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  1. 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 ).

  2. 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.

  3. Feb 9, 2020 · The swift rise of Taika Waititi hit a crescendo during the 92nd annual Academy Awards. The Jojo Rabbit filmmaker and star won an Oscar for adapted screenplay on Sunday night, the first Academy...

  4. Feb 9, 2020 · Taika Waititi took home the award for best adapted screenplay for penning Jojo Rabbit at the 92nd Oscars on Sunday night. The film is based on Christine Leunens’ 2004 book Caging Skies.

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  5. Mar 5, 2024 · The Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay recognizes movies based on books (and other works). Here are the top ten winners, ranked.

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  6. Feb 10, 2020 · Taika Waititi ‘s first Oscar is in the books! The 44-year-old director — who wrote, directed and acted in JoJo Rabbit — won Sunday night in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, beating out ...

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  8. 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.