United Kingdom, March 16 -- Paul Thomas Anderson won his first Academy Award on Sunday (15.03.26) night.

The 55-year-old filmmaker scooped the Best Adapted Screenplay award for One Battle After Another ahead of Bugonia' Will Tracy, Frankenstein's Guillermo del Toro, Hamnet' Chloe Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell, and Train Dreams' Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, and he admitted he was "incredibly honoured" by the recognition.

Speaking on stage at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre, Paul - who has received 14 Academy Award nominations over the years - said: "Thank you very, very much. 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.

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