Academy Awards

1954 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerFrom Here to EternityDaniel TaradashIn Hawaii in 1941, a private is cruelly punished for not boxing on his unit's team, while his captain's wife and second-in-command are falling in love.Amazon1954 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesLiliHelen DeutschAmazonRoman HolidayIan McLellan HunterAmazonShaneA.B. Guthrie Jr.AmazonThe Cruel SeaEric AmblerAmazon

1955 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Country GirlGeorge SeatonA director hires an alcoholic has-been and strikes up a stormy relationship with the actor's wife, who he believes is the cause of all the man's problems.Amazon1955 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesRear WindowJohn Michael HayesAmazonSabrinaBilly WilderAmazonSeven Brides for Seven BrothersAlbert HackettAmazonThe Caine MutinyStanley RobertsAmazon

1956 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerMartyPaddy ChayefskyA middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance and fall for each other.Amazon1956 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBad Day at Black RockMillard KaufmanAmazonBlackboard JungleRichard BrooksAmazonEast of EdenPaul OsbornAmazonLove Me or Leave MeDaniel FuchsAmazon

1957 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerAround the World in 80 DaysJames PoeA Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days.Amazon1957 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBaby DollTennessee WilliamsAmazonFriendly PersuasionMichael WilsonAmazonGiantFred GuiolAmazonLust for LifeNorman CorwinAmazon

1958 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerThe Bridge on the River KwaiPierre BoulleBritish POWs build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors, oblivious of the Allies' plans to destroy it.Amazon1958 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Nominees12 Angry MenReginald RoseAmazonHeaven Knows, Mr. AllisonJohn Lee MahinAmazonPeyton PlaceJohn Michael HayesAmazonSayonaraPaul OsbornAmazon

1959 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerGigiAlan Jay LernerWeary of the conventions of Parisian society, a rich playboy and a youthful courtesan-in-training enjoy a platonic friendship, but it may not stay platonic for long.Amazon1959 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesCat on a Hot Tin RoofRichard BrooksAmazonI Want to Live!Nelson GiddingAmazonSeparate TablesTerence RattiganAmazonThe Horse's MouthAlec GuinnessAmazon

1960 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerRoom at the TopNeil PatersonAn ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.Amazon1960 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesAnatomy of a MurderWendell MayesAmazonBen-HurKarl TunbergAmazonSome Like It HotBilly WilderAmazonThe Nun's StoryRobert AndersonAmazon

1961 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerElmer GantryRichard BrooksA fast-talking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause.Amazon1961 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesInherit the WindNedrick YoungAmazonSons and LoversGavin LambertAmazonThe SundownersIsobel LennartAmazonTunes of GloryJames KennawayAmazon

1962 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerJudgment at NurembergAbby MannIn 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.Amazon1962 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesBreakfast at Tiffany'sGeorge AxelrodAmazonThe Guns of NavaroneCarl ForemanAmazonThe HustlerSidney CarrollAmazonWest Side StoryErnest LehmanAmazon

1963 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) WinnerTo Kill a MockingbirdHorton FooteAtticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.Amazon1963 Academy Awards - Writing (Adapted Screenplay) NomineesDavid and LisaEleanor PerryAmazonLawrence of ArabiaRobert BoltAmazonLolitaVladimir NabokovAmazonThe Miracle WorkerWilliam GibsonAmazon