USC Scripter Awards Winners (Updating Live)
variety.comMatt Minton mminton@variety.com This year’s USC Libraries Scripter Awards nominated “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Nickel Boys,” “Sing Sing” and “The Wild Robot” on the film side, while in TV, “Baby Reindeer,” “Ripley,” “Say Nothing,” “Shōgun” and “Slow Horses” were recognized for their outstanding episodes.
Considered a strong indicator for the best adapted screenplay category at the Oscars, past Scripter winners that went on to win at the Academy Awards include “12 Years a Slave” (2013), “The Imitation Game” (2014), “The Big Short” (2015), “Moonlight” (2016), “Call Me by Your Name” (2017), “Nomadland” (2020), “Women Talking” (2022) and “American Fiction” (2023).
To date, Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” (2019) and Sian Heder’s “CODA” (2022) are the only films to win the screenplay Oscar without also receiving a Scripter nomination. “Conclave” won Golden Globe and BAFTA awards for Peter Straughan’s screenplay while “Nickel Boys” won the WGA award for best adapted screenplay.
Out of this year’s USC Scripter nominees, “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Nickel Boys” and “Sing Sing” all went on to receive adapted screenplay nominations at the Oscars.
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