Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
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The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is one of the annual awards given by the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association.
Winners and nominees[]
2000s[]
2010s[]
| Year | Writer(s) | Film | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Aaron Sorkin | The Social Network | The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich |
| Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy | 127 Hours | Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston | |
| Michael Arndt | Toy Story 3 | characters by John Lasseter | |
| Joel Coen and Ethan Coen | True Grit | novel by Charles Portis | |
| Debra Granik and Anne Rosselini | Winter's Bone | novel by Daniel Woodrell | |
| 2011 | Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash | The Descendants | novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings |
| Tate Taylor | The Help | novel by Kathryn Stockett | |
| John Logan | Hugo | The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick | |
| Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin | Moneyball | novel by Charles Portis | |
| Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | novel by John le Carré | |
| 2012 | David O. Russell | Silver Linings Playbook | The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick |
| Chris Terrio | Argo | The Master of Disguise by Tony Mendez | |
| David Magee | Life of Pi | novel by Yann Martel | |
| Tony Kushner | Lincoln | Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin | |
| Stephen Chbosky | The Perks of Being a Wallflower | novel by Stephen Chbosky | |
| 2013 | John Ridley | 12 Years a Slave | memoir by Solomon Northup |
| Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Julie Delpy | Before Midnight | characters by Richard Linklater and Kim Krizan | |
| Billy Ray | Captain Phillips | A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips | |
| Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber | The Spectacular Now | novel by Tim Tharp | |
| Terence Winter | The Wolf of Wall Street | memoir by Jordan Belfort | |
| 2014 | Gillian Flynn | Gone Girl | novel by Gillian Flynn |
| Graham Moore | The Imitation Game | Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges | |
| Paul Thomas Anderson | Inherent Vice | novel by Thomas Pynchon | |
| Anthony McCarten | The Theory of Everything | Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Hawking | |
| Nick Hornby | Wild | memoir by Cheryl Strayed | |
| 2015 | Emma Donoghue | Room | novel by Emma Donoghue |
| Nick Hornby | Brooklyn | novel by Colm Tóibín | |
| Phyllis Nagy | Carol | The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith | |
| Drew Goddard | The Martian | novel by Andy Weir | |
| Aaron Sorkin | Steve Jobs | biography by Walter Isaacson | |
| 2016 | Eric Heisserer | Arrival | "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang |
| August Wilson | Fences | play by August Wilson | |
| Luke Davies | Lion | A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley | |
| Patrick Ness | A Monster Calls | novel by Patrick Ness | |
| Tom Ford | Nocturnal Animals | Tony and Susan by Austin Wright | |
| 2017 | Virgil Williams and Dee Rees | Mudbound | novel by Hillary Jordan |
| Hampton Fancher and Michael Green | Blade Runner 2049 | characters from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick | |
| James Ivory | Call Me by Your Name | novel by André Aciman | |
| Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber | The Disaster Artist | memoir by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell | |
| Aaron Sorkin | Molly's Game | memoir by Molly Bloom | |
| 2018 | Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | memoir by Lee Israel |
| Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, and Kevin Willmott | BlacKkKlansman | Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth | |
| Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole | Black Panther | characters by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee | |
| Barry Jenkins | If Beale Street Could Talk | novel by James Baldwin | |
| Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, and Eric Roth | A Star Is Born | A Star Is Born by William A. Wellman, Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker, and Alan Campbell | |
| 2019 | Greta Gerwig | Little Women | novel by Louisa May Alcott |
| Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | article "Can You Say ... Hero?" by Tom Junod | |
| Taika Waititi | Jojo Rabbit | Caging Skies by Christine Leunens | |
| Todd Phillips and Scott Silver | Joker | characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson | |
| Steven Zaillian | The Irishman | I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt |
2020s[]
| Year | Film | Director(s) | Nominees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | TBA | TBA | TBA |
Categories:
- Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
- Screenwriting awards for film