Oscars Wiki
Advertisement
Tom Stoppard
TomStoppard
Stoppard at the 1999 Vanity Fair Post-Oscar Party
2 Nominations / 1 Win
Role Screenwriter
Born July 3, 1937
Zlín, Czechoslovakia
 

Tom Stoppard, (born Tomáš Straussler) is a British playwright, knighted in 1997. He has written for television, radio, film and stage. Themes of human rights, censorship and political freedom pervade his work along with exploration of linguistics and philosophy.

Wins[]

71st Academy Awards, 1998
Best Original ScreenplayShakespeare in Love (shared with Marc Norman)

Nominations[]

58th Academy Awards, 1985
Best Original ScreenplayBrazil (shared with Terry Gilliam and Charles McKeown)
71st Academy Awards, 1998
Best Original ScreenplayShakespeare in Love (shared with Marc Norman)
Advertisement