Year | Film | Screenwriter(s) | Source |
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1970s |
1978 | The Getting of Wisdom | Eleanor Witcombe | The novel of the same name by Henry Handel Richardson |
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith | Fred Schepisi | The novel of the same name by Thomas Keneally |
The Mango Tree | Michael Pate | The novel of the same name by Ronald McKie |
Weekend of Shadows | Peter Yeldham | The novel The Reckoning by Hugh Atkinson |
1979 | My Brilliant Career | Eleanor Witcombe | The novel of the same name by Miles Franklin |
Cathy's Child | Ken Quinnell | The novel A Piece of Paper by Dick Wordley |
The Last of the Knucklemen | Tim Burstall | The novel of the same name by John Power |
Money Movers | Bruce Beresford | The novel of the same name by Devon Minchin |
1980s |
1983 | Careful, He Might Hear You | Michael Jenkins | The novel of the same name by Sumner Locke Elliott |
Now and Forever | Richard Cassidy | The novel of the same name by Danielle Steel |
The Wild Duck | Tutte Lemkow, Dido Merwin, Henri Safran and Peter Smalley | The play of the same name by Henrik Ibsen |
The Year of Living Dangerously | Christopher Koch, Peter Weir and David Williamson | The novel of the same name by Koch |
1984 | Annie's Coming Out | John Patterson and Chris Borthwick | The novel of the same name by Rosemary Crossley & Anne McDonald |
BMX Bandits | Patrick Edgeworth | A story by Russell Hagg |
Razorback | Everett De Roche | The novel of the same name by Peter Brennan |
Strikebound | Richard Lowenstein | The novel Dead Men Don't Dig Coal by Wendy Lowenstein |
1985 | Bliss | Peter Carey and Ray Lawrence | The novel of the same name by Carey |
An Indecent Obsession | Denise Morgan | The novel of the same name by Colleen McCullough |
The Coca-Cola Kid | Frank Moorhouse | The short stories The Americans, Baby & The Electrical Experience by Moorhouse |
Rebel | Michael Jenkins and Bob Herbert | The play No Names, No Pack Drill by Herbert |
1986 | The Fringe Dwellers | Bruce Beresford and Rhoisin Beresford | The novel of the same name by Peter Carey |
For Love Alone | Stephen Wallace | The novel of the same name by Christina Stead |
Kangaroo | Evan Jones | The novel of the same name by D. H. Lawrence |
Playing Beatie Bow | Peter Gawler | The novel of the same name by Ruth Park |
1987 | Travelling North | David Williamson | The play of the same name by Williamson |
The Place at the Coast | Hilary Furlong | The novel of the same name by Jane Hyde |
Slate, Wyn & Me | Don McLennan | The novel of the same name by Georgia Savage |
Vincent | Paul Cox | Based on the letters of Vincent van Gogh |
1989 | Evil Angels | Robert Caswell and Fred Schepisi | The novel of the same name by John Bryson |
Compo | Abe Pogos | The play of the same name by Pogos |
Dead Calm | Terry Hayes | The novel of the same name by Charles F. Williams |
Emerald City | David Williamson | The play of the same name by Williamson |
1990s |
1993 | Blackfellas | James Ricketson | The novel of the same name by Archie Weller |
Black River | Kevin Lucas | The opera of the same name by Andrew & Julianne Schultz |
No Worries | David Holman | The play of the same name by Holman |
The Silver Brumby | John Tatoulis and Jon Stephens | The children's book series of the same name by Elyne Mitchell |
1994 | The Sum of Us | David Stevens | The play of the same name by Stevens |
Country Life | Michael Blakemore | The play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov |
Everynight ... Everynight | Ray Mooney and Alkinos Tsilimidos | The play of the same name by Mooney |
Traps | Robert Carter and Pauline Chan | The novel Dreamhouse by Kate Grenville |
1995 | Hotel Sorrento | Richard Franklin and Peter Fitzpatrick | The play of the same name by Hannie Rayson |
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection | George Whaley | Based on the characters created by Steele Rudd |
Sanctuary | David Williamson | The play of the same name by Williamson |
That Eye, the Sky | John Ruane and Jim Barton | The novel of the same name by Tim Winton. |
1996 | Cosi | Louis Nowra | The play of the same name by Nowra |
Dead Heart | Nick Parsons | The play of the same name by Parsons |
Life | John Brumpton and Lawrence Johnston | The play Containment by Brumpton |
What I Have Written | John A. Scott | The novel of the same name by Scott |
1997 | The Well | Laura Jones | The novel of the same name by Elizabeth Jolley |
Blackrock | Nick Enright | The play of the same name by Enright |
Love in Ambush | Carl Schultz | The novel Jarai by Loup Durand |
1998 | The Boys | Stephen Sewell | The play of the same name by Gordon Graham |
Head On | Andrew Bovell, Ana Kokkinos and Mira Robertson | The novel Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas |
Oscar and Lucinda | Laura Jones | The novel of the same name by Peter Carey |
Radiance | Louis Nowra | The play of the same name by Nowra |
1999 | Praise | Andrew McGahan | The novel of the same name by McGahan |
2000s |
2000 | Looking for Alibrandi | Melina Marchetta | The novel of the same name by Marchetta |
Chopper | Andrew Dominik | The autobiographies of Mark "Chopper" Read |
The Magic Pudding | Harry Cripps, Greg Haddrick and Simon Hopkinson | The children's book of the same name by Norman Lindsay |
2001 | Lantana | Andrew Bovell | The play Speaking In Tongues by Bovell |
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand | Richard Lowenstein | The novel of the same name by John Birmingham |
The Monkey's Mask | Anne Kennedy | The novel of the same name by Dorothy Porter |
Silent Partner | Daniel Keene | The play of the same name by Keene |
2002 | Australian Rules | Paul Goldman and Phillip Gwynne | The novel Deadly, Unna? by Gwynne |
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien | John Briley | The biography of the same name by Hilde Eynikel |
Rabbit-Proof Fence | Christine Olsen | The non-fiction book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara |
Swimming Upstream | Tony Fingleton | The memoir of the same name by Diane & Tony Fingleton |
2003 | The Rage in Placid Lake | Tony McNamara | The play The Cafe Latte Kid by McNamara |
Blurred | Stephen Davies and Kier Shorey | The play of the same name by Davis |
Ned Kelly | John Michael McDonagh | The novel Our Sunshine by Robert Drewe |
Teesh and Trude | Vanessa Lomma | The play of the same name by Wilson McCaskill |
2005 | Three Dollars | Robert Connolly and Elliot Perlman | The novel of the same name by Perlman |
Hating Alison Ashley | Christine Madafferi | The novel of the same name by Robin Klein |
The Illustrated Family Doctor | David Snell and Kriv Stenders | The novel of the same name by Robert Drewe |
The Widower | Lyndon Terracini | The poems Evening Alone at Bunyah, Noonday Axeman, The Widower in the Country, Cowyard Gates & The Last Hellos by Les Murray |
2006 | Candy | Neil Armfield and Luke Davies | The novel Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction by Davies |
The Book of Revelation | Andrew Bovell and Ana Kokkinos | The novel of the same name by Rupert Thomson |
Jindabyne | Beatrix Christian | The short story So Much Water So Close to Home by Raymond Carver |
Last Train to Freo | Reg Cribb | The play The Return by Cribb |
2008 | Unfinished Sky | Peter Duncan | Based on the film The Polish Bride by Kees van der Hulst |
All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane | Stephen Vagg | The play of the same name by Vagg |
2009 | Balibo | Robert Connolly and David Williamson | The non-fiction book Cover-Up by Jill Jolliffe |
Beautiful Kate | Rachel Ward | The novel of the same name by Newton Thornburg |
Blessed | Andrew Bovell, Patricia Cornelius, Melissa Reeves and Christos Tsiolkas | The play Who's Afraid of the Working Class? by Bovell |
Mao's Last Dancer | Jan Sardi | The memoir of the same name by Li Cunxin |
2010s |
2010 | Tomorrow, When the War Began | Stuart Beattie | The novel of the same name by John Marsden |
The Boys Are Back | Allan Cubitt | The memoir The Boys Are Back in Town by Simon Carr |
Bran Nue Dae | Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins and Jimmy Chi | The musical of the same name by Chi |
The Tree | Julie Bertuccelli | The novel Our Father Who Art in the Tree by Judy Pascoe |
AACTA Awards |
2011 (1st) | Snowtown | Shaun Grant | Based on the true story of the Snowtown murders |
The Eye of the Storm | Judy Morris | The novel of the same name by Patrick White |
The Hunter | Alice Addison | The novel of the same name by Julia Leigh |
Red Dog | Daniel Taplitz | The novel of the same name by Louis de Bernières |
2012 (2nd) | The Sapphires | Tony Briggs and Keith Thompson | The play of the same name by Briggs |
Lore | Robin Mukherjee and Cate Shortland | The novel The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert |
2013 (3rd) | The Great Gatsby | Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce | The novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Adoration | Christopher Hampton | The short story collection The Grandmothers by Doris Lessing |
Dead Europe | Louise Fox | The novel of the same name by Christos Tsiolkas |
The Turning | The Turning Ensemble | The short story collection of the same name by Tim Winton |
2014 (4th) | The Railway Man | Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson | The memoir of the same name by Eric Lomax |
Predestination | The Spierig Brothers | The novel All You Zombies by Robert A. Heinlein |
2015 (5th) | Last Cab to Darwin | Reg Cribb and Jeremy Sims | The play of the same name by Cribb |
Holding the Man | Tommy Murphy | The memoir of the same name by Timothy Conigrave |
Ruben Guthrie | Brendan Cowell | The play of the same name by Cowell |
2016 (6th) | The Daughter | Simon Stone | The play The Wild Duck by Henrik Ibsen |
Girl Asleep | Matthew Whittet | The play of the same name by Whittet |
2017 (7th) | Lion | Luke Davies | The memoir A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley & Larry Buttrose |
Berlin Syndrome | Shaun Grant | The novel of the same name by Melanie Joosten |
Don't Tell | Anne Brooksbank, Ursula Cleary and James Greville | Based on the true story |
Jasper Jones | Shaun Grant and Craig Silvey | The novel of the same name by Silvey |
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Boy Erased | Joel Edgerton | The memoir Boy Erased: A Memoir by Garrard Conley |
Breath | Simon Baker, Gerard Lee and Tim Winton | The novel of the same name by Winton |
Cargo | Yolanda Ramke | Based on the short film of the same name by Ramke |
Ladies in Black | Bruce Beresford and Sue Milliken | The novel The Women in Black by Madeleine St John |
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The Dry | Robert Connolly and Harry Cripps | The novel of the same name by Jane Harper |
Penguin Bloom | Shaun Grant and Harry Cripps | The novel of the same name by Bradley Trevor Greive |
Peter Rabbit 2 | Patrick Burleigh and Will Gluck | Based on the stories of Peter Rabbit created by Beatrix Potter |
Rams | James Duncan | Based on the film of the same name by Grímur Hákonarson |
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