Los Angeles, March 16 -- Paul Thomas Anderson's directorial 'One Battle After Another' took home the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar award.

In his speech, Paul dedicated his win to his four children, as per Deadline.

"Thank you very, very much," he began, adding, "I'm incredibly honoured to be part of this history. This is an adaption, so I owe a huge debt of admiration and love to Thomas Pynchon. Any writer knows that you either beg for forgiveness or your special thanks is really to your family and the people that you share a roof with, who put up with what it means to live with a writer."

"To Maya," Anderson said, shouting out his wife, actress and comedian Maya Rudolph.

The multi-hyphenate filmmaker, who had been nominated for 11 Os...