AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Screenwriter | |
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Awarded for | Best screenplay by a writer over 50 |
Country | United States |
Presented by | AARP |
First awarded | 2003 (for films released during the 2002 film season) |
Currently held by | Kazuo Ishiguro Living (2022) |
Website | https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/movies-for-grownups/ |
The AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Screenwriter is one of the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards presented annually by the AARP. The award honors a screenwriter over the age of 50 who has written an outstanding supporting screenplay for a film produced in a given year.[1] The award for Best Screenwriter was first given in 2003, when the awards expanded beyond their initial categories of Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Documentary, Best Foreign Film, and Best Movie for Grownups Who Refuse to Grow Up.[1]
The following individuals received two or more Best Screenwriter awards:
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The following individuals received multiple Best Screenwriter nominations:
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Record | Screenwriter | Film | Age (in years) |
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Oldest winner | Alvin Sargent | Spider-Man 2 | 77 |
Oldest nominee | James Ivory | Call Me By Your Name | 89 |
Youngest winner | Ethan Hawke | Before Midnight | 44 |
Youngest nominee | Ethan Hawke | Before Midnight | 44 |