SFWA – Ray Bradbury Award

N.B. Christchurch City Libraries lists literary prize winners and links to catalogue searches, but we may not hold copies of all titles mentioned.

The Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation is voted on, and presented by, active members of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. as part of the The Nebula Awards^®  weekend. It was permanently added to the award line-up in 2000 although screen writing had been irregularly awarded earlier - the Internet Movie Database lists earlier nominees and winners.

• See other Nebula Award category winners
• See more Genre prize winners.
• See more literary prize winners.

2023 

• Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach (Warner Bros., Heyday Films, LuckyChap Entertainment) Winner
• Nimona, Robert L. Baird, Lloyd Taylor, Pamela Ribon, Marc Haimes, Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Keith Bunin, Nate Stevenson (Annapurna Animation, Annapurna Pictures)
• The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time”, Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin (HBOMax)
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Jonathan Goldstein, John Francis Daley, Michael Gilio, Chris McKay (Paramount Pictures, Entertainment One, Allspark Pictures)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Dave Callaham (Columbia Pictures, Marvel Entertainment, Avi Arad Productions)
• The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki (Studio Ghibli, Toho Company)

2022

• Everything Everywhere All at Once, Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (A24, AGBO, IAC Films) Winner
• Andor: “One Way Out”, Beau Willimon, Tony Gilroy (Lucasfilm, Disney+)
• Nope, Jordan Peele (Universal Pictures)
• Our Flag Means Death, David Jenkins, Eliza Jiménez Cossio, Zadry Ferrer-Geddes, William Meny, Maddie Dai, Alyssa Lane, John Mahone, Simone Nathan, Natalie Torres, Zackery Alexzander Stephens, Alex J. Sherman, Jes Tom, Adam Stein, Yvonne Zima (Dive, HBO Max)
• The Sandman: Season 1, Neil Gaiman, Lauren Bello, Vanessa Benton, Mike Dringenberg, Sam Kieth, Catherine Smyth-McMullen, Heather Bellson, Jim Campolongo, Jay Franklin, Austin Guzman, Alexander Newman-Wise, Ameni Rozsa, David Goyer, Allan Heinberg (DC Entertainment, Netflix)
• Severance, Dan Erickson, Chris Black, Andrew Colville, Amanda Overton, Anna Ouyang Moench, Helen Leigh, Kari Drake, and Mark Friedman. (Endeavor Content, Red Hour Films, Apple TV+)

2021 

• WandaVision: Season 1, Peter Cameron, Mackenzie Dohr, Laura Donney, Bobak Esfarjani, Megan McDonnell, Jac Schaeffer, Cameron Squires, Gretchen Enders, Chuck Hayward Winner
• Encanto, Charise Castro Smith, Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Jason Hand, Nancy Kruse, Lin-Manuel Miranda 
• The Green Knight, David Lowery 
• Loki: Season 1, Bisha K. Ali, Elissa Karasik, Eric Martin, Michael Waldron, Tom Kauffman, Jess Dweck 
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Dave Callaham, Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham 
• Space Sweepers, Jo Sung-hee 조성희
• What We Do in the Shadows: Season 3, Jake Bender, Zach Dunn, Shana Gohd, Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil, William Meny, Sarah Naftalis, Stefani Robinson, Marika Sawyer, Paul Simms, Lauren Wells 

2020 

• The Good Place: “Whenever You’re Ready”, Michael Schur, NBC Winner
• Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, Christina Hodson, Warner Bros. Pictures
• The Expanse: “Gaugamela”, Dan Nowak, Amazon Prime 
• Lovecraft Country, Season 1, Misha Green, Shannon Houston, Kevin Lau, Wes Taylor, Ihuoma Ofordire, Jonathan I. Kidd, Sonya Winton-Odamtten, HBO Max 
• The Mandalorian: “The Tragedy”, Jon Favreau, Disney+  
• The Old Guard, Greg Rucka, Netflix 

2019

• Good Omens: “Hard Times” Neil Gaiman Winner
• Avengers: Endgame Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely
• Captain Marvel Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck & Geneva Robertson-Dworet
• The Mandalorian: “The Child” Jon Favreau
• Russian Doll: “The Way Out” Allison Silverman and Leslye Headland
• Watchmen: “A God Walks into Abar” Jeff Jensen & Damon Lindelof

2018

• Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse written by Phil Lord and Rodney Rothman Winner
• The Good Place: “Jeremy Bearimy” written by Megan Amram
• Black Panther written by Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole
• A Quiet Place written by John Krasinski and Bryan Woods & Scott Beck
• Dirty Computer written by Janelle Monáe and Chuck Lightning
• Sorry to Bother You written by Boots Riley

2017

• Get Out Written by Jordan Peele Winner
• The Good Place: “Michael’s Gambit” Written by Michael Schur
• Logan Screenplay by Scott Frank, James Mangold, and Michael Green
• The Shape of Water Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi Written by Rian Johnson
• Wonder Woman Screenplay by Allan Heinberg

2016

• Arrival, Directed by Denis Villeneuve, Screenplay by Eric Heisserer Winner
• Doctor Strange, Directed by Scott Derrickson, Screenplay by Scott Derrickson & C. Robert Cargill
• Kubo and the Two Strings, Directed by Travis Knight, Screenplay by Mark Haimes & Chris Butler
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Directed by Gareth Edwards, Written by Chris Weitz & Tony Gilroy
• Westworld: ‘‘The Bicameral Mind’’, Directed by Jonathan Nolan, Written by Lisa Joy & Jonathan Nolan
• Zootopia, Directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore, & Jared Bush, Screenplay by Jared Bush & Phil Johnston

2015

• Mad Max: Fury Road, Written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris Winner
• Ex Machina, Written by Alex Garland
• Inside Out, Screenplay by Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, Josh Cooley; Original Story by Pete Docter, Ronnie del Carmen
• Jessica Jones: AKA Smile, Teleplay by Scott Reynolds & Melissa Rosenberg; Story by Jamie King & Scott Reynolds
• The Martian, Screenplay by Drew Goddard
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Written by Lawrence Kasdan & J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt

2014

• Guardians of the Galaxy, Written by James Gunn and Nicole Perlman (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) winners
• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
• Edge of Tomorrow, Screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie and Jez Butterworth and John-Henry Butterworth (Warner Bros. Pictures)
• Interstellar, Written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan (Paramount Pictures)
• The Lego Movie, Screenplay by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (Warner Bros. Pictures)

2013

• Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, director; Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, writers) (Warner Bros.)

2012

• Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin (director), Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin (writers), (Journeyman/Cinereach/Court 13/Fox Searchlight)

2011

• Doctor Who: “The Doctor’s Wife,” Neil Gaiman (writer), Richard Clark (director) (BBC Wales)

2010

• Inception by Christopher Nolan

2009

• District 9 by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell

2008

• WALL-E by Andrew Stanton & Jim Reardon. Original story by Andrew Stanton & Pete Docter (Pixar, Jun 08)

2007

• Pan’s Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro

2006

• Howl’s Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki, Cindy Davis Hewitt, and Donald H. Hewitt (Studio Ghibli and Walt Disney Pictures, U.S. Premier 10 Jun05. Based on the novel by Diana Wynne Jones)

2005

• Serenity by Joss Whedon

2004

• Lord of the Rings: Return of the King by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, Peter Jackson (New Line)

2003

• Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson (New Line)

2002

• Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by Frances Walsh, Phillipa Boyens and Peter Jackson (New Line)

2001

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by James Schamus, Kuo Jung Tsai and Hui-Ling Wang (Sony Pictures Classics” by Dec00)

2000

• Galaxy Quest by Robert Gordon, David Howard (Dreamworks)