an award.
I didn't think The Dark Knight was the greatest movie ever, but the writing was really ambitious. And I thought it was a bit bogus that Doubt and Frost/Nixon were considered 'adapted' screenplays. I know movies are different than plays, but it was still the same writer for both movies. I've 'adapted' my own short stories before, I don't think that should count either.
I think this guy's obvious love for Mullholland Drive is a little baffling, but I agree about Eternal Sunshine.
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