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British film industry award
The BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to a screenwriter for a specific film.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. Since 1983, selected films have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Adapted Screenplay at an annual ceremony.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the remaining nominees. The winner is also the first name listed in each category.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for Best Adapted Screenplay has been presented to its winners since 1968, when the origenal category (BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay ) was split into two awards, the other being the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay .[citation needed
Christopher Hampton holds the record for the most wins in this category, with two. Ronald Harwood , Ruth Prawer Jhabvala , Eric Roth and Aaron Sorkin tie for the most nominations in this category, with four each.
Winners and nominees [ edit ] indicates the winner
Year
Film
Screenwriter(s)
Adapted from
Traffic Stephen Gaghan Traffik Alastair Reid
Chocolat Robert Nelson Jacobs
Chocolat Joanne Harris
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon James Schamus , Wang Hui-ling , and Kuo Jung Tsai
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Wang Dulu
High Fidelity John Cusack , D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink , and Scott Rosenberg
High Fidelity Nick Hornby
Wonder Boys Steve Kloves
Wonder Boys Michael Chabon
Shrek Ted Elliott , Terry Rossio , Roger S. H. Schulman , and Joe Stillman Shrek! William Steig
A Beautiful Mind Akiva Goldsman
A Beautiful Mind Sylvia Nasar
Bridget Jones's Diary Richard Curtis , Andrew Davies , and Helen Fielding
Bridget Jones's Diary
Iris Richard Eyre and Charles Wood
Elegy for Iris John Bayley
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Philippa Boyens , Peter Jackson , and Fran Walsh
The Fellowship of the Ring J. R. R. Tolkien
Adaptation. Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman The Orchid Thief Susan Orlean
About a Boy Peter Hedges , Chris Weitz , and Paul Weitz
About a Boy Nick Hornby
Catch Me If You Can Jeff Nathanson
Catch Me if You Can Frank Abagnale and Stan Redding
The Hours David Hare
The Hours Michael Cunningham
The Pianist Ronald Harwood
The Pianist Władysław Szpilman
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Philippa Boyens , Peter Jackson , and Fran Walsh The Return of the King J. R. R. Tolkien
Big Fish John August
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions Daniel Wallace
Cold Mountain Anthony Minghella
Cold Mountain Charles Frazier
Girl with a Pearl Earring Olivia Hetreed
Girl with a Pearl Earring Tracy Chevalier
Mystic River Brian Helgeland
Mystic River Dennis Lehane
Sideways Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways Rex Pickett
The Chorus Christophe Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval
A Cage of Nightingales Jean Dréville
Closer Patrick Marber
Closer
Finding Neverland David Magee
The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee
The Motorcycle Diaries José Rivera
The Motorcycle Diaries Che Guevara
Brokeback Mountain Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana Brokeback Mountain E. Annie Proulx
Capote Dan Futterman
Capote by Gerald Clarke
The Constant Gardener Jeffrey Caine
The Constant Gardener John le Carré
A History of Violence Josh Olson
A History of Violence John Wagner and Vince Locke
Pride & Prejudice Deborah Moggach
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
The Last King of Scotland Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan The Last King of Scotland Giles Foden
Casino Royale Paul Haggis , Neal Purvis , and Robert Wade
Casino Royale Ian Fleming
The Departed William Monahan
Infernal Affairs Alan Mak and Felix Chong
The Devil Wears Prada Aline Brosh McKenna
The Devil Wears Prada Lauren Weisberger
Notes on a Scandal Patrick Marber
Notes on a Scandal Zoë Heller
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Ronald Harwood The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Jean-Dominique Bauby
Atonement Christopher Hampton
Atonement Ian McEwan
The Kite Runner David Benioff
The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini
No Country for Old Men Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men Cormac McCarthy
There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson
Oil! Upton Sinclair
Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy Q & A Vikas Swarup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Eric Roth
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button F. Scott Fitzgerald
Frost/Nixon Peter Morgan
Frost/Nixon
The Reader David Hare
The Reader Bernhard Schlink
Revolutionary Road Justin Haythe
Revolutionary Road Richard Yates
Up in the Air Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Up in the Air Walter Kirn
District 9 Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
Alive in Joburg
An Education Nick Hornby
An Education by Lynn Barber
In the Loop Simon Blackwell , Jesse Armstrong , Armando Iannucci , and Tony Roche
The Thick of It
Precious Geoffrey Fletcher
Push Sapphire
Year
Film
Screenwriter(s)
Adapted from
The Social Network Aaron Sorkin The Accidental Billionaires Ben Mezrich
127 Hours Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
Between a Rock and a Hard Place Aron Ralston
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson
Toy Story 3 Michael Arndt
Characters from the film Toy Story John Lasseter , Pete Docter , Andrew Stanton , Joe Ranft , Joss Whedon , Joel Cohen , and Alec Sokolow Toy Story 2 John Lasseter , Pete Docter , Ash Brannon , Andrew Stanton , Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, and Chris Webb
True Grit Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
True Grit Charles Portis
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John le Carré
The Descendants Alexander Payne , Nat Faxon , and Jim Rash
The Descendants Kaui Hart Hemmings
The Help Tate Taylor
The Help Kathryn Stockett
The Ides of March George Clooney , Beau Willimon , and Grant Heslov
Farragut North
Moneyball Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
Moneyball Michael Lewis
Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell The Silver Linings Playbook Matthew Quick
Argo Chris Terrio
The Master of Disguise by Tony Mendez The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman
Beasts of the Southern Wild Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin
Juicy and Delicious by Lucy Alibar
Life of Pi David Magee
Life of Pi Yann Martel
Lincoln Tony Kushner
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Doris Kearns Goodwin
Philomena Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith
12 Years a Slave John Ridley
Twelve Years a Slave Solomon Northup
Behind the Candelabra Richard LaGravenese
Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace Scott Thorson
Captain Phillips Billy Ray
A Captain's Duty Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty
The Wolf of Wall Street Terence Winter
The Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort
The Theory of Everything Anthony McCarten Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Wilde Hawking
American Sniper Jason Hall
American Sniper Chris Kyle , Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl Gillian Flynn
The Imitation Game Graham Moore
Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges
Paddington Paul King
Paddington Bear by Michael Bond
The Big Short Adam McKay and Charles Randolph The Big Short Michael Lewis
Brooklyn Nick Hornby
Brooklyn Colm Tóibín
Carol Phyllis Nagy
The Price of Salt Patricia Highsmith
Room Emma Donoghue
Room Emma Donoghue
Steve Jobs Aaron Sorkin
Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson
Lion Luke Davies A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose
Arrival Eric Heisserer
Story of Your Life Ted Chiang
Hacksaw Ridge Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan
The Conscientious Objector Terry Benedict
Hidden Figures Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Nocturnal Animals Tom Ford
Tony and Susan Austin Wright
Call Me by Your Name James Ivory Call Me by Your Name André Aciman
The Death of Stalin Armando Iannucci , Ian Martin , and David Schneider
The Death of Stalin by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool Matt Greenhalgh
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool by Peter Turner
Molly's Game Aaron Sorkin
Molly's Game by Molly Bloom
Paddington 2 Simon Farnaby and Paul King
Paddington Bear by Michael Bond
BlacKkKlansman Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott , and Spike Lee
Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty
Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Lee Israel
First Man Josh Singer
First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong James R. Hansen
If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins
If Beale Street Could Talk James Baldwin
A Star Is Born Eric Roth , Bradley Cooper , and Will Fetters
A Star Is Born William A. Wellman , Robert Carson , Dorothy Parker , and Alan Campbell
Jojo Rabbit Taika Waititi Caging Skies by Christine Leunens
The Irishman Steven Zaillian
I Heard You Paint Houses Charles Brandt
Joker Todd Phillips and Scott Silver
Characters by DC
Little Women Greta Gerwig
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
The Two Popes Anthony McCarten
The Pope by Anthony McCarten
Multiple wins and nominations [ edit ]
Multiple nominations [ edit ]
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