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Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award

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This is a list of winners of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award for dramatic features at the Sundance Film Festival.

History

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It is an award given each year by U.S. Dramatic jury, starting in 1991. The award is named for screenwriter Waldo Salt, who won Oscars for Midnight Cowboy and Coming Home, and served as a creative advisor in multiple Sundance Institute Labs for directors and screenwriters, sharing his expertise with emerging filmmakers.[1]

Winners

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Year Film Screenwriter(s)
1991 Hangin' with the Homeboys Joseph Vásquez
Trust[2] Hal Hartley
1992 The Waterdance Neal Jimenez
1993 Combination Platter Edwin Baker and Tony Chan
1994 What Happened Was Tom Noonan
1995 Living in Oblivion Tom DiCillo
1996 Big Night Joseph Tropicano and Stanley Tucci
1997 Sunday James Lasdun and Jonathan Nossiter
1998 High Art[3] Lisa Cholodenko
1999 Guinevere Audrey Wells
Joe the King Frank Whaley
2000 You Can Count on Me Kenneth Lonergan
2001 Memento[4] Christopher Nolan
2002 Love Liza Gordy Hoffman
2003 The Station Agent Tom McCarthy
2004 We Don't Live Here Anymore Larry Gross
2005 The Squid and the Whale[5] Noah Baumbach
2006 Stephanie Daley Hilary Brougher
2007 Grace Is Gone James C. Strouse
2008 Sleep Dealer Alex Rivera and David Riker
2009 Paper Heart Nick Jasenovec and Charlyne Yi
2010 Winter's Bone[6] Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini
2011 Another Happy Day Sam Levinson
2012 Safety Not Guaranteed Derek Connolly
2013 In a World... Lake Bell
2014 The Skeleton Twins Craig Johnson and Mark Heyman
2015 The Stanford Prison Experiment[7] Tim Talbott
2016 Morris from America Chad Hartigan
2017 Ingrid Goes West Matt Spicer and David Branson Smith
2018 Nancy Christina Choe
2019 Share[8] Pippa Bianco
2020 Nine Days[9] Edson Oda
2021 On the Count of Three Ari Katcher and Ryan Welch
2022 Emergency K.D. Dávila
2023 The Persian Version Maryam Keshavarz
2024 A Real Pain Jesse Eisenberg
2025 Sorry, Baby[10] Eva Victor

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Sundance Institute". www.sundance.org. Retrieved 2025-05-14.
  2. ^ A Second Look: Hal Hartley reestablishes 'Trust' – The Los Angeles Times
  3. ^ BAM|High Art
  4. ^ Christopher Nolan on Pivotal 'Oppenheimer' Call with Comcast Boss – The Hollywood Reporter
  5. ^ Decade: Noah Baumbach on "The Squid and the Whale"|IndieWire
  6. ^ 'Winter's Bone' tops Sundance – The Hollywood Reporter
  7. ^ "The Winners of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival As They Come In". Indiewire. January 31, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
  8. ^ Squires, Bethy (February 2, 2019). "Here Are the Winners of the 2019 Sundance Awards". Vulture.
  9. ^ Hipes, Patrick (February 2, 2020). "Sundance Film Festival Awards: 'Minari' Scores Double Top Honors – The Complete Winners List".
  10. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (2025-01-31). "'Atropia' Takes U.S. Grand Jury Prize Dramatic At Sundance Film Festival: Full Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-01-31.