Academy award for Best adapted Screenplay - wikipedia Academy award for Best adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Country United States Presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) First awarded 1929 Currently held by James Ivory Call Me by Your Name ( 2017 ) Website oscars.org The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. It is awarded each year to the writer of a screenplay adapted from another source ( usually a novel, play, short story, or TV series but sometimes another film ). All sequels are automatically considered adaptations by this standard ( since the sequel must be based on the original story ). See also the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, a similar award for screenplays that are not adaptations. Contents 1 Superlatives 2 Notable nominees 3 Winners and nominees 3.1 1920s 3.2 1930s 3.3 1940s 3.4 1950s 3.5 1960s 3.6 1970s 3.7 1980s 3.8 1990s 3.9 2000s 3.10 2010s 4 Age superlatives 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References Superlatives The first person to win twice in this category is Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who won the award in two consecutive years, 1949 and 1950. Others to win twice in this category include : George Seaton, Robert Bolt ( who also won in consecutive years ), Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo, Alvin Sargent, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Alexander Payne and Michael Wilson. Payne won both awards as part of a writing duo, with Jim Taylor, and writing trio, with Jim Rash and Nat Faxon. Michael Wilson was blacklisted at the time of his second Oscar, so the award was given to a front ( novelist Pierre Boulle ). However, the Academy officially recognized him as the winner several years later. Frances Marion was the first woman to win in this category, in 1930. Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney were the first to win for adapting their own work, for The Life of Emile Zola. Philip G. Epstein and Julius J. Epstein are the first siblings to win in this category, for Casablanca. James Goldman and William Goldman are the first to win for separate films. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen are the third winning siblings, for No Country for Old Men. Mario Puzo is the one of two writers whose work has been adapted and resulted in two wins. Puzo 's novel The Godfather resulted in wins in 1972 and 1974. The other is E.M. Forster, whose novels A Room with a View and Howards End resulted in wins for Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Larry McMurtry is the only person who has won ( for Brokeback Mountain ) for adapting someone else 's work and whose work has been adapted by someone else resulting in a win, Terms of Endearment. Emma Thompson is the only winner who has also won for acting. Winners Billy Bob Thornton and John Huston have only received nominations ( not wins ) in the acting categories. Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh are the only married couple to win, for The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King. Geoffrey S. Fletcher ( for Precious : Based on the Novel ' Push ' by Sapphire ), John Ridley ( for 12 Years a Slave ), and Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney ( both for Moonlight ) are the only African - Americans to win in this category ; Fletcher is also the first African - American to win in any writing category. Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Paddy Chayefsky, Francis Ford Coppola, Horton Foote, William Goldman, Robert Benton, Bo Goldman, and the Coen brothers have won Oscars for both original and adapted screenplays. James Ivory is the oldest person to receive the award, having been 89 years old when he won for Call Me by Your Name. Notable nominees Noted novelists and playwrights nominated in this category include : George Bernard Shaw ( who shared an award for an adaptation of his play Pygmalion ), Graham Greene, Tennessee Williams, Vladimir Nabokov, James Hilton, Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Lillian Hellman, Irwin Shaw, James Agee, Norman Corwin, S.J. Perelman, Terence Rattigan, John Osborne, Robert Bolt, Harold Pinter, David Mamet, Larry McMurtry, Arthur Miller, John Irving, David Hare, Tony Kushner, and August Wilson. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first in colored row, followed by the other nominees. 1920s Year Film Nominees Source Material 1927 - 28 ( 1st ) 7th Heaven Benjamin Glazer The play Seventh Heaven by Austin Strong Glorious Betsy Anthony Coldeway The play Glorious Betsy by Rida Johnson Young The Jazz Singer Alfred A. Cohn The play The Jazz Singer by Samson Raphaelson, from his story `` The Day of Atonement '' 1928 - 29 ( 2nd ) The Patriot Hanns Kräly Ashley Dukes ' translation of the play Der Patriot by Alfred Neumann & the story Paul I by Dmitry Merezhkovsky The Cop Elliott J. Clawson -- ( original ) In Old Arizona Tom Barry The story The Caballero 's Way by O. Henry The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Kräly The play The Last of Mrs. Cheyney by Frederick Lonsdale The Leatherneck Clawson -- ( original ) Our Dancing Daughters Josephine Lovett -- ( original ) Sal of Singapore Clawson The story The Sentimentalists by Dale Collins Skyscraper A story by Dudley Murphy The Valiant Barry The play The Valiant by Halworthy Hall & Robert Middlemass A Woman of Affairs Bess Meredyth The novel The Green Hat by Michael Arlen Wonder of Women The novel Die Frau des Steffen Tromholt by Hermann Sudermann 1930s Year Film Nominees Source Material 1929 - 30 ( 3rd ) The Big House Frances Marion -- ( original ) All Quiet on the Western Front Maxwell Anderson ( adaptation / dialogue ), George Abbott ( screenplay ), Del Andrews ( adaptation ) The novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Disraeli Julien Josephson The play Disraeli by Louis N. Parker The Divorcee John Meehan The novel Ex-Wife by Ursula Parrott Street of Chance Howard Estabrook A story by Oliver H.P. Garrett 1930 - 31 ( 4th ) Cimarron Howard Estabrook The novel Cimarron by Edna Ferber The Criminal Code Seton I. Miller & Fred Niblo Jr. The play The Criminal Code by Martin Flavin Holiday Horace Jackson The play Holiday by Philip Barry Little Caesar Francis Edward Faragoh ( screen version / dialogue ) & Robert N. Lee ( continuity ) The novel Little Caesar by W.R. Burnett Skippy Joseph L. Mankiewicz & Sam Mintz The comic strip Skippy by Percy Crosby 1931 - 32 ( 5th ) Bad Girl Edwin J. Burke The novel Bad Girl and Bad Girl ( play ) by Viña Delmar Arrowsmith Sidney Howard The novel Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Percy Heath & Samuel Hoffenstein The novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 1932 - 33 ( 6th ) Little Women Victor Heerman & Sarah Y. Mason The novel Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Lady for a Day Robert Riskin The story Madame la Gimp by Damon Runyon State Fair Paul Green & Sonya Levien The novel State Fair by Phil Stong 1934 ( 7th ) It Happened One Night Robert Riskin The story Night Bus by Samuel Hopkins Adams The Thin Man Albert Hackett & Frances Goodrich The novel The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett Viva Villa ! Ben Hecht The book Viva Villa ! by Edgecumb Pinchon and O.B. Stade 1935 ( 8th ) The Informer Dudley Nichols The novel The Informer by Liam O'Flaherty The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Waldemar Young, John L. Balderston & Achmed Abdullah ( screenplay ) ; Grover Jones & William Slavens McNutt ( adaptation ) The novel The Lives of a Bengal Lancer by Francis Yeats - Brown Mutiny on the Bounty Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman & Carey Wilson The novel Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff & James Norman Hall 1936 ( 9th ) The Story of Louis Pasteur Pierre Collings & Sheridan Gibney ( original ) After the Thin Man Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett A story by Dashiell Hammett Dodsworth Sidney Howard The play Dodsworth by Sidney Howard Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Robert Riskin The story Opera Hat by Clarence Budington Kelland My Man Godfrey Morrie Ryskind & Eric S. Hatch The story 1101 Park Avenue by Hatch 1937 ( 10th ) The Life of Emile Zola Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg & Norman Reilly Raine The book Zola and His Time by Matthew Josephson The Awful Truth Viña Delmar The play The Awful Truth by Arthur Richman Captains Courageous Marc Connelly, John Lee Mahin & Dale Van Every The novel Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling Stage Door Morrie Ryskind & Anthony Veiller The play Stage Door by Edna Ferber & George S. Kaufman A Star Is Born Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell & Robert Carson A story by William A. Wellman & Carson 1938 ( 11th ) Pygmalion George Bernard Shaw ( screenplay and dialogue ) ; Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Arthur Lewis & W.P. Lipscomb ( adaptation ) The play Pygmalion by Shaw Boys Town John Meehan & Dore Schary A story by Schary & Eleanore Griffin The Citadel Ian Dalrymple, Frank Wead & Elizabeth Hill The novel The Citadel by A.J. Cronin Four Daughters Lenore Coffee & Julius J. Epstein The short story Sister Act by Fannie Hurst You Ca n't Take It with You Robert Riskin The play You Ca n't Take It with You by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart 1939 ( 12th ) Gone with the Wind Sidney Howard ( posthumously ) The novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell Goodbye, Mr. Chips R.C. Sherriff, Claudine West & Eric Maschwitz The novel Goodbye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Sidney Buchman A story by Lewis R. Foster Ninotchka Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder & Walter Reisch A story by Melchior Lengyel Wuthering Heights Charles MacArthur & Ben Hecht The novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 1940s Year Film Nominees Source Material 1940 ( 13th ) The Philadelphia Story Donald Ogden Stewart The play The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry The Grapes of Wrath Nunnally Johnson The novel The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Kitty Foyle Dalton Trumbo The novel Kitty Foyle by Christopher Morley The Long Voyage Home Dudley Nichols The short plays The Moon of the Caribees, In the Zone, Bound East for Cardiff & The Long Voyage Home by Eugene O'Neill Rebecca Robert E. Sherwood & Joan Harrison The novel Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 1941 ( 14th ) Here Comes Mr. Jordan Sidney Buchman & Seton I. Miller The play Heaven Can Wait by Harry Segall Hold Back the Dawn Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder The story Memo to a Movie Producer by Ketti Frings How Green Was My Valley Philip Dunne The novel How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn The Little Foxes Lillian Hellman The play The Little Foxes by Hellman The Maltese Falcon John Huston The novel The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett 1942 ( 15th ) Mrs. Miniver George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West & Arthur Wimperis The character Mrs. Miniver from the newspaper columns by Jan Struther The Invaders Rodney Ackland & Emeric Pressburger A story by Pressburger The Pride of the Yankees Herman J. Mankiewicz & Jo Swerling A story by Paul Gallico Random Harvest Froeschel, West & Wimperis The novel Random Harvest by Hilton The Talk of the Town Sidney Buchman & Irwin Shaw A story by Sidney Harmon 1943 ( 16th ) Casablanca Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein & Howard E. Koch The play Everybody Comes to Rick 's by Murray Burnett & Joan Alison Holy Matrimony Nunnally Johnson The novel Buried Alive by Arnold Bennett The More the Merrier Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ross & Robert W. Russell A story by Ross & Russell The Song of Bernadette George Seaton The novel The Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel Watch on the Rhine Dashiell Hammett The play Watch on the Rhine by Lillian Hellman 1944 ( 17th ) Going My Way Frank Butler & Frank Cavett A story by Leo McCarey Double Indemnity Billy Wilder & Raymond Chandler The novel Double Indemnity in Three of a Kind by James M. Cain Gaslight John Van Druten, Walter Reisch & John L. Balderston The play Angel Street by Patrick Hamilton Laura Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein & Betty Reinhardt The novel Laura by Vera Caspary Meet Me in St. Louis Irving Brecher & Fred F. Finklehoffe The novel Meet Me in St. Louis by Sally Benson 1945 ( 18th ) The Lost Weekend Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder The novel The Lost Weekend by Charles R. Jackson G.I. Joe Leopold Atlas, Guy Endore & Philip Stevenson The books Brave Men & Here Is Your War by Ernie Pyle Mildred Pierce Ranald MacDougall The novel Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain Pride of the Marines Albert Maltz The book Al Schmid, Marine by Roger Butterfield A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Frank Davis & Tess Slesinger ( posthumously ) The novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 1946 ( 19th ) The Best Years of Our Lives Robert E. Sherwood The novel Glory for Me by MacKinlay Kantor Anna and the King of Siam Sally Benson & Talbot Jennings The novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon Brief Encounter Anthony Havelock - Allan, David Lean & Ronald Neame The play Still Life by Noël Coward The Killers Anthony Veiller The short story The Killers by Ernest Hemingway Rome, Open City Sergio Amidei & Federico Fellini A story by Amidei & Alberto Consiglio 1947 ( 20th ) Miracle on 34th Street George Seaton A story by Valentine Davies Boomerang Richard Murphy The Reader 's Digest article by Anthony Abbot Crossfire John Paxton The novel The Brick Foxhole by Richard Brooks Gentleman 's Agreement Moss Hart The novel Gentleman 's Agreement by Laura Z. Hobson Great Expectations David Lean, Ronald Neame & Anthony Havelock - Allan The novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 1948 ( 21st ) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre John Huston The novel The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven A Foreign Affair Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder & Richard L. Breen A story by David Shaw Johnny Belinda Irma von Cube & Allen Vincent The play Johnny Belinda by Elmer Blaney Harris The Search Richard Schweizer & David Wechsler -- ( original screenplay ) The Snake Pit Frank Partos & Millen Brand The novel The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward 1949 ( 22nd ) A Letter to Three Wives Joseph L. Mankiewicz The novel Letter to Five Wives by John Klempner All the King 's Men Robert Rossen The novel All the King 's Men by Robert Penn Warren The Bicycle Thief Cesare Zavattini The novel Bicycle Thief by Luigi Bartolini Champion Carl Foreman The short story Champion by Ring Lardner The Fallen Idol Graham Greene The short story The Basement Room by Greene 1950s Year Film Nominees Source Material 1950 ( 23rd ) All About Eve Joseph L. Mankiewicz The short story The Wisdom of Eve by Mary Orr The Asphalt Jungle Ben Maddow & John Huston The novel The Asphalt Jungle by W.R. Burnett Born Yesterday Albert Mannheimer The play Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin Broken Arrow Albert Maltz The novel Blood Brother by Elliott Arnold Father of the Bride Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett The novel Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter 1951 ( 24th ) A Place in the Sun Harry Brown & Michael Wilson The novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser & play of the same name by Patrick Kearney The African Queen James Agee & John Huston The novel The African Queen by C.S. Forester Detective Story Robert Wyler & Philip Yordan The play Detective Story by Sidney Kingsley La Ronde Jacques Natanson & Max Ophüls The play Reigen by Arthur Schnitzler A Streetcar Named Desire Tennessee Williams The play A Streetcar Named Desire by Williams 1952 ( 25th ) The Bad and the Beautiful Charles Schnee The story Tribute to a Badman by George Bradshaw 5 Fingers Michael Wilson The novel Operation Cicero by Ludwig Carl Moyzisch High Noon Carl Foreman The story The Tin Star by John W. Cunningham The Man in the White Suit John Dighton, Roger MacDougall & Alexander Mackendrick The play The Man in the White Suit by Roger MacDougall The Quiet Man Frank Nugent The story Green Rushes by Maurice Walsh 1953 ( 26th ) From Here to Eternity Daniel Taradash The novel From Here to Eternity by James Jones The Cruel Sea Eric Ambler The novel The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat Lili Helen Deutsch The story Love of Seven Dolls by Paul Gallico Roman Holiday Ian McLellan Hunter & John Dighton A story by Dalton Trumbo ( front : Ian McLellan Hunter ) Shane A.B. Guthrie Jr. The novel Shane by Jack Schaefer 1954 ( 27th ) The Country Girl George Seaton The play The Country Girl by Clifford Odets The Caine Mutiny Stanley Roberts The novel The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk Rear Window John Michael Hayes The story It Had to Be Murder by Cornell Woolrich Sabrina Billy Wilder, Samuel A. Taylor & Ernest Lehman The novel Sabrina Fair by Taylor Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich & Dorothy Kingsley The story The Sobbin ' Women by Stephen Vincent Benét 1955 ( 28th ) Marty Paddy Chayefsky The teleplay Marty by Chayefsky Bad Day at Black Rock Millard Kaufman The short story Bad Time at Honda by Howard Breslin Blackboard Jungle Richard Brooks The novel Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter East of Eden Paul Osborn The novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck Love Me or Leave Me Daniel Fuchs & Isobel Lennart A story by Fuchs 1956 ( 29th ) Around the World in 80 Days John Farrow, S.J. Perelman & James Poe The novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne Baby Doll Tennessee Williams The short plays 27 Wagons Full of Cotton & The Unsatisfactory Supper by Williams Friendly Persuasion Michael Wilson The novel The Friendly Persuasion by Jessamyn West Giant Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat The novel Giant by Edna Ferber Lust for Life Norman Corwin The novel Lust for Life by Irving Stone 1957 ( 30th ) The Bridge on the River Kwai Carl Foreman, Michael Wilson & Pierre Boulle The novel The Bridge over the River Kwai by Boulle Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison John Huston & John Lee Mahin The novel Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison by Charles Shaw Peyton Place John Michael Hayes The novel Peyton Place by Grace Metalious Sayonara Paul Osborn The novel Sayonara by James A. Michener 12 Angry Men Reginald Rose The teleplay Twelve Angry Men by Rose 1958 ( 31st ) Gigi Alan Jay Lerner The novella Gigi by Colette Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Richard Brooks & James Poe The play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams The Horse 's Mouth Alec Guinness The novel The Horse 's Mouth by Joyce Cary I Want to Live ! Nelson Gidding & Don Mankiewicz Articles by Edward S. Montgomery & letters by Barbara Graham Separate Tables John Gay & Terence Rattigan The play Separate Tables by Rattigan 1959 ( 32nd ) Room at the Top Neil Paterson The novel Room at the Top by John Braine Anatomy of a Murder Wendell Mayes The novel Anatomy of a Murder by John D. Voelker Ben - Hur Karl Tunberg The novel Ben - Hur : A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace The Nun 's Story Robert Anderson The novel The Nun 's Story by Kathryn Hulme Some Like It Hot Billy Wilder & I.A.L. Diamond A story suggested by Robert Thoeren & M. Logan 1960s Year Film Nominees Source Material 1960 ( 33rd ) Elmer Gantry Richard Brooks The novel Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis Inherit the Wind Nedrick Young & Harold Jacob Smith The play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Sons and Lovers Gavin Lambert & T.E.B. Clarke The novel Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence The Sundowners Isobel Lennart The novel The Sundowners by Jon Cleary Tunes of Glory James Kennaway The novel Tunes of Glory by Kennaway 1961 ( 34th ) Judgment at Nuremberg Abby Mann The teleplay Judgment at Nuremberg by Mann Breakfast at Tiffany 's George Axelrod The novella Breakfast at Tiffany 's by Truman Capote The Guns of Navarone Carl Foreman The novel The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean The Hustler Sidney Carroll & Robert Rossen The novel The Hustler by Walter Tevis West Side Story Ernest Lehman The play West Side Story, book by Arthur Laurents 1962 ( 35th ) To Kill a Mockingbird Horton Foote The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee David and Lisa Eleanor Perry The story Lisa and David by Theodore Isaac Rubin Lawrence of Arabia Robert Bolt & Michael Wilson The writings of T.E. Lawrence Lolita Vladimir Nabokov The novel Lolita by Nabokov The Miracle Worker William Gibson The play The Miracle Worker by Gibson 1963 ( 36th ) Tom Jones John Osborne The novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding Captain Newman, M.D. Richard L. Breen, Henry Ephron & Phoebe Ephron The novel Captain Newman, M.D. by Leo Rosten Hud Irving Ravetch & Harriet Frank Jr. The novel Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry Lilies of the Field James Poe The novel Lilies of the Field by William Edmund Barrett Sundays and Cybele Serge Bourguignon ( scenario / dialogue ) & Antoine Tudal ( scenario ) The novel Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray by Bernard Eschassériaux 1964 ( 37th ) Becket Edward Anhalt The play Becket by Jean Anouilh Dr. Strangelove Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern & Peter George The novel Red Alert by George Mary Poppins Bill Walsh & Don DaGradi The Mary Poppins series by P.L. Travers My Fair Lady Alan Jay Lerner The musical My Fair Lady, book by Lerner Zorba the Greek Michael Cacoyannis The novel The Life of Alexis Zorba by Nikos Kazantzakis 1965 ( 38th ) Doctor Zhivago Robert Bolt The novel Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak Cat Ballou Walter Newman & Frank Pierson The novel The Ballad of Cat Ballou by Roy Chanslor The Collector Stanley Mann & John Kohn The novel The Collector by John Fowles Ship of Fools Abby Mann The novel Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter A Thousand Clowns Herb Gardner The play A Thousand Clowns by Gardner 1966 ( 39th ) A Man for All Seasons Robert Bolt The play A Man for All Seasons by Bolt Alfie Bill Naughton The play Alfie by Naughton The Professionals Richard Brooks The novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming William Rose The novel Off - Islanders by Nathaniel Benchley Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? Ernest Lehman The play Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? by Edward Albee 1967 ( 40th ) In the Heat of the Night Stirling Silliphant The novel In the Heat of the Night by John Ball Cool Hand Luke Donn Pearce & Frank Pierson The novel Cool Hand Luke by Donn Pearce The Graduate Calder Willingham & Buck Henry The novel The Graduate by Charles Webb In Cold Blood Richard Brooks The novel In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Ulysses Joseph Strick & Fred Haines The novel Ulysses by James Joyce 1968 ( 41st ) The Lion in Winter James Goldman The play The Lion in Winter by Goldman The Odd Couple Neil Simon The play The Odd Couple by Simon Oliver ! Vernon Harris The musical Oliver !, book by Lionel Bart Rachel, Rachel Stewart Stern The novel A Jest of God by Margaret Laurence Rosemary 's Baby Roman Polanski The novel Rosemary 's Baby by Ira Levin 1969 ( 42nd ) Midnight Cowboy Waldo Salt The novel Midnight Cowboy by James Leo Herlihy Anne of the Thousand Days John Hale & Bridget Boland ( screenplay ) ; Richard Sokolove ( adaptation ) The play Anne of the Thousand Days by Maxwell Anderson Goodbye, Columbus Arnold Schulman The novel Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth They Shoot Horses, Do n't They ? James Poe and Robert E. Thompson The novel They Shoot Horses, Do n't They ? by Horace McCoy Z Jorge Semprún & Costa - Gavras The novel Z by Vassilis Vassilikos 1970s Year Film Nominees Source Material 1970 ( 43rd ) M * A * S * H Ring Lardner Jr. The novel MASH : A Novel About Three Army Doctors by Richard Hooker Airport George Seaton The novel Airport by Arthur Hailey I Never Sang for My Father Robert Anderson The play I Never Sang for My Father by Anderson Lovers and Other Strangers Joseph Bologna, David Zelag Goodman & Renée Taylor The play Lovers and Other Strangers by Bologna & Taylor Women in Love Larry Kramer The novel Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence 1971 ( 44th ) The French Connection Ernest Tidyman The book The French Connection : A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy by Robin Moore A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick The novel A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess The Conformist Bernardo Bertolucci The novel Il Conformista by Alberto Moravia The Garden of the Finzi - Continis Ugo Pirro & Vittorio Bonicelli The novel The Garden of the Finzi - Continis by Giorgio Bassani The Last Picture Show Larry McMurtry & Peter Bogdanovich The novel The Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry 1972 ( 45th ) The Godfather Mario Puzo & Francis Ford Coppola The novel The Godfather by Puzo Cabaret Jay Presson Allen The musical Cabaret, book by Joe Masteroff The Emigrants Bengt Forslund & Jan Troell The novels The Emigrants & Unto a Good Land by Vilhelm Moberg Pete ' n ' Tillie Julius J. Epstein The story Witch 's Milk by Peter De Vries Sounder Lonne Elder III The novel Sounder by William H. Armstrong 1973 ( 46th ) The Exorcist William Peter Blatty The novel The Exorcist by Blatty The Last Detail Robert Towne The novel The Last Detail by Darryl Ponicsan The Paper Chase James Bridges The novel The Paper Chase by John Jay Osborn, Jr. Paper Moon Alvin Sargent The novel Addie Pray by Joe David Brown Serpico Waldo Salt & Norman Wexler The book Serpico by Peter Maas ( 47th ) The Godfather Part II Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo The novel The Godfather by Puzo The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz Mordecai Richler ( screenplay ) & Lionel Chetwynd ( adaptation ) The novel The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler Lenny Julian Barry The play Lenny by Julian Barry Murder on the Orient Express Paul Dehn The novel Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie Young Frankenstein Gene Wilder & Mel Brooks The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley ( 48th ) One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest Bo Goldman & Lawrence Hauben The novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo 's Nest by Ken Kesey Barry Lyndon Stanley Kubrick The novel The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. by William Makepeace Thackeray The Man Who Would Be King John Huston & Gladys Hill The story The Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling Profumo di donna Ruggero Maccari & Dino Risi The novel The Scent of a Woman by Giovanni Arpino The Sunshine Boys Neil Simon The play The Sunshine Boys by Simon 1976 ( 49th ) All the President 's Men William Goldman The book All the President 's Men by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward Bound for Glory Robert Getchell The book Bound for Glory by Woody Guthrie Fellini 's Casanova Federico Fellini & Bernardino Zapponi The autobiography Histoire de ma vie by Giacomo Casanova The Seven - Per - Cent Solution Nicholas Meyer The novel The Seven - Per - Cent Solution by Nicholas Meyer Voyage of the Damned David Butler & Steve Shagan The book Voyage of the Damned by Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan - Witts 1977 ( 50th ) Julia Alvin Sargent The novel Pentimento by Lillian Hellman Equus Peter Shaffer The play Equus by Shaffer I Never Promised You a Rose Garden Gavin Lambert & Lewis John Carlino The novel I Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Joanne Greenberg Oh, God ! Larry Gelbart The novel Oh, God ! by Avery Corman That Obscure Object of Desire Luis Buñuel ( scenario ) & Jean - Claude Carrière ( collaboration ) The novel The Woman and the Puppet by Pierre Louÿs 1978 ( 51st ) Midnight Express Oliver Stone The book Midnight Express by Billy Hayes & William Hoffer Bloodbrothers Walter Newman The novel Bloodbrothers by Richard Price California Suite Neil Simon The play California Suite by Simon Heaven Can Wait Elaine May & Warren Beatty The play Heaven Can Wait by Harry Segall Same Time, Next Year Bernard Slade The play Same Time, Next Year by Bernard Slade 1979 ( 52nd ) Kramer vs. Kramer Robert Benton The novel Kramer vs. Kramer by Avery Corman Apocalypse Now John Milius & Francis Ford Coppola The novel Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad La Cage aux folles Marcello Danon, Édouard Molinaro, Jean Poiret & Francis Veber The play La Cage aux Folles by Poiret A Little Romance Allan Burns The novel E = MC2 Mon Amour by Patrick Cauvin Norma Rae Harriet Frank Jr. & Irving Ravetch The book Crystal Lee, a Woman of Inheritance by Hank Leiferman 1980s Year Film Nominees Source Material 1980 ( 53rd ) Ordinary People Alvin Sargent The novel Ordinary People by Judith Guest Breaker Morant Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens & Bruce Beresford The play Breaker Morant by Kenneth G. Ross Coal Miner 's Daughter Thomas Rickman The book Coal Miner 's Daughter by Loretta Lynn & George Vecsey The Elephant Man Christopher De Vore, Eric Bergren & David Lynch The books The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences by Sir Frederick Treves & The Elephant Man : A Study in Human Dignity by Ashley Montagu The Stunt Man Lawrence B. Marcus ( screenplay ) & Richard Rush ( adaptation ) The novel The Stunt Man by Paul Brodeur 1981 ( 54th ) On Golden Pond Ernest Thompson The play On Golden Pond by Thompson The French Lieutenant 's Woman Harold Pinter The novel The French Lieutenant 's Woman by John Fowles Pennies from Heaven Dennis Potter The television miniseries Pennies from Heaven written by Potter Prince of the City Jay Presson Allen & Sidney Lumet The book Prince of the City : The True Story of a Cop Who Knew Too Much by Robert Daley Ragtime Michael Weller The novel Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow 1982 ( 55th ) Missing Costa - Gavras & Donald E. Stewart The book The Execution of Charles Horman : An American Sacrifice by Thomas Hauser Das Boot Wolfgang Petersen The novel Das Boot by Lothar - Günther Buchheim Sophie 's Choice Alan J. Pakula The novel Sophie 's Choice by William Styron The Verdict David Mamet The novel The Verdict by Barry Reed Victor / Victoria Blake Edwards The film Viktor und Viktoria written by Reinhold Schünzel ( 56th ) Terms of Endearment James L. Brooks The novel Terms of Endearment by Larry McMurtry Betrayal Harold Pinter The play Betrayal by Pinter The Dresser Ronald Harwood The play The Dresser by Harwood Educating Rita Willy Russell The play Educating Rita by Russell Reuben, Reuben Julius J. Epstein The play Spofford by Herman Shumlin 1984 ( 57th ) Amadeus Peter Shaffer The play Amadeus by Shaffer Greystoke : The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes Robert Towne & Michael Austin The novel Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs The Killing Fields Bruce Robinson The article The Death and Life of Dith Pran by Sydney Schanberg A Passage to India David Lean The novel A Passage to India by E.M. Forster A Soldier 's Story Charles Fuller The play A Soldier 's Play by Fuller 1985 ( 58th ) Out of Africa Kurt Luedtke The memoir Out of Africa by Karen Blixen & the books Silence Will Speak by Errol Trzebinski & Isak Dinesen : The Life of a Storyteller by Judith Thurman The Color Purple Menno Meyjes The novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker Kiss of the Spider Woman Leonard Schrader The novel Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig Prizzi 's Honor Richard Condon & Janet Roach The novel Prizzi 's Honor by Condon The Trip to Bountiful Horton Foote The teleplay The Trip to Bountiful by Foote 1986 ( 59th ) A Room with a View Ruth Prawer Jhabvala The novel A Room with a View by E.M. Forster Children of a Lesser God Hesper Anderson & Mark Medoff The play Children of a Lesser God by Medoff The Color of Money Richard Price The novel The Color of Money by Walter Tevis Crimes of the Heart Beth Henley The play Crimes of the Heart by Henley Stand by Me Raynold Gideon & Bruce A. Evans The novella The Body by Stephen King ( 60th ) The Last Emperor Bernardo Bertolucci & Mark Peploe The autobiography From Emperor to Citizen : The Autobiography of Aisin - Gioro Pu Yi by Puyi The Dead Tony Huston The short story The Dead by James Joyce Fatal Attraction James Dearden The teleplay Diversion by Dearden Full Metal Jacket Gustav Hasford, Michael Herr & Stanley Kubrick The novel The Short - Timers by Hasford My Life as a Dog Brasse Brännström, Per Berglund, Lasse Hallström & Reidar Jönsson The novel Mitt liv som hund by Jönsson 1988 ( 61st ) Dangerous Liaisons Christopher Hampton The play Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Hampton & the novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos The Accidental Tourist Frank Galati & Lawrence Kasdan The novel The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler Gorillas in the Mist Anna Hamilton Phelan ( story / screenplay ) & Tab Murphy ( story ) An article by Harold Hayes Little Dorrit Christine Edzard The novel Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens The Unbearable Lightness of Being Jean - Claude Carrière & Philip Kaufman The novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 1989 ( 62nd ) Driving Miss Daisy Alfred Uhry The play Driving Miss Daisy by Uhry Born on the Fourth of July Ron Kovic & Oliver Stone The book Born on the Fourth of July by Kovic Enemies, A Love Story Paul Mazursky & Roger L. Simon The novel Enemies, a Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer Field of Dreams Phil Alden Robinson The novel Shoeless Joe by W.P. Kinsella My Left Foot Shane Connaughton & Jim Sheridan The book My Left Foot by Christy Brown 1990s Year Film Nominees Source Material 1990 ( 63rd ) Dances with Wolves Michael Blake The novel Dances with Wolves by Blake Awakenings Steven Zaillian The book Awakenings by Oliver Sacks Goodfellas Nicholas Pileggi & Martin Scorsese The book Wiseguy by Pileggi The Grifters Donald E. Westlake The novel The Grifters by Jim Thompson Reversal of Fortune Nicholas Kazan The book Reversal of Fortune : Inside the von Bülow Case by Alan Dershowitz 1991 ( 64th ) The Silence of the Lambs Ted Tally The novel The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris Europa Europa Agnieszka Holland The book I Was Hitler Youth Salomon by Solomon Perel Fried Green Tomatoes Fannie Flagg & Carol Sobieski ( posthumously ) The novel Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Flagg JFK Oliver Stone & Zachary Sklar The books Crossfire : The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs & On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison The Prince of Tides Pat Conroy & Becky Johnston The novel The Prince of Tides by Conroy 1992 ( 65th ) Howards End Ruth Prawer Jhabvala The novel Howards End by E.M. Forster Enchanted April Peter Barnes The novel The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim The Player Michael Tolkin The novel The Player by Tolkin A River Runs Through It Richard Friedenberg The short story A River Runs Through It by Norman Maclean Scent of a Woman Bo Goldman The novel Il Buio E Il Miele by Giovanni Arpino & the film Profumo di Donna written by Ruggero Maccari and Dino Risi 1993 ( 66th ) Schindler 's List Steven Zaillian The novel Schindler 's Ark by Thomas Keneally The Age of Innocence Jay Cocks & Martin Scorsese The novel The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton In the Name of the Father Terry George & Jim Sheridan The book Proved Innocent by Gerry Conlon The Remains of the Day Ruth Prawer Jhabvala The novel The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro Shadowlands William Nicholson The play Shadowlands by Nicholson 1994 ( 67th ) Forrest Gump Eric Roth The novel Forrest Gump by Winston Groom The Madness of King George Alan Bennett The play The Madness of George III by Bennett Nobody 's Fool Robert Benton The novel Nobody 's Fool by Richard Russo Quiz Show Paul Attanasio The book Remembering America : A Voice from the Sixties by Richard N. Goodwin The Shawshank Redemption Frank Darabont The short story Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King 1995 ( 68th ) Sense and Sensibility Emma Thompson The novel Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Apollo 13 William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert The book Lost Moon by Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger Babe George Miller & Chris Noonan The novel The Sheep - Pig by Dick King - Smith Leaving Las Vegas Mike Figgis The novel Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien Il Postino Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford & Massimo Troisi ( posthumously ) ( screenplay ) ; Furio Scarpelli & Giacomo Scarpelli ( story / screenplay ) The novel Ardiente Paciencia by Antonio Skármeta ( 69th ) Sling Blade Billy Bob Thornton The short film Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade written by Thornton The Crucible Arthur Miller The play The Crucible by Miller The English Patient Anthony Minghella The novel The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje Hamlet Kenneth Branagh The play Hamlet by William Shakespeare Trainspotting John Hodge The novel Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh 1997 ( 70th ) L.A. Confidential Curtis Hanson & Brian Helgeland The novel L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy Donnie Brasco Paul Attanasio The book Donnie Brasco : My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone & Richard Woodley The Sweet Hereafter Atom Egoyan The novel The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks Wag the Dog Hilary Henkin & David Mamet The novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart The Wings of the Dove Hossein Amini The novel The Wings of the Dove by Henry James 1998 ( 71st ) Gods and Monsters Bill Condon The novel Father of Frankenstein by Christopher Bram Out of Sight Scott Frank The novel Out of Sight by Elmore Leonard Primary Colors Elaine May The novel Primary Colors by Joe Klein A Simple Plan Scott Smith The novel A Simple Plan by Smith The Thin Red Line Terrence Malick The novel The Thin Red Line by James Jones 1999 ( 72nd ) The Cider House Rules John Irving The novel The Cider House Rules by Irving Election Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor The novel Election by Tom Perrotta The Green Mile Frank Darabont The novel The Green Mile by Stephen King The Insider Michael Mann & Eric Roth The article The Man Who Knew Too Much by Marie Brenner The Talented Mr. Ripley Anthony Minghella The novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith 2000s Year Film Nominees Source Material 2000 ( 73rd ) Traffic Stephen Gaghan The teleplay Traffik by Simon Moore Chocolat Robert Nelson Jacobs The novel Chocolat by Joanne Harris Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Wang Hui - ling, James Schamus Kuo Jung Tsai The novel Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon by Wang Dulu O Brother, Where Art Thou ? Coen brothers The epic poem The Odyssey by Homer Wonder Boys Steve Kloves The book Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon 2001 ( 74th ) A Beautiful Mind Akiva Goldsman The book A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar Ghost World Daniel Clowes & Terry Zwigoff The graphic novel Ghost World by Daniel Clowes In the Bedroom Todd Field & Rob Festinger The short story Killings by Andre Dubus The Lord of the Rings : The Fellowship of the Ring Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson The novel The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien Shrek Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman & Roger S.H. Schulman The picture book Shrek ! by William Steig 2002 ( 75th ) The Pianist Ronald Harwood The memoir The Pianist by Władysław Szpilman About a Boy Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz The novel About a Boy by Nick Hornby Adaptation Charlie Kaufman & Donald Kaufman The book The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean Chicago Bill Condon The musical play Chicago, book by Bob Fosse & Fred Ebb The Hours David Hare The novel The Hours by Michael Cunningham 2003 ( 76th ) The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson The novel The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien American Splendor Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini The comic book series American Splendor by Harvey Pekar & Our Cancer Year by Joyce Brabner City of God Bráulio Mantovani The novel City of God by Paulo Lins Mystic River Brian Helgeland The novel Mystic River by Dennis Lehane Seabiscuit Gary Ross The book Seabiscuit : An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand ( 77th ) Sideways Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor The novel Sideways by Rex Pickett Before Sunset Richard Linklater ( story / screenplay ) ; Kim Krizan ( story ) ; Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke ( screenplay ) Characters from the film Before Sunrise created by Linklater & Krizan Finding Neverland David Magee The play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee Million Dollar Baby Paul Haggis The book Rope Burns : Stories from the Corner by F.X. Toole The Motorcycle Diaries José Rivera The books Con el Che por America Latina by Alberto Granado & The Motorcycle Diaries by Che Guevara 2005 ( 78th ) Brokeback Mountain Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana The short story Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx Capote Dan Futterman The book Capote by Gerald Clarke The Constant Gardener Jeffrey Caine The novel The Constant Gardener by John le Carré A History of Violence Josh Olson The graphic novel A History of Violence by John Wagner & Vince Locke Munich Tony Kushner & Eric Roth The book Vengeance by George Jonas 2006 ( 79th ) The Departed William Monahan The film Infernal Affairs written by Alan Mak & Felix Chong Borat Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham & Anthony Hines ( story / screenplay ) ; Dan Mazer ( screenplay ) ; Todd Phillips ( story ) The character Borat Sagdiyev, from the television series Da Ali G Show created by Baron Cohen Children of Men Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby The novel The Children of Men by P.D. James Little Children Todd Field & Tom Perrotta The novel Little Children by Perrotta Notes on a Scandal Patrick Marber The novel Notes on a Scandal by Zoë Heller 2007 ( 80th ) No Country for Old Men Coen brothers The novel No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy Atonement Christopher Hampton The novel Atonement by Ian McEwan Away from Her Sarah Polley The short story `` The Bear Went Over the Mountain '' by Alice Munro The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Ronald Harwood The book The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean - Dominique Bauby There Will Be Blood Paul Thomas Anderson The novel Oil ! by Upton Sinclair 2008 ( 81st ) Slumdog Millionaire Simon Beaufoy The novel Q & A by Vikas Swarup The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Eric Roth ( story / screenplay ) & Robin Swicord ( story ) The short story `` The Curious Case of Benjamin Button '' by F. Scott Fitzgerald Doubt John Patrick Shanley The play Doubt : A Parable by Shanley Frost / Nixon Peter Morgan The play Frost / Nixon by Morgan The Reader David Hare The novel The Reader by Bernhard Schlink 2009 ( 82nd ) Precious : Based on the Novel ' Push ' by Sapphire Geoffrey S. Fletcher The novel Push by Sapphire District 9 Neill Blomkamp Terri Tatchell The short film Alive in Joburg written by Blomkamp An Education Nick Hornby The book An Education by Lynn Barber In the Loop Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche The character Malcolm Tucker, from the television series The Thick of It created by Armando Iannucci Up in the Air Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner The novel Up in the Air by Walter Kirn 2010s Year Film Nominees Source Material ( 83rd ) The Social Network Aaron Sorkin The book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich 127 Hours Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy The book Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston Toy Story 3 Michael Arndt ( screenplay ) ; John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton & Lee Unkrich ( story ) Characters from the films Toy Story and Toy Story 2 created by Lasseter, Pete Docter, Stanton, et al. True Grit Joel Coen & Ethan Coen The novel True Grit by Charles Portis Winter 's Bone Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini The novel Winter 's Bone by Daniel Woodrell 2011 ( 84th ) The Descendants Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash The novel The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings Hugo John Logan The novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick The Ides of March George Clooney, Grant Heslov & Beau Willimon The play Farragut North by Willimon Moneyball Steven Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin ( screenplay ) ; Stan Chervin ( story ) The book Moneyball by Michael Lewis Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Bridget O'Connor ( posthumously ) & Peter Straughan The novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré 2012 ( 85th ) Argo Chris Terrio The book The Master of Disguise by Tony Mendez & the article The Great Escape by Joshuah Bearman Beasts of the Southern Wild Lucy Alibar & Benh Zeitlin The play Juicy and Delicious by Alibar Life of Pi David Magee The novel Life of Pi by Yann Martel Lincoln Tony Kushner The book Team of Rivals : The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin Silver Linings Playbook David O. Russell The novel The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick 2013 ( 86th ) 12 Years a Slave John Ridley The memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup Before Midnight Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke Characters from the film Before Sunrise created by Linklater & Kim Krizan Captain Phillips Billy Ray The book A Captain 's Duty by Richard Phillips & Stephan Talty Philomena Steve Coogan & Jeff Pope The book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee by Martin Sixsmith The Wolf of Wall Street Terence Winter The memoir The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort 2014 ( 87th ) The Imitation Game Graham Moore The book Alan Turing : The Enigma by Andrew Hodges American Sniper Jason Hall The autobiography American Sniper : The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwan & Jim DeFelice Inherent Vice Paul Thomas Anderson The novel Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon The Theory of Everything Anthony McCarten The book Travelling to Infinity : My Life with Stephen Hawking by Jane Hawking Whiplash Damien Chazelle The short film Whiplash written by Chazelle 2015 ( 88th ) The Big Short Adam McKay & Charles Randolph The book The Big Short by Michael Lewis Brooklyn Nick Hornby The novel Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín Carol Phyllis Nagy The novel The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith The Martian Drew Goddard The novel The Martian by Andy Weir Room Emma Donoghue The novel Room by Donoghue 2016 ( 89th ) Moonlight Barry Jenkins ( screenplay ) & Tarell Alvin McCraney ( story ) The play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by McCraney Arrival Eric Heisserer The short story Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang Fences August Wilson ( posthumously ) The play Fences by Wilson Hidden Figures Theodore Melfi & Allison Schroeder The book Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly Lion Luke Davies The memoir A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley & Larry Buttrose 2017 ( 90th ) Call Me by Your Name James Ivory The novel Call Me by Your Name by André Aciman The Disaster Artist Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber The book The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell Logan Scott Frank, James Mangold ( screenplay and story ) & Michael Green Characters from the X-Men comic books & theatrical motion pictures Molly 's Game Aaron Sorkin The memoir Molly 's Game by Molly Bloom Mudbound Virgil Williams & Dee Rees The novel Mudbound by Hillary Jordan Age superlatives Record Writer Film Age ( in years ) Ref. Oldest winner James Ivory Call Me by Your Name 89 Oldest nominee Youngest winner Ernest Thompson On Golden Pond 32 Youngest nominee See also Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Independent Spirit Award for Best Screenplay Critics ' Choice Movie Award for Best Screenplay List of Big Five Academy Award winners and nominees Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Notes ^ Jump up to : During these years, the award was bestowed as Best Writing, Adaptation. Jump up ^ The 2nd Academy Awards is unique in being the only occasion where there were no official nominees. Subsequent research by AMPAS has resulted in a list of unofficial or de facto nominees, based on records of which films were evaluated by the judges. Jump up ^ During this year, the award was bestowed as Best Writing and included original and adapted screenplays. Jump up ^ From 1935 until 1955, the award was bestowed as Best Writing, Screenplay. Jump up ^ Captain Blood, written by Casey Robinson from the novel of the same name by Rafael Sabatini, was not officially nominated for this award, but appears in Academy records because it placed third in voting as a write - in candidate in 1935. Jump up ^ Dudley Nichols refused to accept the award, but was in possession of it by 1949 according to Academy records. Jump up ^ Michael Blankfort was originally nominated as the screenwriter of Broken Arrow. In 1991, research proved blacklisted Albert Maltz was the screenwriter and his credit was restored. Blankfort was removed from the nomination and it was given to Maltz. Jump up ^ Michael Wilson was originally credited as the screenwriter of Friendly Persuasion, but Allied Artists, acting in agreement with the Screen Writers Guild, removed his credit because he was blacklisted. Early in 1957, the Academy revised its bylaws so the film would be eligible for a writing nomination without naming Wilson as a nominee. Friendly Persuasion was initially announced a nominee without a writer 's name attached. The Academy 's Board of Governors voted to strike the nomination altogether and it was not included on the final ballot. The Board of Governors, however, reinstated the nomination with Wilson 's name attached in 2002. Jump up ^ Pierre Boulle was credited as the screenwriter of The Bridge on the River Kwai and ultimately won the award. Blacklisted writers Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman, who actually wrote the screenplay, were awarded posthumous Oscars by the Academy 's Board of Governors in 1984. Jump up ^ Nathan E. Douglas was originally nominated as a screenwriter of Inherit the Wind, acting as a front for blacklisted writer Nedrick Young. At the request of Young 's widow and based on recommendation of the Writers ' Branch Executive Committee, the Academy 's Board of Governors removed Douglas as a nominee and replaced him with Young. Jump up ^ In 1995, research proved blacklisted Michael Wilson was also a screenwriter of Lawrence of Arabia. He was added as a nominee by the Academy 's Board of Governors. Jump up ^ Greystoke : The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes was initially adapted by screenwriter Robert Towne, but he removed his name from the credits because he was unhappy with co-writer Michael Austin 's alterations and the finished film itself. He instead used the pseudonym P.H. Vazak, the name of his late Hungarian sheepdog. Jump up ^ Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is a character in his own script for Adaptation, as is his fictional twin brother Donald. The nonexistent Donald was credited as a screenwriter and was nominated for an Academy Award. The film 's end credits claimed he had died during preproduction. References Jump up ^ Aljean Harmetz ( March 16, 1985 ). `` Oscars Go to Writers of ' Kwai ' ''. The New York Times. Jump up ^ Johnson, Andrew ( 28 March 2010 ). `` Emma Thompson : How Jane Austen saved me from going under ''. The Independent. Retrieved 18 August 2011. Jump up ^ `` The Official Academy Awards Database ''. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 9, 2018. Jump up ^ `` The 18th Academy Awards - 1946 ''. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved January 17, 2018. ^ Jump up to : Saito, Stephen ( February 20, 2008 ). `` Fake Names, Real Oscars : Five Nominees Who Did n't Really Exist ''. IFC. Retrieved January 9, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Academy Awards 2017 : Complete list of Oscar winners and nominees ''. Los Angeles Times. February 26, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2018. Jump up ^ `` 90th Oscar Nominations Announced '' ( PDF ). Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. January 23, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2018. Jump up ^ https://www.theringer.com/2018/1/23/16923366/academy-award-nominations-get-out-lady-bird-three-billboards-shape-of-water-snubs-surprises Academy Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) Records Most wins per ceremony Oscar season Governors Awards Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Pre-show Awards of Merit Best Picture Director Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Adapted Screenplay Original Screenplay Animated Feature Documentary Feature Foreign Language Film Animated Short Film Documentary Short Subject Live Action Short Film Cinematography Costume Design Film Editing Makeup and Hairstyling Original Score Original Song Production Design Sound Editing Sound Mixing Visual Effects Special awards Governors Awards Academy Honorary Award Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Special Achievement Academy Award Academy Scientific and Technical Awards Academy Award of Merit ( non-competitive ) Scientific and Engineering Award Technical Achievement Award John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation Gordon E. Sawyer Award Student Awards Student Academy Award Former awards Merit Awards Assistant Director Dance Direction Story Special Awards Academy Juvenile Award Ceremonies ‡ ( List Book ) 1927 / 28 1928 / 29 1929 / 30 1930 / 31 1931 / 32 1932 / 33 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Footnote ‡ Dates and years listed for each ceremony were the eligibility period of film release in Los Angeles County. For the first five ceremonies, the eligibility period was done on a seasonal basis, from August to July. For the 6th ceremony, held in 1934, the eligibility period lasted from August 1, 1932 to December 31, 1933. Since the 7th ceremony held in 1935, the period of eligibility became the full previous calendar year from January 1 to December 31. Book Portal Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay 1928 -- 1950 Benjamin Glazer ( 1928 ) Hanns Kräly ( 1929 ) Frances Marion ( 1930 ) Howard Estabrook ( 1931 ) Edwin J. Burke ( 1932 ) Victor Heerman and Sarah Y. Mason ( 1933 ) Robert Riskin ( 1934 ) Dudley Nichols ( 1935 ) Pierre Collings and Sheridan Gibney ( 1936 ) Heinz Herald, Geza Herczeg, and Norman Reilly Raine ( 1937 ) Ian Dalrymple, Cecil Arthur Lewis, W.P. Lipscomb, and George Bernard Shaw ( 1938 ) Sidney Howard ( 1939 ) Donald Ogden Stewart ( 1940 ) Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller ( 1941 ) George Froeschel, James Hilton, Claudine West, and Arthur Wimperis ( 1942 ) Philip G. Epstein, Julius J. Epstein, and Howard E. Koch ( 1943 ) Frank Butler, and Frank Cavett ( 1944 ) Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder ( 1945 ) Robert Sherwood ( 1946 ) George Seaton ( 1947 ) John Huston ( 1948 ) Joseph L. Mankiewicz ( 1949 ) Joseph L. Mankiewicz ( 1950 ) 1951 -- 1975 Harry Brown and Michael Wilson ( 1951 ) Charles Schnee ( 1952 ) Daniel Taradash ( 1953 ) George Seaton ( 1954 ) Paddy Chayefsky ( 1955 ) John Farrow, S.J. Perelman, and James Poe ( 1956 ) Carl Foreman and Michael Wilson ( 1957 ) Alan Jay Lerner ( 1958 ) Neil Paterson ( 1959 ) Richard Brooks ( 1960 ) Abby Mann ( 1961 ) Horton Foote ( 1962 ) John Osborne ( 1963 ) Edward Anhalt ( 1964 ) Robert Bolt ( 1965 ) Robert Bolt ( 1966 ) Stirling Silliphant ( 1967 ) James Goldman ( 1968 ) Waldo Salt ( 1969 ) Ring Lardner Jr. ( 1970 ) Ernest Tidyman ( 1971 ) Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo ( 1972 ) William Peter Blatty ( 1973 ) Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo ( 1974 ) Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben ( 1975 ) 1976 -- 2000 William Goldman ( 1976 ) Alvin Sargent ( 1977 ) Oliver Stone ( 1978 ) Robert Benton ( 1979 ) Alvin Sargent ( 1980 ) Ernest Thompson ( 1981 ) Costa - Gavras and Donald E. Stewart ( 1982 ) James L. Brooks ( 1983 ) Peter Shaffer ( 1984 ) Kurt Luedtke ( 1985 ) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ( 1986 ) Bernardo Bertolucci and Mark Peploe ( 1987 ) Christopher Hampton ( 1988 ) Alfred Uhry ( 1989 ) Michael Blake ( 1990 ) Ted Tally ( 1991 ) Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ( 1992 ) Steven Zaillian ( 1993 ) Eric Roth ( 1994 ) Emma Thompson ( 1995 ) Billy Bob Thornton ( 1996 ) Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland ( 1997 ) Bill Condon ( 1998 ) John Irving ( 1999 ) Stephen Gaghan ( 2000 ) 2001 -- present Akiva Goldsman ( 2001 ) Ronald Harwood ( 2002 ) Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh ( 2003 ) Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor ( 2004 ) Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana ( 2005 ) William Monahan ( 2006 ) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen ( 2007 ) Simon Beaufoy ( 2008 ) Geoffrey S. Fletcher ( 2009 ) Aaron Sorkin ( 2010 ) Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon ( 2011 ) Chris Terrio ( 2012 ) John Ridley ( 2013 ) Graham Moore ( 2014 ) Adam McKay and Charles Randolph ( 2015 ) Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney ( 2016 ) James Ivory ( 2017 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay&oldid=835220858 '' Categories : Academy Awards Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award winners Screenwriting awards for film Talk Contents About Wikipedia Boarisch Bosanski Català Dansk Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Euskara فارسی Français Galego 한국어 Հայերեն Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית ქართული Latviešu Magyar 日本 語 Norsk Plattdüütsch Polski Português Română Русский Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska ไทย Türkçe Українська Tiếng Việt 中文 28 more Edit links This page was last edited on 7 April 2018, at 09 : 43. 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Question: who was the first woman to win the academy award for best adapted screenplay
Answer: Frances Marion