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Writing (Screenplay Adapted from Other Material) - Screenplay by Mordecai Richler; Adaptation by Lionel Chetwynd
Between the two of them, father and son Carmine and Francis Ford Coppola won four awards, with Carmine winning for Best Original Dramatic Score (with Nino Rota) and Francis for Picture, Director, and Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material (with Mario Puzo).
1975 & 1976: Writing (Original Screenplay) 1977 & 1978: Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen–based on factual material or on story material not previously published or produced) 1979: Writing (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen)
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.
Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, located in Beverly Hills, California. It honors outstanding achievement by screenwriters for a screenplay adapted from another work, such as a play or novel, from a given year, as determined by the academy’s voting.
The Godfather Part II also won Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro), Art Direction-Set Decoration (Dean Tavoularis, Angelo Graham, and George R. Nelson), Directing (Francis Ford Coppola), Music – Original Dramatic Score (Nino Rota and Carmine Coppola), and Writing – Screenplay adapted from other material (Francis Ford ...
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 ).
