European Film Award for Best Screenwriter


The European Film Award for Best Screenwriter is an award given out at the annual European Film Awards to recognize a screenwriter who has delivered an outstanding screenplay in a film industry. The award is presented by the European Film Academy and was first presented in 1988.

Winners and nominees

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

Most wins by screenwriter

ScreenwriterAwardsNominations
István Szabó20
Paweł Pawlikowski20
Michael Haneke13
Francois Ozon12
Pedro Almodóvar12
Fatih Akin11
Jean-Pierre Dardenne11
Luc Dardenne12
Yorgos Lanthimos11
Efthimis Filippou11
Massimo Gaudioso11
Matteo Garrone11
Roman Polanski11
Ugo Chiti11
Cristian Mungiu03
Lars Von Trier03
Aki Kaurismäki02
Paolo Sorrentino02
Andrey Zvyagintsev02