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The film had its European premiere at The Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated 4 Independent Spirit Awards including Best First Film and Best First Screenplay.

Among the other notable nominations: James Gandolfini has been shortlisted posthumously for Best Supporting Male for his performance in his last film, romantic comedy Enough Said, and the Best First Screenplay category features Lake Bell for In A World and Joseph Gordon - Levitt for Don Jon.

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Lake Bell, In A World Joseph Gordon - Levitt, Don Jon Bob Nelson, Nebraska Jill Soloway, Afternoon Delight Mike Starrbury, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete

The film won multiple awards, including the Special Jury Prize for Breakthrough Talent at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and Best First Screenplay at the 2015 Independent Spirit Awards.

Kumail Najiani and wife Emily V. Gordon hit the stage to accept the award for Best First Screenplay at the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday afternoon (March 3) in Santa Monica, Calif..

«Juno» Year: 2007 Director: Jason Reitman Cast: Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Allison Janney, Ellen Page, J. K. Simmons Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures Premiere history: Telluride Film Festival Sept. 2007; wide release Dec. 25, 2007 Other awards won: Independent Spirit Award Best Female Lead (Ellen Page), Best First Screenplay; British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) Best Original Screenplay, Critics» Choice Awards Best Comedy Academy Award nominations: Best Director, Best Picture, Best Actress (Ellen Page), Best Original Screenplay (won)

Best Film: 12 Years a Slave Best Director: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave Best Lead Female: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine Best Lead Male: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club Best Supporting Female: Lupita Nyong» o, 12 Years a Slave Best Supporting Male: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club Best Cinematography: Sean Bobbitt, 12 Years a Slave Best Screenplay: John Ridley, 12 Years a Slave Best Editing: Nat Sanders, Short Term 12 Best International Film: Blue Is The Warmest Color Best Documentary: 20 Feet from Stardom Best First Feature: Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station Best First Screenplay: Bob Nelson, Nebraska John Cassavetes Award: This Is Martin Bonner Robert Altman Award for Best Ensemble: Mud

In 2014, she scored the racial satire «Dear White People,» directed and written by Justin Simien, who won best first screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards the next year.

3 - The Wrestler (Best Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Actor) 2 - Milk (Best Supporting Actor, Best First Screenplay) 2 - Frozen River (Best Actress, Piaget Producers Award) 2 - Synecdoche, New York (Best First Feature, Best Ensemble)...

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Kristopher Avedisian - Donald Cried [IMDb] Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani - The Big Sick [IMDb] Ingrid Jungermann - Women Who Kill [IMDb] Kogonada - Columbus [IMDb] David Branson Smith & Matt Spicer - Ingrid Goes West [IMDb]

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Kris Avedisian, Story By: Kyle Espeleta, Jesse Wakeman, Donald Cried Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick Ingrid Jungermann, Women Who Kill Kogonada, Columbus David Branson Smith, Matt Spicer, Ingrid Goes West

She received several nominations and prizes, including an Independent Spirit Award nomination for best first screenplay.

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Desiree Akhavan, Appropriate Behavior Sara Colangelo, Little Accidents Justin Lader, The One I Love Anja Marquardt, She's Lost Control Justin Simien, Dear White People

Best First Screenplay Jesse Andrews, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Joseph Carpignano, Mediterranea Emma Donoghue, Room Marielle Heller, The Diary of a Teenage Girl John Magary, Russell Harbaugh, Myna Joseph, The Mend

The film did not stop there though; Maggie Gyllenhaal was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and it won Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards.

Early in the evening, tears were shed by Scott Cooper and Geoffrey Fletcher on stage as they accepted awards for Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay respectively.

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Desiree Akhavan - Appropriate Behavior [IMDb] Sara Colangelo - Little Accidents [IMDb] Justin Lader - The One I Love [IMDb] Anja Marquardt - She's Lost Control [IMDb] Justin Simien - Dear White People [IMDb]

Another film that pulled off multiple wins was The Witch, which won Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay for writer - director Robert Eggers.

Best First Screenplay The Diary of a Teenage Girl — Predicted winner Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Mediterranea The Mend Room

«Dear White People» won the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and last month won a Film Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.

Diane's first film, Obselidia, premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, including one for Best First Screenplay.

Best First Screenplay: Mike Cahill & Brit Marling (Another Earth), J.C. Chandor (Margin Call), Patrick DeWitt (Terri), Phil Johnston (Cedar Rapids) and Will Reiser (50/50)

Best Feature: «The Wrestler» Best Director: Tom McCarthy, «The Visitor» Best Male Lead: Mickey Rourke, «The Wrestler» Best Female Lead: Melissa Leo, «Frozen River» Best Supporting Male: James Franco, «Milk» Best Supporting Female: Penelope Cruz, «Vicky Cristina Barcelona» Best Screenplay: «Vicky Cristina Barcelona» Best Cinematography: «The Wrestler» Best First Feature: «Synecdoche, New York» Best First Screenplay: «Milk» Best Foreign Film: «The Class» Best Documentary: «Man on Wire» Robert Altman Award: «Synecdoche, New York» John Cassavetes Award: «In Search of a Midnight Kiss» Lacoste Truer Than Fiction Award: Margaret Brown, «The Order of Myths» Piaget Producers Award: Heather Rae, «Frozen River» Someone to Watch Award: Lynn Shelton, «My Effortless Brilliance»

Following that coincidence was another, the second award of the night was given to Emma Donoghue for Best First Screenplay for her work in Room, which just happen to be presented by the adorable co-star of that film, Jacob Tremblay.

It won for best picture, best actress (Gabourey Sidibe), best supporting actress (Mo'Nique), best director (Lee Daniels) and best first screenplay (Geoffrey Fletcher).

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Mike Cahill & Brit Marling - Another Earth [IMDb / Trailer] J.C. Chandor - Margin Call [IMDb / Trailer] Patrick Dewitt - Terri [IMDb / Trailer] Phil Johnston - Cedar Rapids [IMDb / Trailer] Will Reiser - 50/50 [IMDb / Trailer]

Writer - director Sara Colangelo expands her 2010 short film Little Accidents into her first full - length feature, which recently received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Screenplay.

The film is also nominated for Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay for the 2012 awards.

Joseph was nominated for Best First Screenplay for his work on Don Jon, which was won by Bob Nelson for the highly acclaimed film Nebraska.

Best First Screenplay Emma Donoghue, «Room» Jesse Andrews, «Me and Earl and the Dying Girl» John Magary, Russell Harbaugh, Myna Joseph, «The Mend» Jonas Carpignano, «Mediterranea» Marielle Heller, «The Diary of a Teenage Girl»

Best First Screenplay Jesse Andrews, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Jonas Carpignano, Mediterranea Emma Donoghue, Room Marielle Heller, The Diary of a Teenage Girl John Magary, Russell Harbaugh, Myna Joseph, The Mend

Larson is nominated for Best Female Lead for her performance while Emma Donoghue is up for Best First Screenplay.

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Desiree Akhavan - Appropriate Behavior Sara Colangelo - Little Accidents Justin Lader - The One I Love Anja Marquardt - She's Lost Control Justin Simien - Dear White People

Yet, the plot feels truthful and really connected with audiences; so much so, that it won Russell the Audience Award at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, and an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.

Not exact matches

Peele made history on Sunday as the first African - American to win an Oscar for best original screenplay.

Here are just a few: Jordan Peele became the first African American to win the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Get Out, and Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water won for Best Picture — a film featuring a female actor in the lead role hasn't won the category since Million Dollar Baby in 2004.

At Sunday's Oscars, actor, screenwriter and director Jordan Peele made cinematic history, becoming the first black director to win an Oscar for best screenplay.

The unanimously - praised film with a modest budget of $ 23 million deservedly won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (the first for Spielberg), Best Cinematography (Janusz Kaminski), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score (John Williams), Best Editing (Michael Kahn), and Best Art Direction.

In 1962, Gelbart penned his first screenplay The Notorious Landlady, but his best - known screenplay from that era is A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, on which he collaborated with Burt Shevelove.

After writing for The Wire and Boardwalk Empire and having three of his novels made into a trio of well - reviewed movies (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, Shutter Island), Dennis Lehane has finally written his first screenplay.

Hitchcock / Truffaut director Kent Jones» first narrative feature won Best Narrative Feature, Best Screenplay, and Best Cinematography in the U.S. Narrative Feature Film section of the festival.

It's ultimately clear that The Finest Hours is at its best in its relatively propulsive first half, as director Craig Gillespie, working from a script by Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson, does a nice job of establishing the the central characters and the dangerous circumstances in which they find themselves - with the screenplay, which also emphasizes the ongoing exploits of Bernie's girlfriend (Holliday Grainger's Miriam), generally juggling the various narrative threads to seamless effect.

As the story and screen writer, he came up first with a good structure, then with good dialogue to back it up (Jeremy Pikser co-wrote the screenplay).

Granted, if everyone was killed in the first fifteen minutes, there wouldn't be much of a movie, but a good screenplay would have at least offered up a token explanation.

The Sting became one of the biggest hits of the early»70s; grossing 68.5 million dollars during its first run, the film also picked up seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Adapted Score for Marvin Hamlisch's unforgettable setting of Scott Joplin's ragtime music.

Obviously such great acting results come from the experienced direction of David O. Russell, who received his first Academy Award nomination for Best Director and noms for Best Picture, Original Screenplay, and Editing.

Jordan Peele became the first black screenwriter to win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay at the 90th Academy Awards on Sunday.

However, everything is done so well between the direction of Anthony and Joe Russo, a screenplay by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely with James Gunn, and music by Alan Silvestri for the first time since the first Avengers film.

It was the first film to take home all five of the big Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Screenplay (before that award was split in two).

Best Film: «Of Gods and Men» Best Director: Roman Polanski, «The Ghost Writer» Best Actor: Eric Elmosnino, «Gainsbourg» Best Actress: Sara Forestier, «The Names of Love» Best Supporting Actor: Michael Lonsdale, «Of Gods and Men» Best Supporting Actress: Anne Alvaro, «The Clink of Ice» Most Promising Actor: Edgar Ramirez, «Carlos» Most Promising Actress: Leïla Bekhti, «Tout ce qui brille» Best Original Screenplay: Baya Kasmi and Michel Leclerc, «The Names of Love» Best Adapted Screenplay: Robert Harris and Roman Polanski, «The Ghost Writer» Best Foreign Film: «The Social Network» Best Animated Feature: «The Illusionist» Best Documentary: «Oceans» Best First Film: «Gainsbourg» Best Cinematography: Caroline Champetier, «Of Gods and Men» Best Art Direction: Hugues Tissandier, «The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc - Sec» Best Costume Design: Caroline de Vivaise, «The Princess of Montpensier» Best Film Editing: Hervé de Luze, «The Ghost Writer» Best Sound: «Gainsbourg» Best Short Film: «Logorama»