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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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References

Wikipedia. (2025). Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Adapted_Screenplay#Multiple_wins_and_nominations [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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