Best Writing, Original Screenplay
| Original Screenplay | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Hanif Kureishi | My Beautiful Laundrette | Nominated | First Asian nominated for writing |
| 1999 | M. Night Shyamalan | The Sixth Sense | Nominated | First Asian-American nominated for writing First Asian-American nominated for Original Screenplay |
| 2006 | Iris Yamashita | Letters from Iwo Jima | Nominated | Nominated with Paul Haggis |
| 2011 | Asghar Farhadi | A Separation | Nominated | First time that a screenplay written in an Asian language is nominated for Original Screenplay. |
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