Academy Award — Best Adapted Screenplay
Jewish recipients of the Academy Award — Best Adapted Screenplay documented in the ThankJews directory. Jews are about 32% of all recipients — while making up roughly 0.2% of the world's population.
40 documented recipients
Benjamin Glazer1927
Winner of the first screenwriting Academy Award for Seventh Heaven (1927)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Robert Riskin1934
Frank Capra's writer: It Happened One Night (Academy Award 1934), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Heinz Herald1937
Co-wrote The Life of Emile Zola (Academy Award 1937)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Géza Herczeg1937
Co-wrote The Life of Emile Zola (Academy Award 1937)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Sidney Buchman1941
Screenwriter of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and Here Comes Mr. Jordan (Academy Award 1941)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
George Froeschel1942
Screenwriter of Mrs. Miniver (Academy Award 1942)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Julius Epstein1943
Co-wrote Casablanca (Academy Award 1943) with twin brother Philip
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Philip Epstein1943
Co-wrote Casablanca (Academy Award 1943) with twin brother Julius
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Billy Wilder1944
Film Director
Source: Double Indemnity
Joseph L. Mankiewicz1909
Writer-director of the classic All About Eve.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
Charles Schnee1952
Screenwriter of The Bad and the Beautiful (Academy Award 1952)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Daniel Taradash1953
Screenwriter of From Here to Eternity (Academy Award 1953)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Paddy Chayefsky1976
Only solo writer with three screenwriting Academy Awards: Marty, The Hospital, Network
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
S. J. Perelman1956
New Yorker humorist; Around the World in 80 Days (Academy Award 1956) and Marx Brothers scripts
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Carl Foreman1952
Blacklisted screenwriter of High Noon and The Bridge on the River Kwai
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Alan Jay Lerner1918
Lyricist and librettist of My Fair Lady, Gigi and Camelot
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Music
Richard Brooks1912
Director-writer ('Elmer Gantry', 'In Cold Blood', 'Blackboard Jungle'); born Ruben Sax
Source: IMDb (Jewish Directors list)
Abby Mann1961
Screenwriter of Judgment at Nuremberg (Academy Award 1961)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Edward Anhalt1964
Screenwriter of Becket (Academy Award 1964) and Panic in the Streets (1950)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
James Goldman1968
Screenwriter of The Lion in Winter (Academy Award 1968); brother of William
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Bo Goldman1975
Two-time Academy Award screenwriter: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Melvin and Howard
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Lawrence Hauben1975
Co-wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Academy Award 1975)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
William Goldman1969
Two-time Academy Award screenwriter: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men; The Princess Bride
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Alvin Sargent1980
Two-time Academy Award screenwriter: Julia, Ordinary People; wrote Spider-Man 2
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Oliver Stone1986
Oscar-winning director of Platoon, JFK and Born on the Fourth of July; partial Jewish ancestry through his father Louis (born Silverstein).
Source: Wikipedia
James L. Brooks1940
American filmmaker known for Broadcast News and co-developing The Simpsons.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
Peter Shaffer1926
British playwright ('Amadeus', 'Equus')
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala1986
Refugee from Nazi Germany; two Academy Awards for A Room with a View and Howards End
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Alfred Uhry1989
Pulitzer playwright and Academy Award screenwriter of Driving Miss Daisy
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Eric Roth1994
Screenwriter of Forrest Gump (Academy Award 1994), Munich and A Star Is Born
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Akiva Goldsman2001
Screenwriter of A Beautiful Mind (Academy Award 2001)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Ronald Harwood2002
Screenwriter of The Pianist (Academy Award 2002) and The Dresser
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish screenwriters
Ethan Coen1957
American filmmaker and one half of the Coen brothers.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
Joel Coen1954
American filmmaker and one half of the Coen brothers.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
Aaron Sorkin1961
Screenwriter of The West Wing and The Social Network, master of rapid dialogue.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
Graham Moore
Academy Award — Best Adapted Screenplay
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
David Rabinowitz
Academy Award — Best Adapted Screenplay
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Charlie Wachtel
Academy Award — Best Adapted Screenplay
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Taika Waititi1975
Oscar-winning writer-director of 'Jojo Rabbit' and 'Thor: Ragnarok'.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
Sarah Polley
Academy Award — Best Adapted Screenplay
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay