2013 Academy Awards – Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Winner and Nominees

Argo

Chris Terrio

Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Lucy Alibar

Life of Pi

David Magee

Lincoln

Tony Kushner

Silver Linings Playbook

David O. Russell