Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

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Academy Award category film award screenwriting award

The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is a prestigious Oscar given annually to honor the most outstanding screenplay adapted from previously existing material, such as novels, plays, or other films.

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Academy Award for Best Screenplay 7
Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay 6
Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay 4

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instanceOf Academy Award category ⓘ
film award ⓘ
screenwriting award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
surface form: Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay
awardFor best adapted screenplay ⓘ
basedOn novels ⓘ
other films ⓘ
other previously produced material ⓘ
plays ⓘ
previously existing material ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
television works ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstAwardedForFilmYear 1927–1928 ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genre screenwriting ⓘ
hasCategoryType writing ⓘ
hasCriterion screenplay must be adapted from previously produced or published material ⓘ
source material must be credited ⓘ
hasNotableMultipleWinners Alexander Payne ⓘ
Billy Wilder ⓘ
Christopher Hampton ⓘ
Ethan Coen ⓘ
Francis Ford Coppola ⓘ
James Ivory ⓘ
Joel Coen ⓘ
Joseph L. Mankiewicz ⓘ
Mario Puzo ⓘ
Michael Wilson ⓘ
Philippe Claudel ⓘ
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ⓘ
hasNotableWinner 12 Years a Slave ⓘ
Coda ⓘ
No Country for Old Men ⓘ
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ⓘ
Schindler's List ⓘ
The Departed ⓘ
The Godfather ⓘ
The Godfather Part II ⓘ
The Imitation Game ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ
The Social Network ⓘ
To Kill a Mockingbird ⓘ
inception 1929 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
partOf Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Awards
presentedAt annual Academy Awards ceremony ⓘ
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
relatedTo Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing
selectionProcess final winners voted on by all eligible Academy members ⓘ
voted on by members of the Writers Branch of the Academy ⓘ
shortName Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Best Adapted Screenplay

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Joel Coen → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
John Huston → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
John Irving → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Joseph L. Mankiewicz → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay for All About Eve
Mankiewicz family → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
subject surface form: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Julius J. Epstein → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Kramer vs. Kramer → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
L.A. Confidential → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Lawrence Kasdan → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nomination
Mario Puzo → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Moonlight → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
No Country for Old Men → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
On the Waterfront → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Screenplay
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Out of Africa → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Peter Bogdanovich → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay
Peter Jackson → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Philippa Boyens → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Sense and Sensibility → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
subject surface form: Sense and Sensibility (1995 film)
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Spike Lee → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Steven Zaillian → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Departed → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Descendants → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Imitation Game → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Lion in Winter → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Lost Weekend → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Social Network → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Tom Jones → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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Akiva Goldsman → awardReceivedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for A Beautiful Mind
Bill Condon → awardReceivedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay – Gods and Monsters
Eric Roth → awardReceivedForWork → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences → awardsPresented → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → distinctFrom → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay → distinctFrom → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing (Adaptation)
Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story → distinctFrom → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Forrest Gump → hasAward → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Awards ceremony → mainAwardCategory → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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127 Hours → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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Adaptation. → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
subject surface form: Adaptation
Albert Hackett → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
All Quiet on the Western Front → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
subject surface form: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)
Anthony Minghella → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The English Patient
Anthony Minghella → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Talented Mr. Ripley
Anthony Minghella → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Cold Mountain
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Armando Iannucci → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
Baby Doll → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (If Beale Street Could Talk)