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| BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Currently held by | Peter Straughan for Conclave (2024) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is a film award presented annually at the British Academy Film Awards to a screenwriter for a specific film. It is awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, and video games (and formerly also for children's film and television). 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 and Peter Straughan hold the record for the most wins in this category, with two each. Ronald Harwood, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Eric Roth and Aaron Sorkin tie for the most nominations in this category, with four each.
Winners and nominees
indicates the winner
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Year | Film | Nominee |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| American Fiction | Cord Jefferson | |
| All of Us Strangers | Andrew Haigh | |
| Oppenheimer | Christopher Nolan | |
| Poor Things | Tony McNamara | |
| The Zone of Interest | Jonathan Glazer | |
| 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 |
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins
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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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