Saturn Award for Best Writing

The Saturn Award for Best Writing is a Saturn Award presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.

Unlike most awards rewarding writing in films, it recognizes only the writer(s) of the screenplay, and not those of the story.

Winners and nominees
"†" indicates an Academy Award-winning movie on the same category.

"‡" indicates an Academy Award-nominated movie on the same category.

Multiple nominations

 * 7 nominations
 * Peter Jackson
 * Fran Walsh


 * 6 nominations
 * Philippa Boyens
 * James Cameron
 * Guillermo del Toro
 * Quentin Tarantino


 * 4 nominations
 * Lawrence Kasdan
 * David Koepp
 * George Miller
 * Christopher Nolan


 * 3 nominations
 * William Peter Blatty
 * Alex Garland
 * Drew Goddard
 * David Hayter
 * John Logan
 * George Lucas
 * Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely
 * Nicholas Meyer
 * Andrew Stanton
 * The Wachowskis


 * 2 nominations
 * J. J. Abrams
 * Woody Allen
 * Michael Arndt
 * Brad Bird
 * Jeffrey Boam
 * Joel and Ethan Coen
 * Chris Columbus
 * Frank Darabont
 * Michael Dougherty
 * Scott Frank
 * Tony Gilroy
 * Michael Goldenberg
 * William Goldman
 * David S. Goyer
 * Michael Green
 * Dan Harris
 * James V. Hart
 * Terry Hayes
 * Tom Holland
 * Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver
 * Spike Jonze
 * Charlie Kaufman
 * Steve Kloves
 * Don Mancini
 * Melissa Mathison
 * Christopher McQuarrie
 * Edward Neumeier
 * Jonathan Nolan
 * Dan O'Bannon
 * Jordan Peele
 * Matthew Robbins
 * Gary Ross
 * Eric Roth
 * Steven Spielberg
 * Wesley Strick
 * Andrew Kevin Walker
 * Joss Whedon

Multiple wins

 * 4 wins
 * Christopher Nolan


 * 3 wins
 * William Peter Blatty
 * James Cameron


 * 2 wins
 * Lawrence Kasdan
 * Jonathan Nolan