Winners
Pierre Boulle
- 1957 Best Writing Adapted Screenplay for Bridge on the River Kwai
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- Despite not having written the screenplay and not even speaking English, Boulle was credited because the film's actual writers, Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson, had been blacklisted as communist sympathizers. On December 11, 1984, the Board of Governors voted posthumous Oscars to the duo.
Nathan E. Douglas
- 1958 Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen for The Defiant Ones
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- Nedrick Young and Harold Jacob Smith co-wrote the screenplay, but Young was blacklisted and used a pseudonym for his screen credit. As an inside joke, director Stanley Kramer cast Young and Smith in bit parts as truck drivers and had their screen credit appear while they were on screen together. In 1993, AMPAS restored Young's credit for this work.
Ian McLellan Hunter
- 1953 Best Story for Roman Holiday
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- The name was used as a cover for blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo. On December 15, 1992, the Board of Governors voted to change the records and recognize Trumbo. Hunter's name was removed. However, Hunter's son, director Tim Hunter, refused to cede the award to Trumbo, so the Academy presented a second Academy Award.
Robert Rich
- 1956 Best Story for The Brave One
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- This was another cover for Trumbo. Shortly before his death, Trumbo revealed the much-suspected truth.
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