Film Awards

2003 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted WinnerMystic RiverBrian HelgelandThe lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.Amazon2003 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted NomineesAmerican SplendorRobert PulciniAmazonCold MountainAnthony MinghellaAmazonSeabiscuitGary RossAmazonShattered GlassBilly RayAmazonWhale RiderNiki CaroAmazon

2002 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted WinnerAdaptation.Charlie KaufmanA lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen.Amazon2002 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted NomineesChicagoBill CondonAmazonMy Big Fat Greek WeddingNia VardalosAmazonThe Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersFran WalshAmazonThe PianistRonald HarwoodAmazon

2001 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted WinnerIn the BedroomRobert FestingerA New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.Amazon2001 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted NomineesA Beautiful MindAkiva GoldsmanAmazonHedwig and the Angry InchJohn Cameron MitchellAmazonLast OrdersFred SchepisiAmazonThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingFran WalshAmazon

2000 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted WinnerQuillsDoug WrightIn a Napoleonic era insane asylum, an inmate, the irrepressible Marquis De Sade, fights a battle of wills against a tyrannically prudish doctor.Amazon2000 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted NomineesO Brother, Where Art Thou?Joel CoenAmazonThe House of MirthTerence DaviesAmazonThirteen DaysDavid SelfAmazonTrafficStephen GaghanAmazon

1999 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted WinnerThe Cider House RulesJohn IrvingA compassionate young man, raised in an orphanage and trained to be a doctor there, decides to leave to see the world.Amazon1999 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted NomineesA Map of the WorldPeter HedgesAmazonFelicia's JourneyAtom EgoyanAmazonOneginPeter EttedguiAmazonThe Talented Mr. RipleyAnthony MinghellaAmazonTitusJulie TaymorAmazon

1998 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted WinnerGods and MonstersBill CondonThe last days of Frankenstein (1931) Director James Whale are explored.Amazon1998 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted NomineesBelovedAkosua BusiaAmazonHilary and JackieFrank Cottrell BoyceAmazonLittle VoiceMark HermanAmazonThe Thin Red LineTerrence MalickAmazon

1997 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted WinnerL.A. ConfidentialBrian HelgelandAs corruption grows in 1950s Los Angeles, three policemen -- one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy -- investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice.Amazon1997 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted NomineesAmistadDavid FranzoniAmazonThe Ice StormJames SchamusAmazonThe Sweet HereafterAtom EgoyanAmazonThe Wings of the DoveHossein AminiAmazon

1996 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted WinnerThe English PatientAnthony MinghellaAt the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair.Amazon1996 The Satellite Awards - Best Screenplay - Adapted NomineesJudeHossein AminiAmazonThe CrucibleArthur MillerAmazonThe Portrait of a LadyLaura JonesAmazonTrainspottingJohn HodgeAmazon