The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Screenwriter is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP. The award honors a screenwriter over the age of 50 who has written an outstanding supporting screenplay for a film produced in a given year. The award for Best Screenwriter was first given in 2003, when the awards expanded beyond their initial categories of Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Documentary, Best Foreign Film, and Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up.
Winners and Nominees
2000s Year Film Nominees 2002(2nd) The Pianist 2003(3rd) In AmericaSomething's Gotta GiveCold MountainCasa de los Babys 2004(4th) Spider-Man 2Bad EducationSpanglishMillion Dollar Baby & 2005(5th) Brokeback Mountain & Bad Education.CrashBroken FlowersYes 2006(6th) Flags of Our Fathers & Boynton Beach Club, David Cramer & Florence SeidelmanFor Your Consideration & Keeping MumCatch a Fire 2007(7th) The Diving Bell and the ButterflyNo Country for Old MenIn the Valley of ElahAtonementAmerican Gangster 2008(8th) ChangelingVicky Cristina BarcelonaBurn After ReadingThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonDoubt 2009(9th) It's ComplicatedA Serious ManJulie & JuliaTaking Woodstock James Schamus
2010s Year Film Nominees 2010(10th) The Company MenTrue GritThe Next Three DaysAnother YearThe King's Speech 2011(11th) Midnight in ParisThe DescendantsExtremely Loud and Incredibly CloseA Better LifeMoneyball & Aaron Sorkin 2012(12th) The SessionsAmourLincolnHyde Park on HudsonSilver Linings Playbook 2013(13th) Before Midnight with Julie Delpy and Ethan HawkeInside Llewyn DavisAbout TimeEnough SaidAmerican Hustle & 2014(14th) Wild & Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Into the WoodsBoyhoodThe Theory of Everything 2015(15th) JoyBrooklynThe InternLove & Mercy & Steve Jobs 2016(16th) Manchester by the SeaJulietaSilence & Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find ThemFences 2017(17th) Molly's GameThe Shape of WaterCall Me By Your NameDarkest HourI, Tonya 2018(18th) Can You Ever Forgive Me? & Green Book, Brian Hayes Curie & Nick VallelongaThe FavouriteDeborah Davis & Ben Is BackFirst Reformed 2019(19th) Marriage StoryHarriet & The Two PopesOnce Upon a Time in HollywoodThe Irishman
2020s Year Film Nominees 2020/21(20th)The eligibility period for the 20th ceremony was extended through to February 28, 2021, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.The Trial of the Chicago 7Da 5 Bloods, , , Ma Rainey's Black BottomNews of the World & One Night in Miami... 2021(21st)West Side StoryLicorice PizzaBelfastThe Power of the DogNightmare Alley & Kim Morgan 2022(22nd)LivingTÁRThe FabelmansShe SaidThe Woman King 2023(23rd)BarbieThe HoldoversPoor ThingsOppenheimerKillers of the Flower Moon 2024(24th)WickedEmilia PérezA Complete UnknownConclaveDune: Part Two 2025(25th)One Battle After AnotherJay KellyIs This Thing On?Downton Abbey: The Grand FinaleNuremberg
Writers with multiple nominations and wins
The following individuals received two or more Best Screenwriter awards:
Wins Screenwriter Nominations 2 Aaron Sorkin 4 Noah Baumbach 3
The following individuals received multiple Best Screenwriter nominations: Nominations Screenwriter 5 Ethan Coen Joel Coen Paul Haggis 4Aaron Sorkin 3 Pedro Almodovar Noah Baumbach Tony Kushner Anthony McCarten Nancy Meyers David O. Russell Steven Zaillian2 Woody Allen Paul Thomas Anderson Jay Cocks Guillermo del Toro Ronald Harwood Nicole Holofcener Nick Hornby Richard Linklater Eric Roth
Age superlatives Record Screenwriter Film Age (in years) Oldest winner Alvin Sargent Spider-Man 2 77 Oldest nominee James Ivory Call Me By Your Name 89 Youngest winner Ethan Hawke Before Midnight 44 Youngest nominee Ethan Hawke Before Midnight 44
See also Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Story Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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