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
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
s. Starting in 1988, the
USC Libraries Board of Councilors award the year's best
film adaptation
A film adaptation is the transfer of a work or story, in whole or in part, to a feature film. Although often considered a type of derivative work, film adaptation has been conceptualized recently by academic scholars such as Robert Stam as a dial ...
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
Storytelling is the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatrics or embellishment. Every culture has its own stories or narratives, which are shared as a means of entertainment, education, cultural pre ...
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."
Film
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Television
2010s
2020s
Literary Achievement
* 2008 –
Steven Zaillian
* 2009 –
Michael Chabon
* 2010 –
Eric Roth
* 2011 –
Dennis Lehane
* 2012 –
Paul Haggis
* 2013 –
Diana Ossana
Diana Lynn Ossana (born August 24, 1949) is an American writer who has collaborated on writing screenplays, teleplays, and novels with author Larry McMurtry since they first worked together in 1992, on the semi-fictionalized biography ''Pretty ...
and
Larry McMurtry
* 2014 –
Robert Towne
* 2015 –
Walter Mosley
* 2018 –
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (; ; born April 7, 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the major figures of the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Coppola is the recipient of five A ...
* 2020 –
Susan Orlean
* 2022 –
Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins (born November 19, 1979) is an American filmmaker. After making his filmmaking debut with the short film ''My Josephine'' (2003), he directed his first feature film ''Medicine for Melancholy'' (2008) for which he received an Indep ...
Ex Libris
* 2015 – Elaine Leventhal
* 2017 – Kathleen McCarthy Kostlan
* 2018 – Valerie and
Ronald Sugar
Ronald D. Sugar (born July 30, 1948) is an American business executive. He served as the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Northrop Grumman Corporation from 2003 to 2009. On August 1, 2018 he was unanimously elected as ind ...
* 2019 – George E. Isaacs
* 2020 – Glenn Sonnenberg
* 2021 – Greg Lucas
See also
*
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
*
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
*
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
References
External links
*
* {{YouTube, playlist=PLDA22F6846E201DB5, title=Scripter Awards
American film awards
Screenwriting awards for film
Scripter Award
Awards established in 1988
1988 establishments in California