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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.
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Jan Troell, Bengt Forslund
Writing, Adapted Screenplay: awarded to the writer of a screenplay adapted from another source (novel or play usually) Writing, Original Screenplay: awarded to the writer of a script not based on previously published material; Top Academy Award Screenwriting Nominees and Winners:
Original Screenplay winner, with presenters Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek. James L. Brooks, Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson. Terms of Endearment winners for Directing/Best Picture/Adapted Screenplay, Best Actress, and Supporting Actor. View More Memorable Moments.
* Writing (Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium) - Peter Shaffer Actor in a Leading Role - Tom Hulce Cinematography - Miroslav Ondricek
He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, for the drama films The Nun's Story (1959) and I Never Sang for My Father (1970), the latter based on his play.