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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) - Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese
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 ).
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:
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Terence Rattigan, John Gay
Writing (Screenplay--based on material from another medium) - Screenplay by John Hale, Bridget Boland; Adaptation by Richard Sokolove
The next year the category was made into Best Adapted Screenplay (aka Based on Material from Another Medium) and was paired with Best Original Screenplay (aka Written Directly for the Screen) to be the two screenplay categories awarded today.
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