Editing Robert Bolt (section)

===Screenplays===
Bolt may be best remembered for his work on film and television screenplays. His work for director [[David Lean]] garnered him particular acclaim and recognition, and Bolt tried his hand at directing with the unsuccessful ''[[Lady Caroline Lamb (film)|Lady Caroline Lamb]]'' (1972). While some criticised Bolt for focusing more on the personal aspects of his protagonists than the broader political context (particularly with ''Lawrence of Arabia'' and ''A Man for All Seasons''), most critics and audiences alike praised his screenplays. Bolt won two [[Academy Awards|Oscars]], two [[BAFTA Awards]] and won or was nominated for several others.

* ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' (with [[Michael Wilson (writer)|Michael Wilson]]) (1962) – despite disputes between Wilson and Bolt over who contributed what to the script, Bolt provided most of the film's dialogue and the interpretation of the characters while Wilson provided the characters and scenes in an initial draft screenplay. Wilson was uncredited at the time of the film's release, and Bolt alone was nominated for, but did not win, an Academy Award. Bolt and Lean refused to recognise Wilson's contribution to the film, and Wilson was not credited until 1995.
* ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'' (1965) – Bolt won an Oscar for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]
* ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' (1966) – Bolt won the Oscar again, adapting his own play to the screen.
* ''[[The Red Tent (film)|The Red Tent]]'' (1969) (uncredited additional dialogue)
* ''[[Ryan's Daughter]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Lady Caroline Lamb (film)|Lady Caroline Lamb]]'' (1972) (also directed)
* ''[[The Bounty (1984 film)|The Bounty]]'' (1984)
* ''[[The Mission (1986 film)|The Mission]]'' (1986) (originally published as a novel)
* ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1988 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' (1988)
* ''[[A Dry White Season]]'' (1989) (uncredited revisions of screenplay)
* ''[[Without Warning: The James Brady Story]]'' (1991) (TV)

Bolt also had several unrealised projects, including a TV miniseries adaptation of [[Gore Vidal]]'s novel ''[[Burr (novel)|Burr]]''; a film adaptation of [[Madeleine L'Engle]]'s novel ''[[A Wrinkle in Time]]'' for [[Norman Lear]];<ref>{{cite web|last1=Marcus|first1=Leonard S.|title=Listening for Madeleine (Excerpt)|url=http://www.tor.com/2012/11/29/listening-for-madeleine-excerpt/|website=TOR.com|date=29 November 2012 |publisher=TOR|access-date=8 November 2016}}</ref> a script inspired by the [[Patty Hearst#Kidnapping|Patty Hearst kidnapping]] called ''The Cover-Up'' with [[Oliver Stone]];<ref>{{cite web|last=Seitz|first=Matt Zoller|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/99568-seizure-midnight-express-and-platoon-an-excerpt-from-the-oliver-stone-experience/|title=Seizure, Midnight Express and Platoon: An Excerpt from The Oliver Stone Experience|work=[[Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker]]|date=30 August 2016|access-date=3 September 2023}}</ref> a film adaptation of [[Robert Littell (author)|Robert Littell]]'s novel ''The October Circle'' for [[Hugh Hudson]];<ref>{{cite web|last=Brown|first=Tim|url=https://cris.brighton.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/501886/Not-Showing-At-This-Cinema.pdf|title=NOT SHOWING AT THIS CINEMA|website=University of Brighton|publisher=Cinecity|year=2015}}</ref> a script about Irish patriot [[Michael Collins (Irish leader)|Michael Collins]] called ''[[Blest Souls]]'' with [[Michael Cimino]]; original screenplays about [[Galileo Galilei]] and explorers [[Robert Falcon Scott|Scott]] and [[Roald Amundsen|Amundsen]];<ref name="LA Times"/> a film adaptation of [[André Malraux]]'s novel ''[[Man's Fate]]'' also with Cimino;<ref>{{cite web|last=Regnier|first=Isabelle|url=http://fr.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/877737/michael-cimino-reve-dadapter-la-condition-humaine-dandre|title=Michael Cimino rêve d'adapter " La Condition Humaine " d'André Malraux|website=Blouin Artinfo|date=12 March 2013|access-date=25 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130713034724/http://fr.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/877737/michael-cimino-reve-dadapter-la-condition-humaine-dandre|archive-date=13 July 2013}}</ref> and a script about the life of [[The Buddha|Siddhartha]] called ''Buddha'' for [[Ron Fricke]].<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Variety Staff|url=https://variety.com/1995/film/features/future-films-8-99127566/|title=FUTURE FILMS|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=15 May 1995|access-date=30 November 2023|quote=BUDDHA (Waco Prods.) Fall 1995. Jason Scott Lee PROD, David Field, Lisa Iannini, Steven Ho; DR, Ron Fricke; SCR, Robert Bolt; CAM, Chanwei Gu.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kay|first=Jeremy|url=https://www.screendaily.com/frickes-buddha-movie-to-shoot-in-cambodia-thailand-india/4022796.article|title=Fricke's Buddha movie to shoot in Cambodia, Thailand, India|website=ScreenDaily|date=27 April 2005|access-date=2 December 2023}}</ref> Additionally, Bolt was briefly attached as writer for ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' and [[David Lean]]'s unmade film version of [[Joseph Conrad]]'s ''[[Nostromo]]'', before he was replaced on both.<ref name="LA Times"/>

After being paid $US400,000 plus ten per cent of profits for his ''Ryan's Daughter'' screenplay, Bolt became, for a time, the highest-paid screenwriter in Hollywood.{{Citation needed|date=December 2022}}