| USC Scripter Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Writing achievements in film adaptation |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | University of Southern California (USC) |
| First awarded | 1988; 36 years ago (1988) |
| Website | libraries |
The USC Scripter Award (Scripter) is the name given to an award presented annually by the University of Southern California (USC) to honor both authors and screenwriters. Starting in 1988, the USC Libraries Board of Councilors award the year's best film adaptation of a printed work, recognizing the original author and the screenwriter.
In 2016, a second Scripter award, for episodic series adaption, was added. The Literary Achievement Award honors significant contributions to storytelling across form, genre, and medium. The Ex Libris Award recognizes long-time supporters of the USC Libraries. The latter two awards are presented on an occasional basis. Per the Scripter Awards website, "Scripter celebrates writers and writing, collaboration, and the profound results of transforming one artistic medium into another. It stands as an emblem of libraries’ ability to inspire creative and scholarly achievement."[1]
| Year | Film | Nominees | Source Material |
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| 1988 | 84 Charing Cross Road | Hugh Whitemore | The memoirbyHelene Hanff |
| The Dead | Tony Huston | The short storybyJames Joyce | |
| Housekeeping | Bill Forsyth | The novelbyMarilynne Robinson | |
| The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne | Peter Nelson | The novel Judith HearnebyBrian Moore | |
| The Princess Bride | William Goldman | The novel by Goldman | |
| 1989 | The Accidental Tourist | Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan | The novelbyAnne Tyler |
| Eight Men Out | John Sayles | The book Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World SeriesbyEliot Asinof | |
| Everybody's All-American | Thomas Rickman | The bookbyFrank Deford | |
| Madame Sousatzka | Ruth Prawler Jhabvala and John Schlesinger | The book by Bernice Rubens |
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