USC Scripter Awards Crown 'One Battle After Another' and 'Death by Lightning'
The honors underscore the Scripters’ reputation as an Oscar bellwether for adapted screenplay.
Overview
- The film prize went jointly to Paul Thomas Anderson and Thomas Pynchon for One Battle After Another, adapted from Pynchon's 1990 novel Vineland.
- Netflix's Death by Lightning won the television award, recognizing screenwriter Mike Makowsky and author Candice Millard for adapting Destiny of the Republic.
- The black-tie ceremony was held at USC’s Town & Gown ballroom, where novelist Michael Connelly received the USC Libraries Literary Achievement Award.
- One Battle After Another is nominated for the Academy Award for best adapted screenplay, and the Scripter winner has matched the Oscar 17 times since 1988.
- Winners were chosen by a jury chaired by USC professor Howard Rodman from fields of 43 film and 64 TV submissions, with fellow film finalists including Frankenstein, Hamnet, Peter Hujar’s Day, and Train Dreams.