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{{Infobox award
| name           = USC Scripter Awards
| current_awards = 
| image          = 
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| awarded_for    = Writing achievements in [[film adaptation]]
| presenter      = [[University of Southern California]] (USC)
| country        = United States
| year           = {{start date and age|1988}}
| website        = {{URL|https://libraries.usc.edu/scripter}}
}}
The '''USC Scripter Award''' (Scripter) is the name given to an award presented annually by the [[University of Southern California]] (USC) to honor both [[author]]s and [[screenwriter]]s. Starting in 1988, the [[University of Southern California Libraries|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."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://libraries.usc.edu/scripter/about|title=Scripter - About|date=2015-08-30|work=USC Libraries|access-date=2018-05-01|language=en|archive-date=2018-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615102549/https://libraries.usc.edu/scripter/about|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Film==
===1980s===
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1988 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[84 Charing Cross Road (film)|84 Charing Cross Road]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Hugh Whitemore]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[84 Charing Cross Road|memoir]] by [[Helene Hanff]]'''
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|''[[The Dead (1987 film)|The Dead]]''
|[[Tony Huston]]
|The [[The Dead (Joyce short story)|short story]] by [[James Joyce]]
|-
|''[[Housekeeping (film)|Housekeeping]]''
|[[Bill Forsyth]]
|The [[Housekeeping (novel)|novel]] by [[Marilynne Robinson]]
|-
|''[[The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne]]''
|Peter Nelson
|The novel ''[[Judith Hearne]]'' by [[Brian Moore (novelist)|Brian Moore]]
|-
|''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]''
|[[William Goldman]]
|The [[The Princess Bride (novel)|novel]] by Goldman
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | 1989 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[The Accidental Tourist (film)|The Accidental Tourist]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Frank Galati]] and [[Lawrence Kasdan]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[The Accidental Tourist|novel]] by [[Anne Tyler]]'''
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|''[[Eight Men Out]]''
|[[John Sayles]]
|The book ''Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series'' by [[Eliot Asinof]]
|-
|''[[Everybody's All-American (film)|Everybody's All-American]]''
|[[Thomas Rickman (writer)|Thomas Rickman]]
|The [[Everybody's All-American|book]] by [[Frank Deford]]
|-
|''[[Madame Sousatzka]]''
|[[Ruth Prawer Jhabvala|Ruth Prawler Jhabvala]] and [[John Schlesinger]]
|The book by [[Bernice Rubens]]
|}

===1990s===
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1990 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Awakenings]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Steven Zaillian]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[Awakenings (book)|memoir]] by [[Oliver Sacks]]'''
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|''[[Dances with Wolves]]''
|[[Michael Blake (author)|Michael Blake]]
|The [[Dances with Wolves (novel)|novel]] by Blake
|-
|''[[Goodfellas]]''
|[[Nicholas Pileggi]] and [[Martin Scorsese]]
|The book ''[[Wiseguy (book)|Wiseguy]]'' by Pileggi
|-
|''[[Misery (film)|Misery]]''
|[[William Goldman]]
|The [[Misery (novel)|novel]] by [[Stephen King]]
|-
|''[[Presumed Innocent (film)|Presumed Innocent]]''
|[[Frank Pierson]] and [[Alan J. Pakula]]
|The [[Presumed Innocent (novel)|novel]] by [[Scott Turow]]
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1991 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Fried Green Tomatoes]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Fannie Flagg]] and [[Carol Sobieski]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The novel ''[[Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe]]'' by Flagg'''
|-
|''[[At Play in the Fields of the Lord]]''
|[[Héctor Babenco|Hector Babenco]] and [[Jean-Claude Carrière|Jean-Claude Carriere]]
|The novel by [[Peter Matthiessen]]
|-
|''[[The Prince of Tides]]''
|[[Pat Conroy]] and [[Becky Johnston]]
|The [[The Prince of Tides (novel)|novel]] by Conroy
|-
|''[[Rambling Rose (film)|Rambling Rose]]''
|[[Calder Willingham]]
|The novel by Willingham
|-
|''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]''
|[[Ted Tally]]
|The [[The Silence of the Lambs (novel)|novel]] by [[Thomas Harris]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1992 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[A River Runs Through It (film)|A River Runs Through It]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Richard Friedenberg]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[A River Runs Through It (novel)|novella]] by [[Norman Maclean]]'''
|-
|''[[Enchanted April (1991 film)|Enchanted April]]''
|[[Peter Barnes (playwright)|Peter Barnes]]
|The [[The Enchanted April|novel]] by [[Elizabeth von Arnim]]
|-
|''[[Howards End (film)|Howards End]]''
|[[Ruth Prawer Jhabvala|Ruth Prawler Jhabvala]]
|The [[Howards End|novel]] by [[E. M. Forster|E.M. Forestor]]
|-
|''[[Malcolm X (1992 film)|Malcolm X]]''
|[[Arnold Perl]] and [[Spike Lee]]
|The [[The Autobiography of Malcolm X|book]] by [[Malcolm X]] and [[Alex Haley]]
|-
|''[[The Player (1992 film)|The Player]]''
|[[Michael Tolkin]]
|The novel by Tolkin
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1993 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Schindler's List]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Steven Zaillian]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The novel ''[[Schindler's Ark ]]'' by [[Thomas Keneally]]'''
|-
|''[[The Age of Innocence (1993 film)|The Age of Innocence]]'' 
|[[Jay Cocks]] and [[Martin Scorsese]]
|The [[The Age of Innocence|novel]] by [[Edith Wharton]]
|-
|''[[The Joy Luck Club (film)|The Joy Luck Club]]''
|[[Amy Tan]] and [[Ronald Bass]]
|The [[The Joy Luck Club (novel)|novel]] by Tan
|-
|''[[The Remains of the Day (film)|The Remains of the Day]]''
|[[Ruth Prawer Jhabvala]]
|The [[The Remains of the Day|novel]] by [[Kazuo Ishiguro]]
|-
|''[[Searching for Bobby Fischer]]''
|[[Steven Zaillian|Steve Zaillian]]
|The novel ''Searching for Bobby Fischer: The Father of a Prodigy Observes the World of Chess'' by [[Fred Waitzkin]]
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1994 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Frank Darabont]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The short story ''[[Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption]]'' by [[Stephen King]]'''
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|''[[Forrest Gump]]''
|[[Eric Roth]]
|The [[Forrest Gump (novel)|novel]] by [[Winston Groom]]
|-
|''[[Little Women (1994 film)|Little Women]]''
|[[Robin Swicord]]
|The [[Little Women|novel]] by [[Louisa May Alcott]]
|-
|''[[Nobody's Fool (1994 film)|Nobody's Fool]]''
|[[Robert Benton]]
|The novel by [[Richard Russo]]
|-
|''[[Quiz Show (film)|Quiz Show]]''
|[[Paul Attanasio]]
|The memoir ''Remembering America: A Voice From the Sixties'' by [[Richard N. Goodwin|Richard Goodwin]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1995 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Sense and Sensibility (film)|Sense and Sensibility]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Emma Thompson]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[Sense and Sensibility|novel]] by [[Jane Austen]]'''
|-
|[[Apollo 13 (film)|''Apollo 13'']]
|[[William Broyles Jr.|William Broyles Jr]]. and [[Al Reinert]]
|The book ''[[Lost Moon]]'' by [[Jim Lovell]] and [[Jeffrey Kluger|Jeffry Kluger]]
|-
|''[[Carrington (film)|Carrington]]''
|[[Christopher Hampton]]
|The book ''[[Lytton Strachey: A Critical Biography|Lytton Strachey]]'' by [[Michael Holroyd]]
|-
|[[Devil in a Blue Dress (film)|''Devil in a Blue Dress'']]
|[[Carl Franklin]]
|The [[Devil in a Blue Dress|book]] by [[Walter Mosley]]
|-
|''[[Get Shorty (film)|Get Shorty]]''
|[[Scott Frank]]
|The [[Get Shorty|novel]] by [[Elmore Leonard]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1996 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[The English Patient (film)|The English Patient]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Anthony Minghella]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[The English Patient|novel]] by [[Michael Ondaatje]]'''
|-
|''[[Cold Comfort Farm (film)|Cold Comfort Farm]]''
|[[Malcolm Bradbury]]
|The [[Cold Comfort Farm|novel]] by [[Stella Gibbons]]
|-
|''[[Dead Man Walking (film)|Dead Man Walking]]''
|[[Tim Robbins]]
|The [[Dead Man Walking (book)|book]] by [[Helen Prejean]]
|-
|''[[Emma (1996 theatrical film)|Emma]]''
|[[Douglas McGrath]]
|The [[Emma (novel)|novel]] by [[Jane Austen]]
|-
|[[The Portrait of a Lady (film)|''The Portrait of a Lady'']]
|[[Laura Jones (screenwriter)|Laura Jones]]
|The [[The Portrait of a Lady|novel]] by [[Henry James]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1997 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[L.A. Confidential (film)|L.A. Confidential]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Curtis Hanson]] and [[Brian Helgeland]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[L.A. Confidential|novel]] by [[James Ellroy]]'''
|-
| ''[[Donnie Brasco (film)|Donnie Brasco]]'' || [[Paul Attanasio]] || The book ''[[Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia]]'' by [[Joseph D. Pistone]] and Richard Woodley
|-
| ''[[The Rainmaker (1997 film)|The Rainmaker]]'' || [[Francis Ford Coppola]] || The [[The Rainmaker (novel)|novel]] by [[John Grisham]]
|-
| ''[[The Sweet Hereafter (film)|The Sweet Hereafter]]'' || [[Atom Egoyan]] || The [[The Sweet Hereafter (novel)|novel]] by [[Russell Banks]] 
|-
| ''[[The Wings of the Dove (1997 film)|The Wings of the Dove]]'' || [[Hossein Amini]] || The [[The Wings of the Dove|novel]] by [[Henry James]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1998 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[A Civil Action (film)|A Civil Action]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Steven Zaillian]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[A Civil Action|book]] by [[Jonathan Harr]]'''
|-
| ''[[Gods and Monsters (film)|Gods and Monsters]]'' || [[Bill Condon]] || The novel ''[[Father of Frankenstein ]]'' by [[Christopher Bram]] 
|-
| ''[[Primary Colors (film)|Primary Colors]]'' || [[Elaine May]] || The book ''[[Primary Colors (novel)|Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics]]'' by [[Joe Klein]] 
|-
| ''[[A Simple Plan (film)|A Simple Plan]]'' || [[Scott Smith (author)|Scott B. Smith]] || The [[A Simple Plan (novel)|novel]] by Smith
|-
| ''[[The Thin Red Line (1998 film)|The Thin Red Line]]'' || [[Terrence Malick]] || The [[The Thin Red Line (novel)|novel]] by [[James Jones (author)|James Jones]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 1999 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[The Hurricane (1999 film)|The Hurricane]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Armyan Bernstein]] and [[Dan Gordon (screenwriter)|Dan Gordon]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The autobiography ''The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender To 45472'' by [[Rubin Carter]]; the book ''Lazarus and the Hurricane: The Freeing of Rubin "The Hurricane" Carter'' by Sam Chaiton and Terry Swinton'''
|-
| ''[[The Cider House Rules (film)|The Cider House Rules]]'' || [[John Irving]] || The [[The Cider House Rules|novel]] by Irving
|-
| ''[[The End of the Affair (1999 film)|The End of the Affair]]'' || [[Neil Jordan]] || The [[The End of the Affair|novel]] by [[Graham Greene]] 
|-
| ''[[The Green Mile (film)|The Green Mile]]'' || [[Frank Darabont]] || The [[The Green Mile (novel)|novel]] by [[Stephen King]] 
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| ''[[The Talented Mr. Ripley (film)|The Talented Mr. Ripley]]'' || [[Anthony Minghella]] || The [[The Talented Mr. Ripley|novel]] by [[Patricia Highsmith]] 
|}

===2000s===
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2000 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Wonder Boys (film)|Wonder Boys]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Steve Kloves]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[Wonder Boys|book]] by [[Michael Chabon]]'''
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| ''[[All the Pretty Horses (film)|All the Pretty Horses]]'' || [[Ted Tally]] || The [[All the Pretty Horses (novel)|novel]] by [[Cormac McCarthy]] 
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| ''[[Chocolat (2000 film)|Chocolat]]'' || [[Robert Nelson Jacobs]] || The [[Chocolat (novel)|novel]] by [[Joanne Harris]] 
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| ''[[High Fidelity (film)|High Fidelity]]'' || D. V. DeVincentis, [[Steve Pink]], [[John Cusack]], and [[Scott Rosenberg]] || The [[High Fidelity (novel)|novel]] by [[Nick Hornby]] 
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| ''[[The House of Mirth (2000 film)|The House of Mirth]]'' || [[Terence Davies]] || The [[The House of Mirth|novel]] by [[Edith Wharton]]
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2001 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[A Beautiful Mind (film)|A Beautiful Mind]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Akiva Goldsman]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[A Beautiful Mind (book)|book]] by [[Sylvia Nasar]]'''
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| ''[[Bridget Jones's Diary (film)|Bridget Jones's Diary]]'' || [[Andrew Davies (writer)|Andrew Davies]], [[Helen Fielding]], and [[Richard Curtis]] || The [[Bridget Jones's Diary (novel)|novel]] by Fielding
|-
| ''[[In the Bedroom]]'' || Robert Festinger and [[Todd Field]] || The short story ''[[Killings (short story)|Killings]]'' by [[Andre Dubus]] 
|-
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' || [[Fran Walsh]], [[Peter Jackson]], and [[Philippa Boyens]] || The novel ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] 
|-
| ''[[The Shipping News (film)|The Shipping News]]'' || [[Robert Nelson Jacobs]] || The [[The Shipping News|novel]] by [[Annie Proulx|E. Annie Proulx]] 
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2002 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[The Hours (film)|The Hours]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[The Hours (novel)|novel]] by [[Michael Cunningham]]'''
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| ''[[About Schmidt]]'' || [[Alexander Payne]] and [[Jim Taylor (writer)|Jim Taylor]] || The novel by [[Louis Begley]] 
|-
| ''[[Adaptation (film)|Adaptation]]'' || [[Charlie Kaufman]] || The book ''[[The Orchid Thief]]'' by [[Susan Orlean]] 
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| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' || [[Fran Walsh]], [[Stephen Sinclair]], [[Peter Jackson]], and [[Philippa Boyens]] || The novel ''[[The Two Towers]]'' by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] 
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| ''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]'' || [[Ronald Harwood]] || The [[The Pianist (memoir)|memoir]] by [[Władysław Szpilman]] 
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2003 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Mystic River (film)|Mystic River]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Brian Helgeland]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[Mystic River (novel)|novel]] by [[Dennis Lehane]]'''
|-
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Seabiscuit (film)|Seabiscuit]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Gary Ross]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The book ''[[Seabiscuit: An American Legend]]'' by [[Laura Hillenbrand]]'''
|-
| ''[[Cold Mountain (film)|Cold Mountain]]'' || [[Anthony Minghella]] || The [[Cold Mountain (novel)|novel]] by [[Charles Frazier]]
|-
| ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' || [[Fran Walsh]], [[Peter Jackson]], and [[Philippa Boyens]] || The novel ''[[Return of the King]]'' by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] 
|-
| ''[[Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]'' || [[Peter Weir]] and [[John Collee]] || The [[Master and Commander|novel]] by [[Patrick O'Brian]] 
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2004 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Million Dollar Baby]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Paul Haggis]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The book ''Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner'' by [[F.X. Toole]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Bourne Supremacy (film)|The Bourne Supremacy]]'' || [[Tony Gilroy]] || The [[The Bourne Supremacy|novel]] by [[Robert Ludlum]] 
|-
| ''[[The Door in the Floor]]'' || [[Tod Williams (filmmaker)|Tod Williams]] || The novel ''[[A Widow for One Year]]'' by [[John Irving]] 
|-
| ''[[Friday Night Lights (film)|Friday Night Lights]]'' || [[Peter Berg]], [[Buzz Bissinger]], and David Aaron Cohen || The book ''[[Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream]]'' by H. G. Bissinger
|-
| ''[[Sideways]]'' || [[Alexander Payne]] and [[Jim Taylor (writer)|Jim Taylor]] || The [[Sideways (novel)|novel]] by [[Rex Pickett]] 
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2005 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Capote (film)|Capote]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Dan Futterman]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[In Cold Blood|novel]] by [[Gerald Clarke (author)|Gerald Clarke]]'''
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| ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' || [[Larry McMurtry]] and [[Diana Ossana]] || The [[Brokeback Mountain (short story)|short story]] by [[Annie Proulx|E. Annie Proulx]] 
|-
| ''[[The Constant Gardener (film)|The Constant Gardener]]'' || [[Jeffrey Caine]] || The [[The Constant Gardener|novel]] by [[John le Carré]] 
|-
| ''[[A History of Violence]]'' || [[Josh Olson]] || The [[A History of Violence (comics)|graphic novel]] by [[John Wagner]] and [[Vince Locke]] 
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| ''[[Syriana]]'' || [[Stephen Gaghan]] || The memoir ''[[See No Evil (Baer book)|See No Evil]]'' by [[Robert Baer]] 
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2006 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Children of Men]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[David Arata]], [[Alfonso Cuarón]], [[Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby|Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby]], and Timothy J. Sexton''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The novel ''[[The Children of Men]]'' by [[P. D. James]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Devil Wears Prada (film)|The Devil Wears Prada]]'' || [[Aline Brosh McKenna]] || The [[The Devil Wears Prada (novel)|novel]] by [[Lauren Weisberger]] 
|-
| ''[[The Illusionist (2006 film)|The Illusionist]]'' || [[Neil Burger]] || The short story ''Eisenheim the Illusionist''[[Steven Millhauser]] 
|-
| ''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]'' || [[Jeremy Brock]] and [[Peter Morgan]] || The [[The Last King of Scotland|novel]] by [[Giles Foden]] 
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| ''[[Notes on a Scandal (film)|Notes on a Scandal]]'' || [[Patrick Marber]] || The [[Notes on a Scandal|novel]] by [[Zoë Heller]] 
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2007 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Coen brothers|Joel Coen]] and [[Coen brothers|Ethan Coen]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[No Country for Old Men (novel)|novel]] by [[Cormac McCarthy]]'''
|-
| ''[[Atonement (2007 film)|Atonement]]'' || [[Christopher Hampton]] || The [[Atonement (novel)|novel]] by [[Ian McEwan]]
|-
| ''[[Into the Wild (film)|Into the Wild]]'' || [[Sean Penn]] || The [[Into the Wild (book)|book]] by [[Jon Krakauer]]
|-
| ''[[There Will Be Blood]]'' || [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] || The novel ''[[Oil!]]'' by [[Upton Sinclair]]
|-
| ''[[Zodiac (film)|Zodiac]]'' || [[James Vanderbilt]] || The [[Zodiac (true crime book)|book]] by [[Robert Graysmith]]
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2008 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Simon Beaufoy]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The novel ''[[Q & A (novel)|Q & A]]'' by [[Vikas Swarup]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]'' || [[Eric Roth]] and [[Robin Swicord]] || The [[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story)|short story]] by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]
|-
| ''[[Iron Man (2008 film)|Iron Man]]'' || [[Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby|Mark Fergus]], [[Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby|Hawk Ostby]], [[Art Marcum and Matt Holloway|Art Marcum]] and [[Art Marcum and Matt Holloway|Matt Holloway]] || The [[Iron Man|comic]] by [[Stan Lee]], [[Larry Lieber]], [[Don Heck]], and [[Jack Kirby]]
|-
| ''[[The Reader (2008 film)|The Reader]]'' || [[David Hare (playwright)|David Hare]] || The [[The Reader|novel]] by [[Bernhard Schlink]]
|-
| ''[[Revolutionary Road (film)|Revolutionary Road]]'' || [[Justin Haythe]] || The [[Revolutionary Road|novel]] by [[Richard Yates (novelist)|Richard Yates]]
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2009 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Up in the Air (2009 film)|Up in the Air]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Jason Reitman]] and [[Sheldon Turner]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[Up in the Air (novel)|novel]] by [[Walter Kirn]]'''
|-
| ''[[Crazy Heart]]'' || [[Scott Cooper (director)|Scott Cooper]] || The novel by [[Thomas Cobb (author)|Thomas Cobb]]
|-
| ''[[District 9]]'' || [[Neill Blomkamp]] and [[Terri Tatchell]] || The short film ''[[Alive in Joburg]]'' by Blomkamp
|-
| ''[[An Education]]'' || [[Nick Hornby]] || The memoir by [[Lynn Barber]]
|-
| ''[[Precious (film)|Precious]]'' || [[Geoffrey S. Fletcher]] || The novel ''[[Push (novel)|Push]]'' by [[Sapphire (author)|Sapphire]]
|}

===2010s===
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2010<br /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/social-network-wins-usc-scripter-96920|title='The Social Network' Wins USC Scripter Award|last=Kit|first=Borys|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=4 February 2011 |language=en-US|access-date=2011-04-02}}</ref> || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[The Social Network]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Aaron Sorkin]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The book ''[[The Accidental Billionaires]]'' by [[Ben Mezrich]]'''
|- 
| ''[[127 Hours]]'' || [[Simon Beaufoy]] and [[Danny Boyle]] || The book ''[[Between a Rock and a Hard Place (book)|Between a Rock and a Hard Place]]'' by [[Aron Ralston]]
|-
| ''[[The Ghost Writer (film)|The Ghost Writer]]'' || [[Robert Harris (novelist)|Robert Harris]] and [[Roman Polanski]] || The novel ''[[The Ghost (novel)|The Ghost]]'' by Harris
|-
| ''[[True Grit (2010 film)|True Grit]]'' || [[Coen brothers|Joel Coen]] and [[Coen brothers|Ethan Coen]] || The [[True Grit (novel)|novel]] by [[Charles Portis]]
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| ''[[Winter's Bone]]'' || [[Debra Granik]] and [[Anne Rosellini]] || The novel by [[Daniel Woodrell]]
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2011<br /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2012/02/the-descendants-wins-usc-scripter-award-242325/|title='The Descendants' Wins USC Scripter Award|last=Knegt|first=Peter|website=IndieWire|language=en-US|access-date=2012-02-19}}</ref> || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[The Descendants]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Alexander Payne]], [[Jim Rash]], and [[Nat Faxon]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[The Descendants (novel)|novel]] by [[Kaui Hart Hemmings]]'''
|- 
| ''[[A Dangerous Method]]'' || [[Christopher Hampton]] || The play ''The Talking Cure'' by Hampton
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| ''[[Jane Eyre (2011 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' || [[Moira Buffini]] || The [[Jane Eyre|novel]] by [[Charlotte Brontë]]
|-
| ''[[Moneyball (film)|Moneyball]]'' || [[Aaron Sorkin]], [[Steven Zaillian]], and [[Stan Chervin]] || The [[Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game|book]] by [[Michael Lewis]]
|-
| ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]'' || [[Bridget O'Connor]] and [[Peter Straughan]] || The [[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy|novel]] by [[John le Carré]]
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2012<br /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/awards/argo-wins-usc-scripter-award-1118065956/|title='Argo' wins USC Scripter Award|last=Weisman|first=Jon|website=Variety|language=en-US|access-date=2013-02-09}}</ref> || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Argo (2012 film)|Argo]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Chris Terrio]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The book ''The Master of Disguise'' by [[Tony Mendez|Antonio J. Mendez]] and the article ''The Great Escape'' by [[Joshuah Bearman]]'''
|- 
| ''[[Beasts of the Southern Wild]]'' || [[Lucy Alibar]] and [[Benh Zeitlin]] || The play ''Juicy and Delicious'' by Alibar
|-
| ''[[Life of Pi (film)|Life of Pi]]'' || [[David Magee]] || The [[Life of Pi|novel]] by [[Yann Martel]]
|-
| ''[[Lincoln (film)|Lincoln]]'' || [[Tony Kushner]] || The book ''[[Team of Rivals]]'' by [[Doris Kearns Goodwin]]
|-
| ''[[The Perks of Being a Wallflower (film)|The Perks of Being a Wallflower]]'' || [[Stephen Chbosky]] || The [[The Perks of Being a Wallflower|novel]] by Chbosky
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| ''[[Silver Linings Playbook]]'' || [[David O. Russell]] || The [[The Silver Linings Playbook|novel]] by [[Matthew Quick]]
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2013<br /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/12-years-a-slave-writers-678649|title='12 Years a Slave' Writers Win USC Scripter Award|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=8 February 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2014-02-08|archive-date=2014-04-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405051753/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/12-years-a-slave-writers-678649|url-status=live}}</ref> || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[John Ridley]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[Twelve Years a Slave|memoir]] by [[Solomon Northup]]'''
|- 
| ''[[Captain Phillips (film)|Captain Phillips]]'' || [[Billy Ray (screenwriter)|Billy Ray]] || The book ''[[A Captain's Duty]]'' by [[Richard Phillips (merchant mariner)|Richard Phillips]] and Stephan Talty
|-
| ''[[Philomena (film)|Philomena]]'' || [[Steve Coogan]] and [[Jeff Pope]] || The book ''The Lost Child of Philomena Lee'' by [[Martin Sixsmith]]
|-
| ''[[The Spectacular Now]]'' || [[Scott Neustadter]] and [[Michael H. Weber]] || The novel by Tim Tharp
|-
| ''[[What Maisie Knew (film)|What Maisie Knew]]'' || Carroll Cartwright and Nancy Doyne || The [[What Maisie Knew|novel]] by [[Henry James]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2014<br /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/la-et-mn-imitation-game-wins-usc-scripter-award-adaptation-20150201-story.html|title='The Imitation Game' wins USC Scripter Award for adapted screenplay|last=King|first=Susan|website=Sun-Sentinel.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-20|archive-date=2019-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121010925/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/la-et-mn-imitation-game-wins-usc-scripter-award-adaptation-20150201-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[The Imitation Game]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Graham Moore (writer)|Graham Moore]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The book ''[[Alan Turing: The Enigma]]'' by [[Andrew Hodges]]'''
|- 
| ''[[Gone Girl (film)|Gone Girl]]'' || [[Gillian Flynn]] || The [[Gone Girl (novel)|novel]] by Flynn
|-
| ''[[Inherent Vice (film)|Inherent Vice]]'' || [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] || The [[Inherent Vice|novel]] by [[Thomas Pynchon]]
|-
| ''[[The Theory of Everything (2014 film)|The Theory of Everything]]'' || [[Anthony McCarten]] || The book ''Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen Hawking'' by [[Jane Hawking]]
|-
| ''[[Wild (2014 film)|Wild]]'' || [[Nick Hornby]] || The memoir ''[[Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail]]'' by [[Cheryl Strayed]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2015<br /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-usc-scripter-award-winners-866695|title='The Big Short,' 'Show Me a Hero' Win at USC Scripter Awards|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=20 February 2016 |language=en-US|access-date=2016-02-20|archive-date=2017-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807024836/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2016-usc-scripter-award-winners-866695|url-status=live}}</ref> || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[The Big Short (film)|The Big Short]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Adam McKay]] and [[Charles Randolph]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[The Big Short|book]] by [[Michael Lewis]]'''
|- 
| ''[[Brooklyn (film)|Brooklyn]]'' || [[Nick Hornby]] || The [[Brooklyn (novel)|novel]] by [[Colm Tóibín]]
|-
| ''[[The End of the Tour]]'' || [[Donald Margulies]] || The memoir ''[[Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself]]'' by [[David Lipsky]]
|-
| ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'' || [[Drew Goddard]] || The [[The Martian (Weir novel)|novel]] by [[Andy Weir]]
|-
| ''[[Room (2015 film)|Room]]'' || [[Emma Donoghue]] || The [[Room (novel)|novel]] by Donoghue
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2016<br /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/moonlight-usc-scripter-award-2017-winners-people-vs-oj-the-night-manager-1201909017/|title='Moonlight' Wins USC Scripter Award For Adapted Screenplay; 'People Vs OJ' & 'The Night Manager' Tie For TV|last=Robb|first=David|website=Deadline|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-11|archive-date=2022-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310170205/https://deadline.com/2017/02/moonlight-usc-scripter-award-2017-winners-people-vs-oj-the-night-manager-1201909017/|url-status=live}}</ref> || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Moonlight (2016 film)|Moonlight]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Barry Jenkins]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The play ''Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue'' by [[Tarell Alvin McCraney]]'''
|- 
| ''[[Arrival (film)|Arrival]]'' || [[Eric Heisserer]] || The short story ''[[Story of Your Life]]'' by [[Ted Chiang]]
|-
| ''[[Fences (film)|Fences]]'' || [[August Wilson]] ||	The [[Fences (play)|play]] by Wilson
|-
| ''[[Hidden Figures]]'' || [[Theodore Melfi]] and [[Allison Schroeder]] || The [[Hidden Figures (book)|book]] by [[Margot Lee Shetterly]]
|-
| ''[[Lion (2016 film)|Lion]]'' || [[Luke Davies]] || The memoir ''[[A Long Way Home (book)|A Long Way Home]]'' by [[Saroo Brierley]] and [[Larry Buttrose]]
|-
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;" | 2017<br /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/awards/call-me-by-your-name-the-handmaids-tale-win-2018-usc-scripter-awards-1202694595/|title='Call Me by Your Name,' 'The Handmaid's Tale' Win USC Libraries Scripter Awards|last=Tapley|first=Kristopher|date=2018-02-11|work=Variety|access-date=2018-05-01|language=en-US|archive-date=2023-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825201556/https://variety.com/2018/film/awards/call-me-by-your-name-the-handmaids-tale-win-2018-usc-scripter-awards-1202694595/|url-status=live}}</ref> || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Call Me by Your Name (film)|Call Me by Your Name]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[James Ivory]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[Call Me by Your Name (novel)|novel]] by [[André Aciman]]'''
|- 
| ''[[The Disaster Artist (film)|The Disaster Artist]]'' || [[Scott Neustadter]] and [[Michael H. Weber]] || The [[The Disaster Artist|book]] by [[Greg Sestero]] and [[Tom Bissell]]
|-
| ''[[Logan (film)|Logan]]'' || [[Scott Frank]], [[Michael Green (writer)|Michael Green]], and [[James Mangold]] || The [[Wolverine (character)|comics]] by [[John Romita Sr.]] and [[Len Wein]]
|-
| ''[[The Lost City of Z (film)|The Lost City of Z]]'' || [[James Gray (director)|James Gray]] || The [[The Lost City of Z (book)|book]] by [[David Grann]]
|-
| ''[[Molly's Game]]'' || [[Aaron Sorkin]] || The memoir by [[Molly Bloom (author)|Molly Bloom]]
|-
| ''[[Mudbound (film)|Mudbound]]'' || [[Dee Rees]] and [[Virgil Williams]] || The [[Mudbound (novel)|novel]] by [[Hillary Jordan]]
|- 
| ''[[Wonder Woman (2017 film)|Wonder Woman]]'' || [[Zack Snyder]], [[Allan Heinberg]], and [[Jason Fuchs]] || The [[Wonder Woman|comic]] by [[William Moulton Marston]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2018<br /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/usc-scripter-awards-2019-nominations-complete-list-1176151|title='Black Panther,' 'If Beale Street Could Talk,' 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' Among USC Scripter Award Finalists|last=Lewis|first=Hilary|date=2019-01-15|work=Variety|access-date=2019-01-16|language=en-US|archive-date=2019-01-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115201829/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/usc-scripter-awards-2019-nominations-complete-list-1176151|url-status=live}}</ref> || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Leave No Trace (film)|Leave No Trace]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Debra Granik]] and [[Anne Rosellini]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The novel ''My Abandonment'' by [[Peter Rock (novelist)|Peter Rock]]'''
|-
| ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'' || [[Ryan Coogler]] and [[Joe Robert Cole]] || The [[Black Panther (comics)|comics]] by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Jack Kirby]]
|-
| ''[[Can You Ever Forgive Me?]]'' || [[Nicole Holofcener]] and [[Jeff Whitty]] || The memoir by [[Lee Israel]]
|-
| ''[[The Death of Stalin]]'' || [[Armando Iannucci]], [[David Schneider (actor)|David Schneider]], and [[Ian Martin (writer)|Ian Martin]] || The comics ''[[La Mort de Staline]]'' by Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin
|-
| ''[[If Beale Street Could Talk (film)|If Beale Street Could Talk]]'' || [[Barry Jenkins]] || The [[If Beale Street Could Talk|novel]] by [[James Baldwin]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2019<br /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/usc-scripter-awards-nominations-list-movies-tv-1202812696/|title=USC Scripter Awards: 'The Irishman', 'Fleabag' Among Nominees|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|date=2019-12-18|website=Deadline|language=en|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/little-women-fleabag-win-usc-scripter-awards-1272546|title='Little Women,' 'Fleabag' Win USC Scripter Awards|date=2020-01-24|last=Drury|first=Sharareh|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref> || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Little Women (2019 film)|Little Women]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Greta Gerwig]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[Little Women|novel]] by [[Louisa May Alcott]]'''
|-
| ''[[Dark Waters (2019 film)|Dark Waters]]'' || Mario Correa and [[Matthew Michael Carnahan]] || The article "The Lawyer Who Became DuPont's Worst Nightmare" by [[Nathaniel Rich (novelist)|Nathaniel Rich]]
|-
| ''[[The Irishman]]'' || [[Steven Zaillian]] || The book ''[[I Heard You Paint Houses]]'' by [[Charles Brandt]]
|-
| ''[[Jojo Rabbit]]'' || [[Taika Waititi]] || The novel ''Caging Skies'' by [[Christine Leunens]]
|-
| ''[[The Two Popes]]'' || [[Anthony McCarten]] || The play ''The Pope'' by McCarten
|}

===2020s===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"
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! width="30%" | Nominees
! width="40%" | Source Material
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2020<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/usc-scripter-awards-nominations-scripts-writers-1234680989/|title=USC Scripter Awards Nominees Include 'Nomadland', 'One Night In Miami', 'Queen's Gambit', 'Unorthodox'|date=January 26, 2021|access-date=January 28, 2021|work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|archive-date=May 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526120159/https://deadline.com/2021/01/usc-scripter-awards-nominations-scripts-writers-1234680989/|url-status=live}}</ref> || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Nomadland]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Chloé Zhao]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The book ''[[Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century]]'' by [[Jessica Bruder]]'''
|-
| ''[[Bad Education (2019 film)|Bad Education]]'' || [[Mike Makowsky]] || The ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' magazine article "The Bad Superintendent" by [[Robert Kolker]]
|- 
| ''[[First Cow]]'' || [[Jonathan Raymond]] and [[Kelly Reichardt]] || The novel ''The Half-Life'' by Raymond
|-
| ''[[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film)|Ma Rainey's Black Bottom]]'' || [[Ruben Santiago-Hudson]] || The [[Ma Rainey's Black Bottom|play]] by [[August Wilson]]
|-
| ''[[One Night in Miami...]]'' || [[Kemp Powers]] || The [[One Night in Miami (play)|play]] by Powers
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2021<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/maggie-gyllenhaal-usc-scripter-award-for-the-lost-daughter-danny-strong-wins-tv-honors-for-dopesick-1234960782/|title=USC Scripter Awards: Maggie Gyllenhaal Wins For 'The Lost Daughter'; Danny Strong Tops TV With 'Dopesick'|date=February 26, 2021|access-date=February 27, 2021|work=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|first=David|last=Robb|archive-date=March 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301082937/https://deadline.com/2022/02/maggie-gyllenhaal-usc-scripter-award-for-the-lost-daughter-danny-strong-wins-tv-honors-for-dopesick-1234960782/|url-status=live}}</ref> || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[The Lost Daughter (film)|The Lost Daughter]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Maggie Gyllenhaal]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[The Lost Daughter (novel)|novel]] by [[Elena Ferrante]]'''
|-
| ''[[Dune (2021 film)|Dune]]'' || [[Eric Roth]], [[Jon Spaihts]], and [[Denis Villeneuve]] || The [[Dune (novel)|novel]] by [[Frank Herbert]]
|-
| ''[[Passing (film)|Passing]]'' || [[Rebecca Hall]] || The [[Passing (novel)|novel]] by [[Nella Larsen]]
|-
| ''[[The Power of the Dog (film)|The Power of the Dog]]'' || [[Jane Campion]] || The [[The Power of the Dog (Savage novel)|novel]] by [[Thomas Savage (novelist)|Thomas Savage]]
|-
| ''[[The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021 film)|The Tragedy of Macbeth]]'' || [[Joel Coen]] || The play ''[[Macbeth]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2022<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/2023-usc-scripter-awards-nominees-pinocchio-top-gun-maverick-1235492458/|title=USC Scripter Awards 2023 Nominations: 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' Becomes First Animated Nominee, 'Top Gun: Maverick' Flies In|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Clayton|last=Davis|date=January 18, 2023|accessdate=January 18, 2023|archive-date=January 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118211650/https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/2023-usc-scripter-awards-nominees-pinocchio-top-gun-maverick-1235492458/|url-status=live}}</ref> || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Women Talking (film)|Women Talking]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Sarah Polley]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[Women Talking (novel)|novel]] by [[Miriam Toews]]'''
|-
| ''[[Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio]]'' || [[Guillermo del Toro]], [[Patrick McHale (artist)|Patrick McHale]], and [[Matthew Robbins (screenwriter)|Matthew Robbins]] || The fairy tale ''[[The Adventures of Pinocchio]]'' by [[Carlo Collodi]]
|-
| ''[[Living (2022 film)|Living]]'' || [[Kazuo Ishiguro]] || The novella ''[[The Death of Ivan Ilyich]]'' by [[Leo Tolstoy]]
|-
| ''[[She Said (film)|She Said]]'' || [[Rebecca Lenkiewicz]] || The nonfiction book ''[[She Said (book)|She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement]]'' by [[Jodi Kantor]] and [[Megan Twohey]]
|-
| <s>''[[Top Gun: Maverick]]''</s> (nomination withdrawn)<ref>{{Cite tweet |number=1623059414474440704 |user=kristapley |title=I haven't seen this reported and I'm not sure why exactly it happened, but Paramount has withdrawn TOP GUN: MAVERICK from consideration in this year's USC Scripter Awards, leaving GUILLERMO DEL TORO'S PINOCCHIO, LIVING, SHE SAID and WOMEN TALKING as the four film nominees. |first=Kris |last=Tapley |date=February 7, 2023 |access-date=February 7, 2023}}</ref>|| [[Peter Craig]], [[Ehren Kruger]], [[Justin Marks (writer)|Justin Marks]], [[Christopher McQuarrie]], and [[Eric Warren Singer|Eric Warren]] || The characters from the 1983 ''[[California (magazine)|California]]'' magazine article "Top Guns" by Ehud Yonay 
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2023<br /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Clayton |date=January 17, 2024 |title=USC Scripter Awards 2024 Nominations: ‘Origin’ Surprises Alongside ‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Poor Things’ |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/awards/usc-scripter-awards-nominations-2024-1235874097/ |access-date=January 17, 2024 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[American Fiction (film)|American Fiction]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Cord Jefferson]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The novel ''[[Erasure (novel)|Erasure]]'' by [[Percival Everett]]'''
|-
| ''[[Killers of the Flower Moon (film)|Killers of the Flower Moon]]'' || [[Eric Roth]] and [[Martin Scorsese]] || The [[Killers of the Flower Moon (book)|nonfiction book]] by [[David Grann]]
|-
| ''[[Oppenheimer (film)|Oppenheimer]]'' || [[Christopher Nolan]] || The nonfiction book ''[[American Prometheus]]'' by [[Kai Bird]] and [[Martin J. Sherwin]]
|-
| ''[[Origin (film)|Origin]]'' || [[Ava DuVernay]] || The nonfiction book ''[[Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents]]'' by [[Isabel Wilkerson]]
|-
| ''[[Poor Things (film)|Poor Things]]'' || [[Tony McNamara (writer)|Tony McNamara]] || The [[Poor Things|novel]] by [[Alasdair Gray]]
|}

==Television==
===2010s===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"
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| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2015 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Show Me a Hero]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[David Simon]] and [[William F. Zorzi]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The book by [[Lisa Belkin]]'''
|- 
| ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' ("[[Hardhome]]") || [[David Benioff]] and [[D. B. Weiss]] || The series of novels ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' by [[George R. R. Martin]]
|-
| ''[[The Leftovers (TV series)|The Leftovers]]'' ("Axis Mundi") || [[Damon Lindelof]] and Jacqueline Hoyt || The [[The Leftovers (novel)|novel]] by [[Tom Perrotta]]
|-
| ''[[The Man in the High Castle (TV series)|The Man in the High Castle]]'' ("The New World") || [[Frank Spotnitz]] || The [[The Man in the High Castle|novel]] by [[Philip K. Dick]]
|-
| ''[[Masters of Sex]]'' ("Full Ten Count") || [[Michelle Ashford]] || The biography ''Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love'' by [[Thomas Maier]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2016 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[The Night Manager (miniseries)|The Night Manager]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[David Farr (theatre director)|David Farr]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[The Night Manager|novel]] by [[John le Carré]]'''
|- 
| style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story]]'' ("Manna from Heaven")''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The book ''The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson'' by [[Jeffrey Toobin]]'''
|- 
| ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' ("[[The Winds of Winter (Game of Thrones)|The Winds of Winter]]") || [[David Benioff]] and [[D. B. Weiss]] || The series of novels ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' by [[George R. R. Martin]]
|-
| ''[[The Man in the High Castle (TV series)|The Man in the High Castle]]'' ("Fallout") || [[Erik Oleson]] || The [[The Man in the High Castle|novel]] by [[Philip K. Dick]] 
|-
| ''[[Orange Is the New Black]]'' ("Toast Can't Never Be Bread Again") || Tara Herrmann and [[Jenji Kohan]] || The memoir ''[[Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison]]'' by [[Piper Kerman]]
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2017 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)|The Handmaid's Tale]]'' ("Offred")''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Bruce Miller (producer)|Bruce Miller]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[The Handmaid's Tale (novel)|novel]] by [[Margaret Atwood]]'''
|-
| ''[[Big Little Lies (TV series)|Big Little Lies]]'' ("You Get What You Need") || [[David E. Kelley]] || The [[Big Little Lies (novel)|novel]] by [[Liane Moriarty]]
|-
| ''[[Alias Grace (miniseries)|Alias Grace]]'' || [[Sarah Polley]] || The [[Alias Grace|novel]] by [[Margaret Atwood]]
|-
| ''[[Genius (U.S. TV series)|Genius]]'' ("Einstein: Chapter One") || Noah Pink and [[Ken Biller]] || The book ''Einstein: His Life and Universe'' by [[Walter Isaacson]]
|-
| ''[[The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (film)|The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks]]'' || [[Peter Landesman]], [[Alexander Woo]] and [[George C. Wolfe]] || The [[The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks|book]] by [[Rebecca Skloot]]
|-
| ''[[Mindhunter (TV series)|Mindhunter]]'' ("Chapter 10") || [[Joe Penhall]] and [[Jennifer Haley]] || The book ''[[Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit]]'' by [[John E. Douglas|John Douglas]] and [[Mark Olshaker]]
|-
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" | 2018 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[A Very English Scandal (TV series)|A Very English Scandal]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Russell T Davies]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[A Very English Scandal|book]] by [[John Preston (author, born 1953)|John Preston]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story]]'' ("The Man Who Would Be Vogue") || [[Tom Rob Smith]] || The book ''Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace, and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History'' by [[Maureen Orth]] 
|-
| ''[[The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)|The Handmaid's Tale]]'' ("Holly") || [[Bruce Miller (producer)|Bruce Miller]] and Kira Snyder || The [[The Handmaid's Tale (novel)|novel]] by [[Margaret Atwood]]
|- 
| ''[[The Looming Tower (miniseries)|The Looming Tower]]'' ("9/11") || Dan Futterman and Ali Selim || The [[The Looming Tower|novel]] by [[Lawrence Wright]]
|-
| ''[[Patrick Melrose (TV series)|Patrick Melrose]]'' ("Bad News") || [[David Nicholls (writer)|David Nicholls]] || The novels by [[Edward St Aubyn]]
|-
| ''[[Sharp Objects (miniseries)|Sharp Objects]]'' ("Vanish") || [[Marti Noxon]] || The [[Sharp Objects|novel]] by [[Gillian Flynn]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2019 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Fleabag]]''''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Phoebe Waller-Bridge]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The one-woman show by Waller-Bridge'''
|-
| ''[[Fosse/Verdon]]'' ("Nowadays") || Joel Fields and [[Steven Levenson]] || The biography ''Fosse'' by Sam Wasson
|-
| ''[[Killing Eve]]'' ("Nice and Neat") || [[Emerald Fennell]] || The novella series ''[[Codename Villanelle]]'' by [[Luke Jennings]]
|-
| ''[[Unbelievable (miniseries)|Unbelievable]]'' ("Episode 1") || Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman || The news article "[[An Unbelievable Story of Rape]]" by [[T. Christian Miller]] and [[Ken Armstrong (journalist)|Ken Armstrong]]
|-
| ''[[Watchmen (TV series)|Watchmen]]'' ("[[This Extraordinary Being]]") || [[Damon Lindelof]] and [[Cord Jefferson]] || The [[Watchmen|comic]] by [[Alan Moore]] and [[Dave Gibbons]]
|}

===2020s===
{| class="wikitable" width="95%" cellpadding="5"
|-
! width="5%" | Year
! width="25%" | Program
! width="30%" | Nominees
! width="40%" | Source Material
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2020 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[The Queen's Gambit (miniseries)|The Queen's Gambit]]'' ("Openings")''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Scott Frank]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The [[The Queen's Gambit (novel)|novel]] by [[Walter Tevis]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Good Lord Bird (miniseries)|The Good Lord Bird]]'' ("Meet the Lord") || [[Mark Richard]] and [[Ethan Hawke]] || The [[The Good Lord Bird|novel]] by [[James McBride (writer)|James McBride]]
|-
| ''[[Normal People (TV series)|Normal People]]'' ("Episode 5") || [[Sally Rooney]] and [[Alice Birch]] || The [[Normal People|novel]] by Rooney
|-
| ''[[The Plot Against America (miniseries)|The Plot Against America]]'' ("Part 6") || [[Ed Burns]] and [[David Simon]] || The [[The Plot Against America|novel]] by [[Philip Roth]]
|-
| ''[[Unorthodox (miniseries)|Unorthodox]]'' ("Part 1") || [[Anna Winger]] || The autobiography ''[[Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots]]'' by [[Deborah Feldman]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2021 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Dopesick (miniseries)|Dopesick]]'' (“The People vs. Purdue Pharma")''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Danny Strong]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The nonfiction book ''Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America'' by [[Beth Macy]]'''
|-
| ''[[Maid (miniseries)|Maid]]'' ("Dollar Store") || Molly Smith Metzler || The memoir ''Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother's Will to Survive'' by Stephanie Land by [[Stephanie Land]]
|-
| ''[[Station Eleven (miniseries)|Station Eleven]]'' ("Wheel of Fire") || [[Patrick Somerville]] || The [[Station Eleven|novel]] by [[Emily St. John Mandel]]
|-
| ''[[The Underground Railroad (miniseries)|The Underground Railroad]]'' ("Indiana Winter") || [[Barry Jenkins]] || The [[The Underground Railroad|novel]] by [[Colson Whitehead]]
|-
| ''[[WandaVision]]'' ("[[Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience]]") || [[Jac Schaeffer]] || The [[Marvel Comics]] characters of the name same created by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Jack Kirby]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2022 || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''''[[Slow Horses]]'' ("Failure's Contagious")''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Will Smith (comedian)|Will Smith]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The novel by [[Mick Herron]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'' ("Couple 31") || [[Peter Morgan]] || The play ''The Audience'' by [[Peter Morgan]]
|-
| ''[[Fleishman Is in Trouble (miniseries)|Fleishman Is in Trouble]]'' ("The Liver") || [[Taffy Brodesser-Akner]] || The [[Fleishman Is in Trouble|novel]] by [[Taffy Brodesser-Akner]]
|-
| ''[[Tokyo Vice (TV series)|Tokyo Vice]]'' ("Yoshino") || [[J. T. Rogers]] || The memoir ''[[Tokyo Vice|Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan]]'' by [[Jake Adelstein]]
|-
| ''[[Under the Banner of Heaven (miniseries)|Under the Banner of Heaven]]'' ("When God Was Love") || [[Dustin Lance Black]] || The nonfiction [[Under the Banner of Heaven|book]] by [[Jon Krakauer]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | 2023 || style="background:#FAEB86;" |'''''[[Slow Horses]]''''' ("Negotiating With Tigers") || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''[[Will Smith (comedian)|Will Smith]]''' || style="background:#FAEB86;" | '''The novel by [[Mick Herron]]'''
|-
| ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'' ("Sleep, Dearie Sleep") || [[Peter Morgan]] || The play ''The Audience'' by [[Peter Morgan]]
|-
| ''[[Daisy Jones & the Six]]'' ("Track 5: Fire") || [[Scott Neustadter]] || The [[Daisy Jones & the Six (novel)|novel]] by [[Taylor Jenkins Reid]]
|-
| ''[[The Last of Us (TV series)|The Last of Us]]'' ("[[Long, Long Time (The Last of Us)|Long, Long Time]]") || [[Craig Mazin]] || The [[The Last of Us (franchise)|video game]] by [[Neil Druckmann]] and [[Naughty Dog]]
|-
| ''[[Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty]]'' ("The New World") || [[Max Borenstein]], [[Rodney Barnes]], and Jim Hecht || The nonfiction work ''Showtime'' by [[Jeff Pearlman]]
|}

==Literary Achievement==

* 2008 – [[Steven Zaillian]]
* 2009 – [[Michael Chabon]]
* 2010 – [[Eric Roth]]
* 2011 – [[Dennis Lehane]]
* 2012 – [[Paul Haggis]]
* 2013 – [[Diana Ossana]] and [[Larry McMurtry]]
* 2014 – [[Robert Towne]]
* 2015 – [[Walter Mosley]]
* 2018 – [[Francis Ford Coppola]]
* 2020 – [[Susan Orlean]]
* 2022 – [[Barry Jenkins]]

==Ex Libris==

* 2015 – Elaine Leventhal
* 2017 – Kathleen McCarthy Kostlan
* 2018 – Valerie and [[Ronald Sugar]]
* 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==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|https://libraries.usc.edu/scripter}}
* {{YouTube|playlist=PLDA22F6846E201DB5|title=Scripter Awards}}

{{USC Scripter Awards — Film}}
{{USC Scripter Awards — Television}}

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