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- Sarah Y. Mason (Little Women) was the first woman to win for adaptation from previously established material; she shared the award with her husband, Victor Heerman.
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Francis Ford Coppola. 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 members.
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Frances Marion (The Big House) was the first woman to win in any screenplay category, although she won for her original script for Best Writing, which then included both original and adapted screenplays before a separate award for Best Original Screenplay was introduced.
Mar 12, 2023 · Sarah Polley has won her first Academy Award. The Canadian filmmaker, who hails from Toronto, Ont., was awarded the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar Sunday night for her movie, Women Talking.
- Michelle Butterfield
Mar 13, 2023 · Toronto writer-director Sarah Polley won the award for best adapted screenplay at the 2023 Academy Awards on Sunday night, an evening with a distinctly Canadian flavour, including a...
The Piano (1993) won the Palme D'Or at Cannes, making her the first woman ever to win the prestigious award. She also captured an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 1993 Oscars, while also being nominated for Best Director.
Apr 26, 2021 · Emerald Fennell has won the original screenplay Oscar for her feature directorial debut, “Promising Young Woman,” the first female filmmaker to do so since Diablo Cody in 2008.
Mar 8, 2022 · Last year, Emerald Fennell won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for “Promising Young Woman,” becoming the first female champ in either writing category in 13 years. And an even longer...
