BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay facts for kids
Quick facts for kids BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay |
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| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Currently held by | Peter Straughan for Conclave (2024) |
The BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is a special prize given each year at the British Academy Film Awards. It honors the person who wrote the best movie script that was based on something else. This could be a book, a play, or even a true story.
This award is given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). BAFTA is a British group that hosts big awards shows for movies, television, and video games. Since 1983, this specific award has been given out at an annual ceremony.
In the lists below, the movie titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners. The other names are the nominees who were also considered for the award. The winner is always listed first in each group.
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History of the Award
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) started giving out the Best Adapted Screenplay award in 1968. Before that, there was just one award for all screenplays. But then, they split it into two awards. The other award is for Best Original Screenplay, which means a script written from scratch.
Two writers, Christopher Hampton and Peter Straughan, have won this award more than anyone else. They each have two wins. Four other writers, Ronald Harwood, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Eric Roth, and Aaron Sorkin, have been nominated the most times, with four nominations each.
Winners and Nominees by Year
This section shows all the movies and screenwriters who have won or been nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. A screenplay is "adapted" when it's based on a story that already exists, like a novel or a play.
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1980s Winners
| Year | Film | Nominee |
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(37th) |
Heat and Dust | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
| Betrayal | Harold Pinter | |
| Educating Rita | Willy Russell | |
| Tootsie | Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal | |
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(38th) |
The Killing Fields | Bruce Robinson |
| Another Country | Julian Mitchell | |
| The Dresser | Ronald Harwood | |
| Paris, Texas | Sam Shepard | |
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(39th) |
Prizzi's Honor | Richard Condon and Janet Roach |
| Amadeus | Peter Shaffer | |
| A Passage to India | David Lean | |
| The Shooting Party | Julian Bond | |
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(40th) |
Out of Africa | Kurt Luedtke |
| Children of a Lesser God | Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff | |
| The Color Purple | Menno Meyjes | |
| Ran | Masato Ide, Akira Kurosawa, and Hideo Oguni | |
| A Room with a View | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | |
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(41st) |
Jean de Florette | Claude Berri and Gérard Brach |
| 84 Charing Cross Road | Hugh Whitemore | |
| Little Dorrit | Christine Edzard | |
| Prick Up Your Ears | Alan Bennett | |
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(42nd) |
The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman |
| Babettes gæstebud | Gabriel Axel | |
| Empire of the Sun | Tom Stoppard | |
| Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman | |
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(43rd) |
Dangerous Liaisons | Christopher Hampton |
| The Accidental Tourist | Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan | |
| My Left Foot | Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan | |
| Shirley Valentine | Willy Russell |
1990s Winners
| Year | Film | Nominee |
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(44th) |
Goodfellas | Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese |
| Born on the Fourth of July | Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone | |
| Driving Miss Daisy | Alfred Uhry | |
| Postcards from the Edge | Carrie Fisher | |
| The War of the Roses | Michael J. Leeson | |
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(45th) |
The Commitments | Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle, and Ian La Frenais |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau | |
| Dances with Wolves | Michael Blake | |
| The Silence of the Lambs | Ted Tally | |
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(46th) |
The Player | Michael Tolkin |
| Howards End | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | |
| JFK | Zachary Sklar and Oliver Stone | |
| Strictly Ballroom | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | |
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(47th) |
Schindler's List | Steven Zaillian |
| In the Name of the Father | Terry George and Jim Sheridan | |
| The Remains of the Day | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | |
| Shadowlands | William Nicholson | |
| Scent of a Woman | Bo Goldman | |
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(48th) |
Quiz Show | Paul Attanasio |
| The Browning Version | Ronald Harwood | |
| Forrest Gump | Eric Roth | |
| The Joy Luck Club | Ronald Bass and Amy Tan | |
| Three Colours: Red | Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz | |
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(49th) |
Trainspotting | John Hodge |
| Babe | George Miller, Chris Noonan | |
| Leaving Las Vegas | Mike Figgis | |
| The Madness of King George | Alan Bennett | |
| Il Postino: The Postman | Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, and Massimo Troisi | |
| Sense and Sensibility | Emma Thompson | |
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(50th) |
The English Patient | Anthony Minghella |
| The Crucible | Arthur Miller | |
| Evita | Alan Parker and Oliver Stone | |
| Richard III | Richard Loncraine and Ian McKellen | |
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(51st) |
Romeo + Juliet | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce |
| The Ice Storm | James Schamus | |
| L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland | |
| The Wings of the Dove | Hossein Amini | |
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(52nd) |
Primary Colors | Elaine May |
| Hilary and Jackie | Frank Cottrell Boyce | |
| Little Voice | Mark Herman | |
| Wag the Dog | Hilary Henkin and David Mamet | |
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(53rd) |
The End of the Affair | Neil Jordan |
| East Is East | Ayub Khan-Din | |
| An Ideal Husband | Oliver Parker | |
| The Talented Mr. Ripley | Anthony Minghella |
2000s Winners
| Year | Film | Nominee |
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(54th) |
Traffic | Stephen Gaghan |
| Chocolat | Robert Nelson Jacobs | |
| Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | James Schamus, Wang Hui-ling, and Kuo Jung Tsai | |
| High Fidelity | John Cusack, D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, and Scott Rosenberg | |
| Wonder Boys | Steve Kloves | |
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(55th) |
Shrek | Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Roger S. H. Schulman, and Joe Stillman |
| A Beautiful Mind | Akiva Goldsman | |
| Bridget Jones's Diary | Richard Curtis, Andrew Davies, and Helen Fielding | |
| Iris | Richard Eyre and Charles Wood | |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh | |
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(56th) |
Adaptation. | Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman |
| About a Boy | Peter Hedges, Chris Weitz, and Paul Weitz | |
| Catch Me If You Can | Jeff Nathanson | |
| The Hours | David Hare | |
| The Pianist | Ronald Harwood | |
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(57th) |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh |
| Big Fish | John August | |
| Cold Mountain | Anthony Minghella | |
| Girl with a Pearl Earring | Olivia Hetreed | |
| Mystic River | Brian Helgeland | |
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(58th) |
Sideways | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor |
| The Chorus | Christophe Barratier and Philippe Lopes-Curval | |
| Closer | Patrick Marber | |
| Finding Neverland | David Magee | |
| The Motorcycle Diaries | José Rivera | |
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(59th) |
Brokeback Mountain | Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana |
| Capote | Dan Futterman | |
| The Constant Gardener | Jeffrey Caine | |
| A History of Violence | Josh Olson | |
| Pride & Prejudice | Deborah Moggach | |
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(60th) |
The Last King of Scotland | Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan |
| Casino Royale | Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis, and Robert Wade | |
| The Departed | William Monahan | |
| The Devil Wears Prada | Aline Brosh McKenna | |
| Notes on a Scandal | Patrick Marber | |
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(61st) |
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Ronald Harwood |
| Atonement | Christopher Hampton | |
| The Kite Runner | David Benioff | |
| No Country for Old Men | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | |
| There Will Be Blood | Paul Thomas Anderson | |
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(62nd) |
Slumdog Millionaire | Simon Beaufoy |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Eric Roth | |
| Frost/Nixon | Peter Morgan | |
| The Reader | David Hare | |
| Revolutionary Road | Justin Haythe | |
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(63rd) |
Up in the Air | Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner |
| District 9 | Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell | |
| An Education | Nick Hornby | |
| In the Loop | Simon Blackwell, Jesse Armstrong, Armando Iannucci, and Tony Roche | |
| Precious | Geoffrey Fletcher |
2010s Winners
| Year | Film | Nominee |
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(64th) |
The Social Network | Aaron Sorkin |
| 127 Hours | Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | Rasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel | |
| Toy Story 3 | Michael Arndt | |
| True Grit | Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | |
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(65th) |
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan |
| The Descendants | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash | |
| The Help | Tate Taylor | |
| The Ides of March | George Clooney, Beau Willimon, and Grant Heslov | |
| Moneyball | Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin | |
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(66th) |
Silver Linings Playbook | David O. Russell |
| Argo | Chris Terrio | |
| Beasts of the Southern Wild | Lucy Alibar and Benh Zeitlin | |
| Life of Pi | David Magee | |
| Lincoln | Tony Kushner | |
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(67th) |
Philomena | Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope |
| 12 Years a Slave | John Ridley | |
| Behind the Candelabra | Richard LaGravenese | |
| Captain Phillips | Billy Ray | |
| The Wolf of Wall Street | Terence Winter | |
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(68th) |
The Theory of Everything | Anthony McCarten |
| American Sniper | Jason Hall | |
| Gone Girl | Gillian Flynn | |
| The Imitation Game | Graham Moore | |
| Paddington | Paul King | |
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(69th) |
The Big Short | Adam McKay and Charles Randolph |
| Brooklyn | Nick Hornby | |
| Carol | Phyllis Nagy | |
| Room | Emma Donoghue | |
| Steve Jobs | Aaron Sorkin | |
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(70th) |
Lion | Luke Davies |
| Arrival | Eric Heisserer | |
| Hacksaw Ridge | Andrew Knight and Robert Schenkkan | |
| Hidden Figures | Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi | |
| Nocturnal Animals | Tom Ford | |
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(71st) |
Call Me by Your Name | James Ivory |
| The Death of Stalin | Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin, and David Schneider | |
| Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool | Matt Greenhalgh | |
| Molly's Game | Aaron Sorkin | |
| Paddington 2 | Simon Farnaby and Paul King | |
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(72nd) |
BlacKkKlansman | Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, and Spike Lee |
| Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | |
| First Man | Josh Singer | |
| If Beale Street Could Talk | Barry Jenkins | |
| A Star Is Born | Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, and Will Fetters | |
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(73rd) |
Jojo Rabbit | Taika Waititi |
| The Irishman | Steven Zaillian | |
| Joker | Todd Phillips and Scott Silver | |
| Little Women | Greta Gerwig | |
| The Two Popes | Anthony McCarten |
2020s Winners
| Year | Film | Nominee |
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(74th) |
The Father | Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller |
| The Dig | Moira Buffini | |
| The Mauritanian | Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, and M.B. Traven | |
| Nomadland | Chloé Zhao | |
| The White Tiger | Ramin Bahrani | |
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(75th) |
CODA | Sian Heder |
| Drive My Car | Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe | |
| Dune | Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve | |
| The Lost Daughter | Maggie Gyllenhaal | |
| The Power of the Dog | Jane Campion | |
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(76th) |
All Quiet on the Western Front | Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, and Ian Stokell |
| Living | Kazuo Ishiguro | |
| The Quiet Girl | Colm Bairéad | |
| She Said | Rebecca Lenkiewicz | |
| The Whale | Samuel D. Hunter | |
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(77th) |
American Fiction | Cord Jefferson |
| All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh | |
| Oppenheimer | Christopher Nolan | |
| Poor Things | Tony McNamara | |
| The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | |
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(78th) |
Conclave | Peter Straughan |
| A Complete Unknown | James Mangold and Jay Cocks | |
| Emilia Pérez | Jacques Audiard | |
| Nickel Boys | RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes | |
| Sing Sing | Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence 'Divine Eye' Maclin, and John 'Divine G' Whitfield |
Writers with Multiple Wins and Nominations
Multiple Wins
| Wins | Screenwriter |
|---|---|
| 2 | Christopher Hampton |
| Peter Straughan |
Multiple Nominations
| Nominations | Screenwriter |
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| 4 | Ronald Harwood |
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | |
| Eric Roth | |
| Aaron Sorkin | |
| 3 | Christopher Hampton |
| Anthony Minghella | |
| Oliver Stone | |
| Steven Zaillian | |
| 2 | Simon Beaufoy |
| Alan Bennett | |
| Philippa Boyens | |
| Jean-Claude Carrière | |
| Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | |
| David Hare | |
| Brian Helgeland | |
| Nick Hornby | |
| Armando Iannucci | |
| Peter Jackson | |
| Paul King | |
| Baz Luhrmann | |
| David Magee | |
| Anthony McCarten | |
| Patrick Marber | |
| Peter Morgan | |
| Alexander Payne | |
| Craig Pearce | |
| Willy Russell | |
| James Schamus | |
| Jim Sheridan | |
| Peter Straughan | |
| Fran Walsh |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:BAFTA al mejor guion adaptado para niños
- Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
- Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
- AACTA International Award for Best Screenplay
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
- Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Images for kids
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala won for Heat and Dust (1983)
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Philip Kaufman won The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
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Christopher Hampton won twice for Dangerous Liaisons (1987) and The Father (2020)
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Martin Scorsese won for Goodfellas (1990)
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Nicholas Pileggi won for Goodfellas (1990)
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Michael Tolkin won for The Player (1992)
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Baz Luhrmann won for Romeo + Juliet (1997)
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Elaine May won for Primary Colors (1998)
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Neil Jordan won for The End of the Affair (1999)
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Charlie Kaufman won for Adaptation (2002)
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Peter Jackson won for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
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Alexander Payne won for Sideways (2004)
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Peter Morgan won for The Last King of Scotland (2005)
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Jason Reitman won for Up in the Air (2009)
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Aaron Sorkin won for The Social Network (2010)
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David O. Russell won for Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
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Steve Coogan won for Philomena (2013)
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Adam McKay won for The Big Short (2015)
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James Ivory won for Call Me by Your Name (2017)
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Spike Lee won for BlacKkKlansman (2018)
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Taika Waititi won for Jojo Rabbit (2018)
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Sian Heder won for Coda (2021)
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Edward Berger won for All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
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Cord Jefferson won for American Fiction (2023)
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