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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Bill Condon → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay – Chicago
film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
subject surface form: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Bruce Jay Friedman → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
film Capote (2005) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
subject surface form: Capote (film)
Charly → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Chris Weitz → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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East of Eden → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
Eric Roth → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Fatal Attraction → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Fences (2016 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Frances Goodrich → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
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Greta Gerwig → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Johnny Belinda → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Screenplay
Jules Furthman → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay
Kitty Foyle → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Screenplay
Lawrence of Arabia → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Life of Pi → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Lilies of the Field → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Mudbound → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Mutiny on the Bounty → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
subject surface form: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935 film)
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Adaptation
Nick Hornby → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Out of Sight → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Peter Morgan → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Peter Straughan → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Quills → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Ramin Bahrani → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Rear Window → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Rebecca (1940 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Roman Holiday → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Screenplay
Sacha Baron Cohen → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Separate Tables (1958 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Silver Linings Playbook → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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Sophie's Choice → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Steve Coogan → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Steven Zaillian → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The African Queen → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Color Purple → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
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The Dresser → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Graduate → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Hours → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Imitation Game → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Irishman → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Madness of King George → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Martian → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
The Power of the Dog → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
subject surface form: The Power of the Dog (2021 film)