Superlatives
Charles Brackett was the first to win twice in this category. Others to do so are Billy Wilder, Paddy Chayefsky and Woody Allen.
Woody Allen has the most nominations in this category with 15, and the most wins with 3.
Richard Schweizer was the first to win for a foreign language film, Marie-Louise. Other winners that had followed included Albert Lamorisse, Pietro Germi, Claude Lelouch and Pedro Almodóvar.
Muriel Box was the first woman to win in this category, which she shared with her husband, Sydney Box. The Boxes are also the first married couple to win in this category. The only other married couple to win are Earl W. Wallace and Pamela Wallace.
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, in 1996, are the only siblings to win in this category, and Francis Ford Coppola, in 1970, and Sofia Coppola, in 2003, are the only father-daughter pair to win.
Ben Affleck became the youngest winner of the award when he won it at the age of 25.
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