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This writer picked up an Oscar in 1959 for adapting 'Room at the Top' for the big screen.

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This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1946 for turning 'The Best Years of Our Lives' into a script.

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This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1962 for turning 'To Kill a Mockingbird' into a script.

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Adapting 'The Patriot' for the screen earned this writer the 1929 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

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This writer picked up an Oscar in 2020 for adapting 'The Father' for the big screen.

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Adapting 'American Fiction' for the screen earned this writer the 2023 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

JEFFERSON

The 1952 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'The Bad and the Beautiful.'

SCHNEE

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1940 for turning 'The Philadelphia Story' into a script.

STEWART

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Traffic' (2000) was scripted by this writer.

GAGHAN

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1934 for turning 'It Happened One Night' into a script.

RISKIN

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Argo' (2012) was scripted by this writer.

TERRIO

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'The Big House' (1930) was scripted by this writer.

MARION

This 1947 holiday classic, in which a department-store Santa is put on trial, is titled 'Miracle on 34th _ _ _ _ _ _.'

STREET

Adapting 'Here Comes Mr. Jordan' for the screen earned this writer the 1941 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

MILLER

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1983 for adapting 'Terms of Endearment' for the big screen.

BROOKS

The 1982 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'Missing.'

GAVRAS

Adapting 'The Informer' for the screen earned this writer the 1935 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

NICHOLS

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Dangerous Liaisons' (1988) was scripted by this writer.

HAMPTON

This 1981 drama about an aging couple's last summer at their New England lake house is titled 'On Golden _ _ _ _.'

POND

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1990 for adapting 'Dances with Wolves' for the big screen.

BLAKE

Turning 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' into a screenplay won this writer the 2003 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

JACKSON

Adapting 'Schindler's List' for the screen earned this writer the 1993 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

ZAILLIAN

This 1960 drama about a con-man revivalist preacher is titled 'Elmer _ _ _ _ _ _.'

GANTRY

Turning 'L.A. Confidential' into a screenplay won this writer the 1997 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

HANSON

This 1949 comedy-drama is titled 'A Letter to Three _ _ _ _ _.'

WIVES

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1953 for adapting 'From Here to Eternity' for the big screen.

TARADASH

Turning 'CODA' into a screenplay won this writer the 2021 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

HEDER

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Ordinary People' (1980) was scripted by this writer.

SARGENT

This screenwriter's full name was '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Silliphant'; he won for adapting In the Heat of the Night (1967).

STIRLING

Turning 'Amadeus' into a screenplay won this writer the 1984 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

SHAFFER

Adapting 'Around the World in 80 Days' for the screen earned this writer the 1956 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

PERELMAN

This 1986 Merchant Ivory adaptation of an E. M. Forster novel is titled 'A Room with a _ _ _ _.'

VIEW

The 1995 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'Sense and Sensibility.'

THOMPSON

Based on a Boris Pasternak novel, this 1965 epic follows a poet-physician torn between two women during the Russian Revolution.

ZHIVAGO

Turning 'The Lost Weekend' into a screenplay won this writer the 1945 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

WILDER

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 2016 for turning 'Moonlight' into a script.

JENKINS

Adapting 'Call Me by Your Name' for the screen earned this writer the 2017 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

IVORY

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1928 for turning '7th Heaven' into a script.

GLAZER

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Forrest Gump' (1994) was scripted by this writer.

ROTH

The 1931 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'Cimarron.'

ESTABROOK

Turning 'Gone with the Wind' into a screenplay won this writer the 1939 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

HOWARD

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Conclave' (2024) was scripted by this writer.

STRAUGHAN

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'The Story of Louis Pasteur' (1936) was scripted by this writer.

GIBNEY

This writer picked up an Oscar in 2002 for adapting 'The Pianist' for the big screen.

HARWOOD

Adapting 'Tom Jones' for the screen earned this writer the 1963 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

OSBORNE

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Mrs. Miniver' (1942) was scripted by this writer.

HILTON

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1996 for adapting 'Sling Blade' for the big screen.

THORNTON

Turning 'M*A*S*H' into a screenplay won this writer the 1970 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

LARDNER

This screenwriter's full name was '_ _ _ _ _ _ L. Mankiewicz'; he won for the acid-tongued backstage drama All About Eve (1950).

JOSEPH

Turning 'The Big Short' into a screenplay won this writer the 2015 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

MCKAY

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1969 for adapting 'Midnight Cowboy' for the big screen.

SALT

Adapting 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre' for the screen earned this writer the 1948 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

HUSTON

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1944 for adapting 'Going My Way' for the big screen.

CAVETT

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1955 for turning 'Marty' into a script.

CHAYEFSKY

The 1937 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'The Life of Emile Zola.'

RAINE

The 2007 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'No Country for Old Men.'

COEN

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 2010 for turning 'The Social Network' into a script.

SORKIN

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1932 for adapting 'Bad Girl' for the big screen.

BURKE

The 2013 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind '12 Years a Slave.'

RIDLEY

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1938 for adapting 'Pygmalion' for the big screen.

SHAW

The 1958 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'Gigi.'

LERNER

Turning 'All the President's Men' into a screenplay won this writer the 1976 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

GOLDMAN

Set among King Henry II's fractious family at a tense Christmas court, this 1968 historical drama is titled 'The Lion in _ _ _ _ _ _.'

WINTER

This writer picked up an Oscar in 2014 for adapting 'The Imitation Game' for the big screen.

MOORE

Adapting 'Kramer vs. Kramer' for the screen earned this writer the 1979 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

BENTON

The 2019 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'Jojo Rabbit.'

WAITITI

The 1974 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'The Godfather Part II.'

PUZO

Turning 'The Silence of the Lambs' into a screenplay won this writer the 1991 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

TALLY

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1978 for turning 'Midnight Express' into a script.

STONE

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1998 for turning 'Gods and Monsters' into a script.

CONDON

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'A Place in the Sun' (1951) was scripted by this writer.

WILSON

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'The Bridge on the River Kwai' (1957) was scripted by this writer.

BOULLE

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'The Departed' (2006) was scripted by this writer.

MONAHAN

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 2004 for turning 'Sideways' into a script.

TAYLOR

The 1989 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'Driving Miss Daisy.'

UHRY

This writer picked up an Oscar in 1975 for adapting 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' for the big screen.

HAUBEN

This writer picked up an Oscar in 2008 for adapting 'Slumdog Millionaire' for the big screen.

BEAUFOY

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'BlacKkKlansman' (2018) was scripted by this writer.

WACHTEL

The 1943 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'Casablanca.'

KOCH

Turning 'Little Women' into a screenplay won this writer the 1933 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

MASON

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1985 for turning 'Out of Africa' into a script.

LUEDTKE

The 2025 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'One Battle After Another.'

ANDERSON

Adapting 'The Cider House Rules' for the screen earned this writer the 1999 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

IRVING

Turning 'The Country Girl' into a screenplay won this writer the 1954 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

SEATON

The 1966 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'A Man for All Seasons.'

BOLT

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1992 for turning 'Howards End' into a script.

JHABVALA

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 1971 for turning 'The French Connection' into a script.

TIDYMAN

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'The Exorcist' (1973) was scripted by this writer.

BLATTY

Adapting 'The Godfather' for the screen earned this writer the 1972 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

COPPOLA

This Oscar-winning adaptation of 'Becket' (1964) was scripted by this writer.

ANHALT

This 1977 drama follows a playwright helping a childhood friend smuggle funds into Nazi Germany, based on a Lillian Hellman memoir.

JULIA

Turning 'Judgment at Nuremberg' into a screenplay won this writer the 1961 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

MANN

The 2001 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay went to the writer behind 'A Beautiful Mind.'

GOLDSMAN

This screenwriter won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar in 2022 for turning 'Women Talking' into a script.

POLLEY

Turning 'Precious' into a screenplay won this writer the 2009 Adapted Screenplay Oscar.

FLETCHER

Adapting 'The Descendants' for the screen earned this writer the 2011 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

PAYNE

Adapting 'Brokeback Mountain' for the screen earned this writer the 2005 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

MCMURTRY

Adapting 'The Last Emperor' for the screen earned this writer the 1987 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

PEPLOE

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