BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | |
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Awarded for | Best Adapted Screenplay |
Location | United Kingdom |
Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
Currently held by | Cord Jefferson for American Fiction (2023) |
Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to a screenwriter for a specific film.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. Since 1983, selected films have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Adapted Screenplay at an annual ceremony.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the remaining nominees. The winner is also the first name listed in each category.
History
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for Best Adapted Screenplay has been presented to its winners since 1968, when the original category (BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) was split into two awards, the other being the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.[citation needed]
Christopher Hampton holds the record for the most wins in this category, with two. Ronald Harwood, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Eric Roth and Aaron Sorkin tie for the most nominations in this category, with four each.
Winners and nominees
1980s
Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Adapted from |
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Heat and Dust | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | |
Betrayal | Harold Pinter | Betrayal by Harold Pinter | |
Educating Rita | Willy Russell | Educating Rita by Willy Russell | |
Tootsie | Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal | ||
The Killing Fields | Bruce Robinson | The experiences of Dith Pran and Sydney Schanberg | |
Another Country | Julian Mitchell | Another Country by Julian Mitchell | |
The Dresser | Ronald Harwood | The Dresser by Ronald Harwood | |
Paris, Texas | Sam Shepard | Paris, Texas by L. M. Kit Carson | |
1985 (39th) | Prizzi's Honor | Richard Condon and Janet Roach | Prizzi's Honor by Richard Condon |
Amadeus | Peter Shaffer | Amadeus by Peter Shaffer | |
A Passage to India | David Lean | A Passage to India by E. M. Forster | |
The Shooting Party | Julian Bond | The Shooting Party by Isabel Colegate | |
1986 (40th) | Out of Africa | Kurt Luedtke | Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen |
Children of a Lesser God | Hesper Anderson and Mark Medoff | Children of a Lesser God by Mark Medoff | |
The Color Purple | Menno Meyjes | The Color Purple by Alice Walker | |
Ran | Masato Ide, Akira Kurosawa, and Hideo Oguni | Legends of the daimyō Mōri Motonari, as well as King Lear by William Shakespeare. | |
A Room with a View | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | A Room with a View by E. M. Forster | |
1987 (41st) | Jean de Florette | Claude Berri and Gérard Brach | L'Eau des collines by Marcel Pagnol |
84 Charing Cross Road | Hugh Whitemore | 84 Charing Cross Road by James Roose-Evans | |
Little Dorrit | Christine Edzard | Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens | |
Prick Up Your Ears | Alan Bennett | Prick Up Your Ears by John Lahr | |
1988 (42nd) | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman | The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera |
Babettes gæstebud | Gabriel Axel | Babette's Feast by Isak Dinesan | |
Empire of the Sun | Tom Stoppard | Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard | |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman | Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf | |
1989 (43rd) | Dangerous Liaisons | Christopher Hampton | Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Christopher Hampton |
The Accidental Tourist | Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan | The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler | |
My Left Foot | Shane Connaughton and Jim Sheridan | My Left Foot by Christy Brown | |
Shirley Valentine | Willy Russell | Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell |
1990s
Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Adapted from |
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1990 (44th) | Goodfellas | Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese | Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi |
Born on the Fourth of July | Ron Kovic and Oliver Stone | Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic | |
Driving Miss Daisy | Alfred Uhry | Driving Miss Daisy by Alfred Uhry | |
Postcards from the Edge | Carrie Fisher | Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher | |
The War of the Roses | Michael J. Leeson | The War of the Roses by Warren Adler | |
1991 (45th) | The Commitments | Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle, and Ian La Frenais | The Commitments by Roddy Doyle |
Cyrano de Bergerac | Jean-Claude Carrière and Jean-Paul Rappeneau | Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand | |
Dances with Wolves | Michael Blake | Dances with Wolves by Michael Blake | |
The Silence of the Lambs | Ted Tally | The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris | |
1992 (46th) | The Player | Michael Tolkin | The Player by Michael Tolkin |
Howards End | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Howards End by E. M. Forster | |
JFK | Zachary Sklar and Oliver Stone | On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs | |
Strictly Ballroom | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | Strictly Ballroom by Baz Luhrmann | |
1993 (47th) | Schindler's List | Steven Zaillian | Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally |
In the Name of the Father | Terry George and Jim Sheridan | Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four by Gerry Conlon | |
The Remains of the Day | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro | |
Shadowlands | William Nicholson | Shadowlands by William Nicholson | |
Scent of a Woman | Bo Goldman | Il buio e il miele by Giovanni Arpino | |
1994 (48th) | Quiz Show | Paul Attanasio | Remembering America by Richard N. Goodwin |
The Browning Version | Ronald Harwood | The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan | |
Forrest Gump | Eric Roth | Forrest Gump by Winston Groom | |
The Joy Luck Club | Ronald Bass and Amy Tan | The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan | |
Three Colours: Red | Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz | ||
1995 (49th) | Trainspotting | John Hodge | Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh |
Babe | George Miller, Chris Noonan | The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith | |
Leaving Las Vegas | Mike Figgis | Leaving Las Vegas by John O'Brien | |
The Madness of King George | Alan Bennett | The Madness of George III by Alan Bennett | |
Il Postino: The Postman | Anna Pavignano, Michael Radford, Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, and Massimo Troisi | Ardiente paciencia by Antonio Skármeta | |
Sense and Sensibility | Emma Thompson | Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen | |
1996 (50th) | The English Patient | Anthony Minghella | The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje |
The Crucible | Arthur Miller | The Crucible by Arthur Miller | |
Evita | Alan Parker and Oliver Stone | Evita by Eva Perón | |
Richard III | Richard Loncraine and Ian McKellen | Richard III by William Shakespeare | |
1997 (51st) | Romeo + Juliet | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare |
The Ice Storm | James Schamus | The Ice Storm by Rick Moody | |
L.A. Confidential | Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland | L.A. Confidential by James Ellroy | |
The Wings of the Dove | Hossein Amini | The Wings of the Dove by Henry James | |
1998 (52nd) | Primary Colors | Elaine May | Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics by Joe Klein |
Hilary and Jackie | Frank Cottrell Boyce | A Genius in the Family by Piers and Hilary du Pré | |
Little Voice | Mark Herman | The Rise and Fall of Little Voice by Jim Cartwright | |
Wag the Dog | Hilary Henkin and David Mamet | American Hero by Larry Beinhart | |
The End of the Affair | Neil Jordan | The End of the Affair by Graham Greene | |
East Is East | Ayub Khan-Din | East Is East by Ayub Khan-Din | |
An Ideal Husband | Oliver Parker | An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde | |
The Talented Mr. Ripley | Anthony Minghella | The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith |
2000s
2010s
2020s
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins
| Multiple nominations
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See also
- 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
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- ^ 1985 Film Adapted Screenplay|BAFTA Awards
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- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1983)
- Bruce Robinson (1984)
- Richard Condon and Janet Roach (1985)
- Kurt Luedtke (1986)
- Claude Berri and Gérard Brach (1987)
- Jean-Claude Carrière and Philip Kaufman (1988)
- Christopher Hampton (1989)
- Nicholas Pileggi and Martin Scorsese (1990)
- Dick Clement, Roddy Doyle and Ian La Frenais (1991)
- Michael Tolkin (1992)
- Steven Zaillian (1993)
- Paul Attanasio (1994)
- John Hodge (1995)
- Anthony Minghella (1996)
- Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce (1997)
- Elaine May (1998)
- Neil Jordan (1999)
- Stephen Gaghan (2000)
- Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Roger S. H. Schulman and Joe Stillman (2001)
- Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman (2002)
- Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh (2003)
- Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (2004)
- Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (2005)
- Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan (2006)
- Ronald Harwood (2007)
- Simon Beaufoy (2008)
- Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (2009)
- Aaron Sorkin (2010)
- Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan (2011)
- David O. Russell (2012)
- Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope (2013)
- Anthony McCarten (2014)
- Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (2015)
- Luke Davies (2016)
- James Ivory (2017)
- Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott (2018)
- Taika Waititi (2019)
- Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller (2020)
- Sian Heder (2021)
- Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell (2022)
- Cord Jefferson (2023)