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Academy Awards
Most Wins for Adapted Screenplay
This list features screenwriters that have won the most Best Adapted Screenplay awards at the Academy Awards.
RANK | SCREENWRITERS | NOMINATIONS | WINS | FILMS |
1 | Michael Wilson | 4 | 2 | A Place in the Sun (1951) The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) |
2 | Joseph L. Mankiewicz | 3 | 2 | A Letter to Three Wives (1949) All About Eve (1950) |
3 | Robert Bolt | 3 | 2 | Doctor Zhivago (1965) A Man for All Seasons (1966) |
4 | Francis Ford Coppola | 3 | 2 | The Godfather (1972) The Godfather Part II (1974) |
5 | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | 3 | 2 | A Room with a View (1986) Howards End (1992) |
6 | Alexander Payne | 3 | 2 | Sideways (2004) The Descendants (2011) |
7 | Christopher Hampton | 3 | 2 | Dangerous Liaisons (1988) The Father (2020) |
8 | George Seaton | 2 | 2 | Miracle on 34th Street (1947) The Country Girl (1954) |
9 | Mario Puzo | 2 | 2 | The Godfather (1972) The Godfather Part II (1974) |
10 | Alvin Sargent | 2 | 2 | Julia (1977) Ordinary People (1980) |
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