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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.
History
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
indicates the winner
1980s
1990s
2000s
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
2010s
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
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins
Multiple nominations
See also
References
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BAFTA Awards
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1985 Film Adapted Screenplay|BAFTA Awards
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