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British film industry award From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is a British Academy Film Award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to a screenwriter for a specific film.
| BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | |
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| Awarded for | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Currently held by | Cord Jefferson for American Fiction (2023) |
| Website | http://www.bafta.org/ |
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, children's film and television, and interactive media. Since 1983, selected films have been awarded with the BAFTA award for Best Adapted Screenplay at an annual ceremony.
In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the remaining nominees. The winner is also the first name listed in each category.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for Best Adapted Screenplay has been presented to its winners since 1968, when the original category (BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) was split into two awards, the other being the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay.[citation needed]
Christopher Hampton holds the record for the most wins in this category, with two. Ronald Harwood, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Eric Roth and Aaron Sorkin tie for the most nominations in this category, with four each.
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