Academy Award For Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Winners and Nominees

1960s

Year	Film	Screenwriter(s)	Adapted from
1960 (33rd)
	Elmer Gantry	Richard Brooks	*The novel Elmer Gantry* by Sinclair Lewis**
	Inherit the Wind	Nedrick Young (front: Nathan E. Douglas) Harold Jacob Smith	The play Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee
	Sons and Lovers	Gavin Lambert T.E.B. Clarke	The novel Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
	The Sundowners	Isobel Lennart	The novel The Sundowners by Jon Cleary
	Tunes of Glory	James Kennaway	The novel Tunes of Glory by James Kennaway
1961 (34th)
	Judgment at Nuremberg	Abby Mann	*The teleplay Judgment at Nuremberg, written by Abby Mann*
	Breakfast at Tiffany's	George Axelrod	The novella Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
	The Guns of Navarone	Carl Foreman	The novel The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean
	The Hustler	Sydney Carroll Robert Rossen	The novel The Hustler by Walter Tevis
	West Side Story	Ernest Lehman	The play West Side Story, book by Arthur Laurents, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
1962 (35th)
	To Kill a Mockingbird	Horton Foote	*The novel To Kill a Mockingbird* by Harper Lee**
	David and Lisa	Eleanor Perry	The story "Lisa and David" by Theodore Isaac Rubin
	Lawrence of Arabia	Robert Bolt Michael Wilson (not on original ballot)	The writings of T. E. Lawrence
	Lolita	Vladimir Nabokov	The novel Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
	The Miracle Worker	William Gibson	The play The Miracle Worker by William Gibson
1963 (36th)
	Tom Jones	John Osborne	*The novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling* by Henry Fielding**
	Captain Newman, M.D.	Richard L. Breen Henry Ephron Phoebe Ephron	The novel Captain Newman, M.D. by Leo Rosten
	Hud	Irving Ravetch Harriet Frank, Jr.	The novel Horseman, Pass By by Larry McMurtry
	Lilies of the Field	James Poe	The novel Lilies of the Field by William E. Barrett
	Sundays and Cybele	Serge Bourguignon (scenario/dialogue) Antoine Tudal (scenario)	The novel Les Dimanches de Ville d'Avray by Bernard Eschassériaux
1964 (37th)
	Becket	Edward Anhalt	*The play Becket* by Jean Anouilh**
	Dr. Strangelove	Stanley Kubrick Terry Southern Peter George	The novel Red Alert by Peter George
	Mary Poppins	Bill Walsh Don DaGradi	The Mary Poppins series by P.L. Travers
	My Fair Lady	Alan Jay Lerner	The play My Fair Lady, book by Alan Jay Lerner The play Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
	Zorba the Greek	Michael Cacoyannis	The novel The Life of Alexis Zorba by Nikos Kazantzakis
1965 (38th)
	Doctor Zhivago	Robert Bolt	*The novel Doctor Zhivago* by Boris Pasternak**
	Cat Ballou	Walter Newman Frank R. Pierson	The novel The Ballad of Cat Ballou by Roy Chanslor
	The Collector	Stanley Mann John Kohn	The novel The Collector by John Fowles
	Ship of Fools	Abby Mann	The novel Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter
	A Thousand Clowns	Herb Gardner	The play A Thousand Clowns by Herb Gardner
1966 (39th)
	A Man for All Seasons	Robert Bolt	*The play A Man for All Seasons* by Robert Bolt**
	Alfie	Bill Naughton	The play Alfie by Bill Naughton
	The Professionals	Richard Brooks	The novel A Mule for the Marquesa by Frank O'Rourke
	The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming	William Rose	The novel Off-Islanders by Nathaniel Benchley
	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Ernest Lehman	The play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
1967 (40th)
	In the Heat of the Night	Stirling Silliphant	*The novel In the Heat of the Night* by John Ball**
	Cool Hand Luke	Donn Pearce Frank R. Pierson	The novel Cool Hand Luke by Donn Pearce
	The Graduate	Calder Willingham Buck Henry	The novel The Graduate by Charles Webb
	In Cold Blood	Richard Brooks	The novel In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
	Ulysses	Joseph Strick Fred Haines	The novel Ulysses by James Joyce
1968 (41st)
	The Lion in Winter	James Goldman	*The play The Lion in Winter* by James Goldman**
	The Odd Couple	Neil Simon	The play The Odd Couple by Neil Simon
	Oliver!	Vernon Harris	The musical Oliver!, book by Lionel Bart The novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
	Rachel, Rachel	Stewart Stern	The novel A Jest of God by Margaret Laurence
	Rosemary's Baby	Roman Polanski	The novel Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
1969 (42nd)
	Midnight Cowboy	Waldo Salt	*The novel Midnight Cowboy* by James Leo Herlihy**
	Anne of the Thousand Days	John Hale (writer) Bridget Boland (writer) Richard Sokolove (adaptation)	The play Anne of the Thousand Days by Maxwell Anderson
	Goodbye, Columbus	Arnold Schulman	The novel Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth
	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?	James Poe Robert E. Thompson	The novel They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoy
	Z	Jorge Semprún Costa-Gavras	The novel Z by Vassilis Vassilikos

Academy Award For Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Winners and Nominees - 1960s