Annex: Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay

The Goya Awards were created by the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences in 1986.

In the first two editions (1986 and 1987) the Academy only awarded a single award for best screenplay, regardless of whether it was original or adapted, both awards falling on adaptations of novels. As of the III edition of 1988, the Academy instituted the categories of best original screenplay and best adapted screenplay.

The following list shows the list of all the winners of the Goya Awards for Best Original Screenplay since the III edition of 1988, and also those awarded in the two previous editions.

The screenwriter who has won the most Goya awards for "best original script" is Alejandro Amenábar, with 4 awards, followed by Mateo Gil with 2 awards (both in collaboration with Amenábar). The screenwriter who has won the most Goya awards for "best adapted script" is Rafael Azcona, with 5 awards, followed by Fernando Fernán Gómez and José Luis Cuerda with 2 awards each (in the case of Cuerda both awards in collaboration with Azcona). The screenwriter who has won the most awards by adding both categories is Rafael Azcona, with 6 awards, followed by Alejandro Amenábar, with 4 awards, and Mateo Gil with 3 awards.

Winners

In the first two editions of these awards (1986 and 1987) the Film Academy only awarded a single award for best screenplay, regardless of whether it was original or adapted, both awards falling on adaptations of novels.

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Statistics

Scriptwriters who have won the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay the most times

6 awards

• Rafael Azcona (1 to the best original script and 5 to the best adapted script)

4 awards

• Alejandro Amenábar (4 to the best original script)

3 awards

• Mateo Gil (2 to the best original script and 1 to the best adapted script)
• Fernando León de Aranoa (2 to the best original script and 1 to the best adapted script)

2 awards

• Pedro Almodóvar (2 to the best original script)
• Montxo Armendáriz (1 to the best original script and 1 to the best adapted script)
• Isabel Coixet (1 to the best original script and 1 to the best adapted script)
• José Luis Cuerda (the 2 to the best script adapted)
• Fernando Fernán Gómez (the 2 to the best script adapted)
• Javier Fesser (1 to the best original script and 1 to the best adapted script)
• José Luis García Sánchez (1 to the best original script and 1 to the best adapted script)
• Fernando Trueba (1 to the best original script and 1 to the best adapted script)
• Agustí Villaronga (1 to the best original script and 1 to the best adapted script)
• Benito Zambrano (1 to the best original script and 1 to the best adapted script)

Scriptwriters who have been nominated for the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay

12 nominations

• Rafael Azcona (6 awards)

9 nominations

• Pedro Almodóvar (1 award)

6 nominations

• Alejandro Amenábar (4 awards)
• Agustín Díaz Yanes (1 award)
• Jorge Guerricaechevarría (1 award)
• Joaquín Oristrell (1 award)

5 nominations

• José Luis García Sánchez (2 awards)
• Agustí Villaronga (2 awards)
• Fernando León de Aranoa (2 awards)
• Fernando Trueba (2 awards)
• David Trueba (1 award)
• Vicente Aranda (0 awards)
• Horacio Valcárcel (0 awards)

4 nominations

• Mateo Gil (3 awards)
• Montxo Armendáriz (2 awards)
• José Luis Cuerda (2 awards)
• Icíar Bollaín (1 award)
• Mario Camus (1 award)
• Rafael Cobos (1 award)
• Ignacio del Moral (1 award)
• Manolo Matji (1 award)
• Alberto Rodríguez (1 award)
• Alex of the Church (0 awards)
• José Luis Garci (0 awards)
• July Medem (0 awards)
• Ventura Pons (0 awards)
• Gonzalo Suárez (0 awards)

3 nominations

• Isabel Coixet (2 awards)
• Fernando Fernán Gómez (2 awards)
• Tomàs Aragay (1 award)
• Pablo Berger (1 award)
• Sergio G. Sánchez (1 award)
• Cesc Gay (1 award)
• Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón (1 award)
• Big Moon (1 award)
• Isabel Peña (1 award)
• Rodrigo Sorogoyen (1 award)
• Fernando Colomo (0 awards)
• Teresa de Pelegrí (0 awards)
• Carlos López (0 awards)

Scriptwriters who have been nominated for the Goya Award for Best Original Screenplay the most times

7 nominations

• Pedro Almodóvar

6 nominations

• Alejandro Amenábar

5 nominations

• Rafael Azcona
• Agustín Díaz Yanes
• Rafael Cobos
• Alberto Rodríguez
• Iciar Bollaín
• Fernando León de Aranoa

4 nominations

• David Trueba
• Jorge Guerricaechevarría
• Joaquín Oristrell

3 nominations

• Gonzalo Suárez
• Alex of the Church
• Pablo Berger
• Isabel Peña
• Rodrigo Sorogoyen
• Manolo Matji
• Matthew Gil
• José Luis García Sánchez
• July Medem
• Daniel Sánchez Arévalo