oscars_62_Aida Bortnik

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Screenwriter Aída Bortnik is her country’s lucky guionista. She has the noted distinction of having penned the screenplay for both the first Argentine film nominated for an Academy Award (The Truce, 1974) and the first Argentine film to win an Oscar (La historia oficial, 1985). Bortnik, who co-wrote the script for La historia oficial with the film’s director Luis Puenzo, earned an Academy Award nod for Best Original Screenplay for her work.

Best Original Screenplay, The Official Story, 58th Academy Awards, Nominated

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