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Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin; Story by Stan Chervin
The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay adapted from previously established material. The most frequently adapted media are novels, but other adapted narrative formats include stage plays, musicals, short stories, TV series, and other films and film characters.
Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California. It honors outstanding achievement by screenwriters for a screenplay adapted from another work, such as a play or novel, from a given year, as determined by the academy’s voting
Feb 5, 2014 · BEST PICTURE. Amour – Margaret Menegoz, Stefan Arndt, Veit Heiduschka, Michael Katz. Argo – Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney. Beasts of the Southern Wild – Dan Janvey, Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald. Django Unchained – Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin, Pilar Savone. Les Misérables – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh.
Feb 9, 2020 · The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is given each year to a script “based on material from another medium.” That other medium being adapted is often a novel (The Lord of the Rings), a stage production (Fences), or another film (A Star is Born).
Mar 2, 2014 · John Ridley‘s 12 Years a Slave took home his first Oscar award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The award was presented by Robert De Niro and Penelope Cruz.
Frances Marion (The Big House) was the first woman to win in any screenplay category, although she won for her original script for Best Writing, which then included both original and adapted screenplays before a separate award for Best Original Screenplay was introduced.
