Chlotrudis Award for Best Original Screenplay
The Chlotrudis Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is an award given by the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film to the writer or writers of the screenplay adapted from other sources that voted by participating members. The Chlotrudis Awards is an annual ceremony where the best of the previous year's independent and international film are honored,
Winners and nominees
Note: From 1998 through 2000, there was only one award given in the category of Best Screenplay. After that year, awards were given in two categories, the Best Original Screenplay and the Best Adapted Screenplay.
1990s
- '1998 Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson —L.A. Confidential'' (Best Screenplay)
:*Paul Attanasio — Donnie Brasco
:*Ben Affleck and Matt Damon — Good Will Hunting
:*Tom Jankiewicz, D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink and John Cusack — Grosse Pointe Blank
:*Paula Milne — Hollow Reed
:*Bart Freundlich — The Myth of Fingerprints
- '1999 Todd Solondz —Happiness'' (Best Screenplay)
:*Vincenzo Cerami and Roberto Benigni — Life is Beautiful
:*Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard — Shakespeare in Love
:*Don Roos — The Opposite of [...]
:*David Mamet — The Spanish Prisoner
:*Andrew Niccol — The Truman Show
2000s
- '2000 Charlie Kaufman —Being John Malkovich'' (Best Screenplay)
:*Alan Ball — American Beauty
:*Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor — Election
:*David Cronenberg — eXistenZ
:*Don McKellar — Last Night
:*Patricia Rozema — Mansfield Park
:*Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson — Rushmore
:*Brad Bird and Tim McCanlies — Magnolia
:*M. Night Shyamalan — The Sixth Sense
- '2001 Mike White —Chuck & Buck''
:*Sofia Coppola — George Washington
:*Eric Mendelsohn — Judy Berlin
:*Majid Majidi — The Color of Paradise
:*David Mamet — State and Main
:*Woody Allen — Sweet & Lowdown
:*Jeremy Podeswa — The Five Senses
:*Kenneth Lonergan — You Can Count on Me
- '2002 David Lynch —Mulholland Drive''
:*Guillermo Arriaga — Amores perros
:*Kar Wai Wong — In the Mood for Love
:*Jim McKay — Our Song
:*Richard Linklater — Waking Life
:*Edward Yang — Yi Yi: A One and a Two
- '2003 Richard Kelly —Donnie Darko''
:*Todd Haynes — Far from Heaven
:*Nicole Holofcener — Lovely & Amazing
:*Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher — Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
:*JAlfonso Cuarón and Carlos Cuarón — Y tu mamá también
- '2004 Sofia Coppola —Lost in Translation''
:*Alex Garland — 28 Days Later
:*David Gordon Green and Paul Schneider — All the Real Girls
:*Gordy Hoffman — Love Liza
:*Aki Kaurismäki — The Man Without a Past
:*Thomas McCarthy — The Station Agent
- '2005 Lucas Belvaux —Cavale''
:*Lars von Trier — Dogville
:*Joshua Marston — Maria Full of Grace
:*Krzysztof Kieslowski — Big Animal
:*Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright — Shaun of the Dead
:*Lingard Jervey Joe Conway and David Gordon Green — Undertow
:*Mike Leigh — Vera Drake
:*Yôji Yamada and Yoshitaka Asama — Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
- '2006 Miranda July —Me and You and Everyone We Know''
:*Ki-duk Kim — 3-Iron
:*Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli — The Best of Youth
:*Noah Baumbach — The Squid and the Whale
:*Daniel MacIvor — Wilby Wonderful
- '2007 Nick Cave —The Proposition''
:*Michael Haneke — Caché
:*Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt — Old Joy
:*Bernd Lange — Requiem
:*Jeff Stanzler — Sorry, Haters
- '2008 Sarah Polley —Away from Her''
:*Ronald Harwood — The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
:*Ethan and Joel Coen — No Country for Old Men
:*Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi — Persepolis
:*Paul Thomas Anderson — There Will Be Blood
- '2009 Cristian Mungiu —4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days''
:*Mike Leigh — Happy-Go-Lucky
:*Martin McDonagh — In Bruges
:*Philippe Claudel — I've Loved You So Long
:*Guy Maddin — My Winnipeg
:*Thomas McCarthy — The Visitor