At the 1995 Academy Awards, which award did Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary win for Pulp Fiction?

Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Pulp Fiction at the 1995 Academy Awards.

The screenplay award recognized the film’s original, nonlinear story, which connects several Los Angeles crime narratives through recurring characters and events. Tarantino and Avary shared the writing credit, although Tarantino was the film’s director.

Pulp Fiction was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and acting awards for John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, and Uma Thurman. It won only the screenplay prize.

A common mix-up is confusing this Oscar with Tarantino’s later win for Django Unchained. Tarantino won Best Original Screenplay for Django Unchained at the 2013 ceremony, while Pulp Fiction’s 1995 win was shared with Avary.