Read the complete list of nominations for the 2023 USC Scripter awards, recognizing the best adapted screenplays this past year, and their source material. The winners will be unveiled on March 2nd, 2024.
FILM NOMINEES
“American Fiction” — Cord Jefferson (based on the novel “Erasure” by Percival Everett)
“Killers of the Flower Moon” — Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese (based on the nonfiction book “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI” by David Grann)
“Oppenheimer” — Christopher Nolan (based on the nonfiction book “American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer” by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin)
“Origin” — Ava DuVernay (based on the nonfiction book “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents” by Isabel Wilkerson)
“Poor Things” — Screenwriter Tony McNamara and novelist Alasdair Gray (based on the novel “Poor Things” by Alasdair Gray
TV NOMINEES
Peter Morgan for the episode “Sleep, Dearie Sleep,” from “The Crown” — based on his stage play “The Audience”
Scott Neustadter for the episode “Fire,” from “Daisy Jones and the Six” — based on the novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for the episode “Long, Long Time” from “The Last of Us” — based on the video game by Neil Druckmann and Naughty Dog
Will Smith for the episode “Negotiating with Tigers,” from “Slow Horses” — based on the novel “Real Tigers” by Mick Herron
Max Borenstein, Rodney Barnes and Jim Hecht for the episode “The New World” — from “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty” based on the nonfiction work “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s” by Jeff Pearlman
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