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At the 2025 USC Libraries Scripter Awards, Edward Berger’s “ Conclave ” won outstanding film adaptation for Peter Straughan’s screenplay while “ Say Nothing ” won in the episodic ...

“Conclave” won the USC Libraries Scripter Award for the best adapted screenplay of 2025, solidifying its position as the Oscar favorite in that category. The ceremony took place on Saturday ...

The Scripters have long been a rarity among the ceremonies held for filmmakers during award season. Unlike the Oscars, Golden Globes and WGA Awards, the Scripter Award, which is voted on by a ...

The Scripter Award, founded in 1988, is bestowed by the Friends of the USC Libraries and honors the authors and screenwriters of the year’s motion pictures that were adapted from a printed work. The ...

The screenplays of A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing and The Wild Robot, as well as the source material from which they were drawn, are nominated for the USC Scripter Award for ...

The Scripter winner has gone on to win the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for the last seven years in a row, and nine times in the last 10 years. All five of the Oscar nominees in the category ...

USC Scripter Goes to ‘Argo,’ Suggesting Oscar Rivals Not Safe in Any Category (Analysis) Over the past 24 years, only eight Scripter winners also won the best adapted screenplay Oscar -- but ...

The Scripter Award and the best adapted screenplay Oscar have gone to the same project on 14 occasions over the past 32 years: Schindler’s List (1993), Sense and Sensibility (1995), L.A ...

USC Scripter Awards Nominations: ‘The Wild Robot’ Surprises Alongside ‘Nickel Boys’ and ‘Sing Sing’ Frontrunners "Conclave" and "A Complete Unknown" are among the noms for the ...