Triple Crown: Writing Edition

[FilmRoyalty Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 71 Posts: 3067 View Predictions]

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Is there a screenwriter/playwright that has won an Oscar, Primetime Emmy, and Oscar for writing?

If not, who do you think has potential of accomplishing this?

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Academy Award:
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay

Primetime Emmy Awards:
Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series
Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series/TV Movie
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

Tony Awards:
Best Musical
Best Play

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[lhdang2000 Joined: Nov 23rd, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 364 View Predictions]

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I believe only Mel Brooks has done it.

Academy Award:
Best Original Screenplay – 1968, The Producers

Primetime Emmy Awards:
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series – 1967, The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special

Tony Awards:
Best Musical – 2001, The Producers

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[Miles Joined: Oct 22nd, 2016 Topics: 7 Posts: 1101 View Predictions]

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What I could come up with:

Triple Crown of Writing
Mel Brooks

Needs an Oscar
Tony Kushner

Needs an Emmy
John Patrick Shanley
Tom Stoppard
Alfred Uhry

Needs a Tony
Aaron Sorkin
Julian Fellowes

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[FilmRoyalty Joined: Oct 5th, 2011 Topics: 71 Posts: 3067 View Predictions]

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I did not know Mel Brooks, the legend has it. Holy s***. Thanks guys.

I feel like Lin Manuel-Miranda will get it some day.

Looking at the numbers, this seems like such a nearly impossible thing to achieve.

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[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 98 Posts: 8928 View Predictions]

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The late Larry Kramer is the only other person I can recall whose even been nominated for all three

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