German Film Award / Best Screenplay
The following list is an overview of the winners of the German Film Prize in the Best Screenplay category . Before the German Film Academy selected the winners in 2005 , the award was only given irregularly. There were also no nominations; the winners were determined directly by the jury.
Prize winner 1951–2005
Award winners and nominees from 2005
2000s
Holger Franke , Dani Levy - everything on sugar!
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck - The Lives of Others
Christian Lerch , Marcus H. Rosenmüller - Those who die earlier are dead longer
Fatih Akin - On the other hand
2010s
Michael Haneke - The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story
Nesrin Şamdereli , Yasemin Şamdereli - Almanya - Welcome to Germany
Edgar Reitz , Gert Heidenreich - The other home - Chronicle of a longing
Stefan Weigl - Time of the cannibals
Lars Kraume , Olivier Guez - The state against Fritz Bauer
Fatih Akin , Hark Bohm - Out of nowhere