NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
This article lists the winners and nominees for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture. The award was first presented in 2008.
Winners and nominees
For each year in the tables below, the winner is listed first and highlighted in bold.
2000s
Year | Director(s) | Film | Ref |
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2008 | Rick Famuyiwa, Michael Genet | Talk to Me | |
Steven Zaillian | American Gangster | ||
Richard LaGravenese | Freedom Writers | ||
Robert Eisele | The Great Debaters | ||
John Sayles | Honeydripper | ||
2009 | Jenny Lumet | Rachel Getting Married | |
Darnell Martin | Cadillac Records | ||
Patrik-Ian Polk, John R. Gordon | Noah's Arc: Jumping the Broom | ||
Paris Qualles | A Raisin in the Sun | ||
Gina Prince-Bythewood | The Secret Life of Bees |
2010s
2020s
Year | Director(s) | Film | Ref |
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2020 | Jordan Peele | Us | |
Doug Atchison | Brian Banks | ||
Chinonye Chukwu | Clemency | ||
Destin Daniel Cretton | Just Mercy | ||
Kasi Lemmons Gregory Allen Howard[1] (screenwriter) | Harriet | ||
2021 | Radha Blank | The Forty-Year-Old Version | |
David E. Talbert | Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey | ||
Kemp Powers | One Night in Miami... | ||
Lee Isaac Chung | Minari | ||
Pete Docter, Kemp Powers, Mike Jones | Soul | ||
2022 | Shaka King, Will Berson, Kenny Lucas, Keith Lucas | Judas and the Black Messiah | |
Janicza Bravo and Jeremy O. Harris | Zola | ||
Jeymes Samuel and Boaz Yakin | The Harder They Fall | ||
Virgil Williams | A Journal for Jordan | ||
Win Rosenfeld, Nia DaCosta, and Jordan Peele | Candyman |
Multiple wins and nominations
Wins
- 3 wins
- 2 wins
Nominations
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References
- ^ Howard, Katherine Schaffstall,Annie; Schaffstall, Katherine; Howard, Annie (2020-02-22). "NAACP Image Awards: Lizzo Named Entertainer of the Year; 'Just Mercy,' 'Black-ish' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
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External links
- NAACP Image Awards official site
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
- Doug Atchison (2006)
- Michael Genet and Rick Famuyiwa (2007)
- Jenny Lumet (2008)
- Geoffrey S. Fletcher (2019)
- Michael Elliot (2010)
- Ann Peacock (2011)
- Elizabeth Hunter (2012)
- John Ridley (2013)
- Misan Sagay (2014)
- Lawrence Hill and Clement Virgo (2015)
- Barry Jenkins and Aaron Covington (2016)
- Jordan Peele (2017)
- Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole (2018)
- Jordan Peele (2019)
- Radha Blank (2020)
- Shaka King, Will Berson, Kenny and Keith Lucas (2021)
- Ryan Coogler (2022)
- Cord Jefferson (2023)