Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
| Adapted Screenplay | |||||
| Year | Name | Film | Adapted From | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | Achmed Abdullah | The Lives of a Bengal Lancer | from the novel by Francis Yeats-Brown | Nominated | First person of Asian descent (mother was Afghan royalty) nominated for writing; nominated with John L. Balderston, Grover Jones, William Slavens McNutt, and Waldemar Young |
| 1997 | Hossein Amini | The Wings of the Dove | The Wings of the Dove, by Henry James | Nominated | |
| 2000 | Hui-Ling Wang Kuo Jung Tsai |
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon | Crane-Iron Pentalogy, by Wang Dulu | Nominated | Nominated with James Schamus. First time that a screenplay written in an Asian language is nominated in any writing category. |
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