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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 original 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 by Alastair Reid
Chocolat
Robert Nelson Jacobs
Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
James Schamus , Wang Hui-ling , and Kuo Jung Tsai
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Wang Dulu
High Fidelity
John Cusack , D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink , and Scott Rosenberg
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Wonder Boys
Steve Kloves
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Shrek
Ted Elliott , Terry Rossio , Roger S. H. Schulman , and Joe Stillman
Shrek! by William Steig
A Beautiful Mind
Akiva Goldsman
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
Bridget Jones's Diary
Richard Curtis , Andrew Davies , and Helen Fielding
Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding
Iris
Richard Eyre and Charles Wood
Elegy for Iris by John Bayley
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Philippa Boyens , Peter Jackson , and Fran Walsh
The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien
Adaptation.
Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman
The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean
About a Boy
Peter Hedges , Chris Weitz , and Paul Weitz
About a Boy by Nick Hornby
Catch Me If You Can
Jeff Nathanson
Catch Me if You Can by Frank Abagnale and Stan Redding
The Hours
David Hare
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
The Pianist
Ronald Harwood
The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Philippa Boyens , Peter Jackson , and Fran Walsh
The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
Big Fish
John August
Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions by Daniel Wallace
Cold Mountain
Anthony Minghella
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Olivia Hetreed
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Mystic River
Brian Helgeland
Mystic River by Dennis Lehane
Sideways
Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Sideways by Rex Pickett
The Chorus
Christophe Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval
A Cage of Nightingales directed by Jean Dréville
Closer
Patrick Marber
Closer by Patrick Marber
Finding Neverland
David Magee
The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee
The Motorcycle Diaries
José Rivera
The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara
Brokeback Mountain
Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana
Brokeback Mountain by E. Annie Proulx
Capote
Dan Futterman
Capote by Gerald Clarke
The Constant Gardener
Jeffrey Caine
The Constant Gardener by John le Carré
A History of Violence
Josh Olson
A History of Violence by John Wagner and Vince Locke
Pride & Prejudice
Deborah Moggach
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Last King of Scotland
Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden
Casino Royale
Paul Haggis , Neal Purvis , and Robert Wade
Casino Royale by Ian Fleming
The Departed
William Monahan
Infernal Affairs by Alan Mak and Felix Chong
The Devil Wears Prada
Aline Brosh McKenna
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
Notes on a Scandal
Patrick Marber
Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Ronald Harwood
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Atonement
Christopher Hampton
Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Kite Runner
David Benioff
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
No Country for Old Men
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
There Will Be Blood
Paul Thomas Anderson
Oil! by Upton Sinclair
Slumdog Millionaire
Simon Beaufoy
Q & A by Vikas Swarup
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric Roth
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Frost/Nixon
Peter Morgan
Frost/Nixon by Peter Morgan
The Reader
David Hare
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Revolutionary Road
Justin Haythe
Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Up in the Air
Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner
Up in the Air by Walter Kirn
District 9
Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
Alive in Joburg by Neill Blomkamp
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 by Armando Iannucci
Precious
Geoffrey Fletcher
Push by Sapphire
Year
Film
Screenwriter(s)
Adapted from
The Social Network
Aaron Sorkin
The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
127 Hours
Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy
Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Toy Story 3
Michael Arndt
Characters from the film Toy Story created by John Lasseter , Pete Docter , Andrew Stanton , Joe Ranft , Joss Whedon , Joel Cohen , and Alec Sokolow Characters from the film Toy Story 2 created by John Lasseter , Pete Docter , Ash Brannon , Andrew Stanton , Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, and Chris Webb
True Grit
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
True Grit by Charles Portis
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré
The Descendants
Alexander Payne , Nat Faxon , and Jim Rash
The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
The Help
Tate Taylor
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
The Ides of March
George Clooney , Beau Willimon , and Grant Heslov
Farragut North by Beau Willimon
Moneyball
Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin
Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Silver Linings Playbook
David O. Russell
The Silver Linings Playbook by 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 by Yann Martel
Lincoln
Tony Kushner
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by 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 by Solomon Northup
Behind the Candelabra
Richard LaGravenese
Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace by Scott Thorson
Captain Phillips
Billy Ray
A Captain's Duty by Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty
The Wolf of Wall Street
Terence Winter
The Wolf of Wall Street by 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 by Chris Kyle , Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
Gone Girl by 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 by Michael Lewis
Brooklyn
Nick Hornby
Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
Carol
Phyllis Nagy
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
Room
Emma Donoghue
Room by Emma Donoghue
Steve Jobs
Aaron Sorkin
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
Lion
Luke Davies
A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley and Larry Buttrose
Arrival
Eric Heisserer
Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang
Hacksaw Ridge
Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan
The Conscientious Objector by Terry Benedict
Hidden Figures
Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
Nocturnal Animals
Tom Ford
Tony and Susan by Austin Wright
Call Me by Your Name
James Ivory
Call Me by Your Name by 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 by James R. Hansen
If Beale Street Could Talk
Barry Jenkins
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
A Star Is Born
Eric Roth , Bradley Cooper , and Will Fetters
A Star Is Born by 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 by Charles Brandt
Joker
Todd Phillips and Scott Silver
Characters by DC
Little Women
Greta Gerwig
Little Women by 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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^ 1985 Film Adapted Screenplay|BAFTA Awards
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^ "Gladiator conquers the Baftas" . BBC News . 25 February 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2021 .
^ " 'Lord of the Rings' dominates BAFTAs, wins best film award" . The Irish Times . 22 February 2002. Retrieved 1 July 2021 .
^ Hernandez, Eugene (24 February 2003). "Top BAFTA Awards For "The Pianist" " . Indiewire . Retrieved 1 July 2021 .
^ "Rings rule at Bafta film awards" . BBC News . 16 February 2004. Retrieved 1 July 2021 .
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^ "Baftas: Gravity and 12 Years a Slave share glory" . BBC News . 17 February 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2021 .
^ Brown, Mark (8 February 2015). "Baftas 2015: Boyhood wins top honours but Grand Budapest Hotel checks out with most" . The Guardian . Retrieved 1 July 2021 .
^ Lodderhose, Diana (14 February 2016). " 'The Revenant,' Leonardo DiCaprio Dominate BAFTA Awards" . Variety . Retrieved 1 July 2021 .
^ Grater, Tom. "Baftas 2017: 'La La Land' scoops five as 'Moonlight', 'Nocturnal Animals' are shutout" . Screendaily . Retrieved 1 July 2021 .
^ "Bafta Film Awards 2018: Three Billboards wins top prizes" . BBC . 19 February 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2021 .
^ Meet LGBT History Month icon James Ivory|San Diego Gay and Lesbian News
^ Nordine, Michael (10 February 2019). "BAFTA Awards 2019: 'Roma' Wins Best Film as 'The Favourite' Takes Home the Most Prizes" . IndieWire . Retrieved 1 July 2021 .
^ Bafta winners 2019: Rami Malek, Olivia Colman and The Favorite bag top awards at Baftas 2019|Metro
^ "Baftas 2020: Sam Mendes film 1917 dominates awards" . BBC . 2 February 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2021 .
^ Taika Waititi wins Bafta for best adapted screenplay|Star News
^ Shoard, Catherine (12 April 2021). "Baftas 2021: Nomadland wins big as Promising Young Woman and Anthony Hopkins surprise" . The Guardian . Retrieved 1 July 2021 .
^ "Baftas 2022: the full list of nominations" . The Guardian . 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022 .
^ "BAFTA Awards 2023: See the full list of nominees" . CNN . 19 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023 .
^ Sandwell, Ian (19 February 2023). "Netflix's All Quiet on the Western Front has set a new BAFTA record" . Digital Spy . Retrieved 19 February 2023 .
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