London Film Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year

The London Film Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year in an annual award given by the London Film Critics' Circle.

List of winners

Year	Screenwriter(s)	Film(s)
1980	Tesich, SteveSteve Tesich	Breaking Away
1981	Welland, ColinColin Welland	Chariots of Fire
1982	Costa-Gavras and Donald E. Stewart	Missing
1983	Jhabvala, Ruth PrawerRuth Prawer Jhabvala	Heat and Dust
1984	Kaufman, PhilipPhilip Kaufman	The Right Stuff
1985	Bennett, AlanAlan Bennett	A Private Function
1986	Allen, WoodyWoody Allen	Hannah and Her Sisters
1987	Bennett, AlanAlan Bennett (2)	Prick Up Your Ears
1988	Mamet, DavidDavid Mamet	House of Games
1989	Hampton, ChristopherChristopher Hampton	Dangerous Liaisons
1990	Allen, WoodyWoody Allen (2)	Crimes and Misdemeanors
1991	Mamet, DavidDavid Mamet (2)	Homicide
1992	Tolkin, MichaelMichael Tolkin	The Player
1993	Ramis, HaroldHarold Ramis and Danny Rubin	Groundhog Day
1994	Tarantino, QuentinQuentin Tarantino	Pulp Fiction
1995	Attanasio, PaulPaul Attanasio	Quiz Show and Disclosure
1996	Coen, Joel and EthanJoel and Ethan Coen	Fargo
1997	Hanson, CurtisCurtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland	L.A. Confidential
1998	Niccol, AndrewAndrew Niccol	The Truman Show and Gattaca
1999	Ball, AlanAlan Ball	American Beauty
2000	Kaufman, CharlieCharlie Kaufman	Being John Malkovich
2001	Coen, Joel and EthanJoel and Ethan Coen (2)	The Man Who Wasn't There
2002	Bovell, AndrewAndrew Bovell	Lantana
2003	Collee, JohnJohn Collee and Peter Weir	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
2004	Kaufman, CharlieCharlie Kaufman (2)	Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2005	Haggis, PaulPaul Haggis and Robert Moresco	Crash
2006	Morgan, PeterPeter Morgan	The Queen
2007	Donnersmarck, Florian Henckel vonFlorian Henckel von Donnersmarck	The Lives of Others
2008	Beaufoy, SimonSimon Beaufoy	Slumdog Millionaire
2009	Armstrong, JesseJesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche	In the Loop
2010	Sorkin, AaronAaron Sorkin	The Social Network
2011	Farhadi, AsgharAsghar Farhadi	A Separation
2012	Haneke, MichaelMichael Haneke	Amour
2013	Coen, Joel and EthanJoel and Ethan Coen (3)	Inside Llewyn Davis
2014	Anderson, WesWes Anderson	The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015	McCarthy, TomTom McCarthy and Josh Singer	Spotlight

Multiple winners

The following screenwriters have won multiple awards:

• 3 wins – Joel and Ethan Coen (1996, 2001, 2013)
• 2 wins – Alan Bennett (1985, 1987)
• 2 wins – Woody Allen (1986, 1990)
• 2 wins – David Mamet (1988, 1991)
• 2 wins – Charlie Kaufman (2000, 2004)