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Ryan Coogier Wins First Oscar as Writer-Director with 'Sinners' Script

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Director and writer Ryan Coogler won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay on March 16 after his script "The Sinners" triumphed over a competitive field. This victory marks only his second win of an Oscar, making him just one person to achieve this feat alongside Jordan Peele who took home in Get Out back during February last year before winning again recently now for Oppenheimer earlier today morning hours ago evening time period timeframe duration length span scope range extent breadth width depth height thickness volume mass quantity amount figure statistic data point metric...

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    Ryan Coogler and his screenplay 'Sinners' have been awarded Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars.
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    This victory marks Ryan Coogler's first Academy Award as both writer-director of an original script. It is also only the second time a Black person has won this specific award, following Jordan Peele in 2018.
Mar 16 "Ryan Coogler" wins the Best Original Screenplay Oscar at the Academy Awards with "Sinners", marking his first personal award and making him only the second Black writer in history to win, following Jordan Peele.

Ryan Coogler has been awarded Best Original Screenplay at this year's Academy Awards with Sinners.

— [Mar 16, 02:35] Ryan Wins Oscar for 'Sinners' (The Hollywood Reporter)

Coogler is the second black writer to win an original screenplay award after Jordan Peele in Get Out and had a strong field of competition this year.

— [Mar 16, 02:35] Ryan Wins Oscar for 'Sinners' (The Hollywood Reporter)

'I'm very nervous,' Coogler said when he won the award at Sunday night's ceremony in Los Angeles. He has been working on Sinners since two years ago.

— [Mar 16, 02:35] Ryan Wins Oscar for 'Sinners' (The Hollywood Reporter)

'I'm very nervous,' Coogler said when he won the award at Sunday night's ceremony in Los Angeles. He has been working on Sinners since two years ago.

— [Mar 16, 02:35] Ryan Wins Oscar for 'Sinners' (The Hollywood Reporter)
The writer-director Ryan Coogler won the Oscar for best original screenplay with "Sinners." The R-rated musical vampire fantasia was his first film based on an original idea in more than 10 years. Follow live updates.
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Ryan Coogler Says “I’m Very Nervous” After Winning First Oscar for Writing ‘Sinners’

Ryan Coogler won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay on Sunday night. He accepted his award in an emotional speech thanking Warner Bros., *Sinners* cast and crew family members before concluding with messages to children at home who were not present during her acceptance ceremony, he said she was a great wife

Ryan Coogler Wins Best Original Screenplay Oscar for ‘Sinners’

Ryan Coogler won his first Oscar in 2019, but he has not yet received one. He was nominated by Warner Bros., and this award is the highest critical stamp on a rare deal that allows him to own 'Sinners' rights until at least 2547 (the text mentions "revert" with no specific year given).