USC Scripter Award

• 84 Charing Cross Road
  • Hugh Whitemore (screenwriter); Helene Hanff (original author)

• The Accidental Tourist
  • Anne Tyler (author); Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan (screenwriters)

• Awakenings
  • Oliver Sacks (author and screenwriter); Steven Zaillian (screenwriter)

• Fried Green Tomatoes
  • Fannie Flagg (author and screenwriter); Carol Sobieski (screenwriter)

• A River Runs Through It
  • Norman Maclean (author); Richard Friedenberg (screenwriter)

• Schindler's List
  • Thomas Keneally (author); Steven Zaillian (screenwriter)

• The Shawshank Redemption
  • Stephen King (author); Frank Darabont (screenwriter)

• Sense and Sensibility
  • Jane Austen (author); Emma Thompson (screenwriter)

• The English Patient
  • Michael Ondaatje (author and screenwriter); Anthony Minghella (screenwriter)

• L.A. Confidential
  • Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (screenwriters); James Ellroy (author)

• Donnie Brasco
  • Paul Attanasio (screenwriter); Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley (authors)
• The Rainmaker
  • Francis Ford Coppola (screenwriter); John Grisham (author)
• The Sweet Hereafter
  • Atom Egoyan (screenplay); Russell Banks (author)
• The Wings of the Dove
  • Hossein Amini (screenwriter); Henry James (author)

• A Civil Action
  • Jonathan Harr (author); Steven Zaillian (screenwriter)

• Gods and Monsters
  • Christopher Bram (author); Bill Condon (screenwriter)
• Primary Colors
  • Joe Klein (author); Elaine May (screenwriter)
• A Simple Plan
  • Scott B. Smith (author and screenwriter)
• The Thin Red Line
  • James Jones (author); Terrence Malick (screenwriter)

• The Hurricane
  • Rubin Carter (author: The 16th Round); Sam Chaiton (author: Lazarus and the Hurricane); Terry Swinton (author: Lazarus and the Hurricane); Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon (screenwriters)

• The Cider House Rules
  • John Irving (author and screenwriter)
• The End of the Affair
  • Graham Greene (author); Neil Jordan (screenwriter)
• The Green Mile
  • Stephen King (author); Frank Darabont (screenwriter)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley
  • Patricia Highsmith (author); Anthony Minghella (screenwriter)

• Wonder Boys
  • Steve Kloves (screenwriter); Michael Chabon (author)

• All the Pretty Horses
  • Cormac McCarthy (author); Ted Tally (screenwriter)
• Chocolat
  • Joanne Harris (author); Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenwriter)
• High Fidelity
  • Nick Hornby (author); D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack, and Scott Rosenberg (screenwriters)
• The House of Mirth
  • Edith Wharton (author); Terence Davies (screenwriter)

• A Beautiful Mind
  • Akiva Goldsman (screenwriter); Sylvia Nasar (author)

• Bridget Jones's Diary
  • Helen Fielding (screenwriter/author); Andrew Davies and Richard Curtis (screenwriters)
• In the Bedroom
  • Robert Festinger and Todd Field (screenwriters); Andre Dubus (author)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  • Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, and Philippa Boyens (screenwriters); J. R. R. Tolkien (author)
• The Shipping News
  • Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenwriter); E. Annie Proulx (author)

• The Hours
  • David Hare (screenwriter); Michael Cunningham (author)

• About Schmidt
  • Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (screenwriters); Louis Begley (author)
• Adaptation.
  • Charlie Kaufman (screenwriter); Susan Orlean (author)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  • Fran Walsh, Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson, and Philippa Boyens (screenwriters); J. R. R. Tolkien (author)
• The Pianist
  • Ronald Harwood (screenwriter); Władysław Szpilman (author)

• Mystic River
  • Brian Helgeland (screenwriter); Dennis Lehane (author)
• Seabiscuit
  • Gary Ross (screenwriter); Laura Hillenbrand (author)

• Cold Mountain
  • Anthony Minghella (screenwriter); Charles Frazier (author)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, and Philippa Boyens (screenwriters); J. R. R. Tolkien (author)
• Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
  • Peter Weir and John Collee (screenwriters); Patrick O'Brian (author)

• Million Dollar Baby
  • F.X. Toole (author); Paul Haggis (screenplay)

• The Bourne Supremacy
  • Robert Ludlum (author); Tony Gilroy (screenplay)
• The Door in the Floor
  • John Irving (author); Tod Williams (screenplay)
• Friday Night Lights
  • H. G. Bissinger (author); Peter Berg, Buzz Bissinger, and David Aaron Cohen (screenplay)
• Sideways
  • Rex Pickett (author); Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, (screenplay)

• Capote
  • Dan Futterman (screenwriter); Gerald Clarke (author)

• Brokeback Mountain
  • Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (screenwriters); E. Annie Proulx (author)
• The Constant Gardener
  • Jeffrey Caine (screenwriter); John le Carré (author)
• A History of Violence
  • Josh Olson (screenwriter); John Wagner and Vince Locke (authors)
• Syriana
  • Stephen Gaghan (screenwriter); Robert Baer (author)

• Children of Men
  • David Arata, Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, and Timothy J. Sexton (screenwriters); P. D. James (author)

• The Devil Wears Prada
  • Aline Brosh McKenna (screenwriter); Lauren Weisberger (author)
• The Illusionist
  • Neil Burger (screenwriter); Steven Millhauser (author)
• The Last King of Scotland
  • Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan (screenwriters); Giles Foden (author)
• Notes on a Scandal
  • Patrick Marber (screenwriter); Zoë Heller (author)

• No Country for Old Men
  • Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (screenwriters); Cormac McCarthy (author)

• Atonement
• Into the Wild
• There Will Be Blood
• Zodiac

• Slumdog Millionaire
  • Simon Beaufoy (screenwriter); Vikas Swarup (author)

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Iron Man
• The Reader
• Revolutionary Road

• Up in the Air
  • Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (screenwriters); Walter Kirn (author)

• Crazy Heart
• District 9
• An Education
• Precious

• The Social Network
  • Aaron Sorkin (screenwriter); Ben Mezrich (author)

• 127 Hours
• The Ghost Writer
• True Grit
• Winter's Bone

• The Descendants
  • Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon (screenwriters); Kaui Hart Hemmings (author)

• A Dangerous Method
• Jane Eyre
• Moneyball
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

• Argo
  • Chris Terrio (screenwriter); Antonio J. Mendez, Joshuah Bearman (authors)

• Beasts of the Southern Wild
• Life of Pi
• Lincoln
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Silver Linings Playbook

• 12 Years a Slave
  • John Ridley (screenwriter); Solomon Northup (author)

• Captain Phillips
• Philomena
• The Spectacular Now
• What Maisie Knew

The 27th-Annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards ceremony was held Saturday January 31, 2015 at USC’s Doheny Library, with Helen Mirren and Taylor Hackford serving as honorary dinner chairpersons.[3]

• The Imitation Game
  • Graham Moore (screenwriter); Andrew Hodges (author)

• Gone Girl
• Inherent Vice
• The Theory of Everything
• Wild

• The Big Short
  • Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (screenwriters); Michael Lewis (author)

• Brooklyn
• The End of the Tour
• The Martian
• Room

• Show Me a Hero
  • David Simon and William F. Zorzi (screenwriters); Lisa Belkin (author)

• Game of Thrones ("Hardhome")
• The Leftovers ("Axis Mundi")
• The Man in the High Castle ("The New World")
• Masters of Sex ("Full Ten Count")

• Moonlight
  • Barry Jenkins (screenwriter); Tarell Alvin McCraney (author)

• Arrival
• Fences
• Hidden Figures
• Lion

• The Night Manager
  • David Farr (screenwriter); John le Carré (author)
• The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story ("Manna from Heaven")
  • Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (screenwriters); Jeffrey Toobin (author)

• Game of Thrones ("The Winds of Winter")
• The Man in the High Castle ("Fallout")
• Orange Is the New Black ("Toast Can't Never Be Bread Again")

The 30th-Annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards ceremony was held Saturday February 10, 2018 at USC’s Doheny Library.[4][5]

• Call Me by Your Name
  • James Ivory (screenwriter); André Aciman (author)

• The Disaster Artist
• Logan
• The Lost City of Z
• Molly's Game
• Mudbound
• Wonder Woman

• The Handmaid's Tale ("Offred")
  • Bruce Miller (screenwriter); Margaret Atwood (author)

• Alias Grace
• Big Little Lies ("You Get What You Need")
• Genius ("Einstein: Chapter One")
• The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
• Mindhunter ("Chapter 10")

• Francis Ford Coppola

• Valerie and Ronald Sugar

The 31st-Annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards ceremony was held Saturday February 9, 2019 at USC’s Doheny Library.[6][7]

• Leave No Trace
  • Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini (screenwriters), Peter Rock (author)

• Black Panther
• Can You Ever Forgive Me?
• The Death of Stalin
• If Beale Street Could Talk

• A Very English Scandal
  • Russell T Davies (screenwriter), John Preston (author)

• The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story ("The Man Who Would Be Vogue")
• The Handmaid's Tale ("Holly")
• The Looming Tower ("9/11")
• Patrick Melrose ("Bad News")
• Sharp Objects ("Vanish")

The 32nd-Annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards ceremony was held Saturday January 25, 2020 at USC’s Doheny Library.[8][9]

• Little Women
  • Greta Gerwig (screenwriter), Louisa May Alcott (author)

• Dark Waters
• The Irishman
• Jojo Rabbit
• The Two Popes

• Fleabag
  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge (author and screenwriter)

• Fosse/Verdon ("Nowadays")
• Killing Eve ("Nice and Neat")
• Unbelievable ("An Unbelievable Story of Rape")
• Patrick Melrose ("Bad News")
• Watchmen ("Watchmen")

The 33rd Annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards will be held virtually on March 13, 2021.[10]

• Bad Education – Mike Makowsky based on the New York magazine article "The Bad Superintendent" by Robert Kolker
• First Cow – Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt based on the novel The Half-Life by Raymond
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Ruben Santiago-Hudson based on the play by August Wilson
• Nomadland – Chloé Zhao based on the nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder
• One Night in Miami – Kemp Powers based on his play of the same name

• The Good Lord Bird – Mark Richard and Ethan Hawke for the episode "Meet the Lord," based on the novel by James McBride
• Normal People – Sally Rooney and Alice Birch for the fifth episode, based on the novel by Rooney
• The Plot Against America – Ed Burns and David Simon for the sixth episode, based on the novel by Philip Roth
• The Queen's Gambit – Scott Frank for the episode "Openings," based on the novel by Walter Tevis
• Unorthodox – Anna Winger for the first episode, based on the autobiography Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots by Deborah Feldman