'The Imitation Game' wins the 2015 USC Scripter Award

Posted by · 10:35 pm · January 31st, 2015

Screenwriter Graham Moore and novelist Andrew Hodges shared the 2015 USC Scripter Award Saturday night for “The Imitation Game.”

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Solomon Northup wins his first award of the year for '12 Years a Slave' at USC Scripter Awards

Posted by · 10:52 pm · February 8th, 2014

Plenty of prizes have come “12 Years a Slave’s” way this season but Saturday night’s USC Scripter prize was the first to be shared by Solomon Northup himself.

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'The Spectacular Now,' 'What Maisie Knew' join Oscar heavyweights in USC Scripter nods

Posted by · 8:30 am · January 9th, 2014

The USC Scripter Awards, which recognize both the screenwriters and original authors behind films adapted from published material, nominated Oscar favorites “12 Years a Slave,” “Captain Phillips” and “Philomena,” but also had a surprise up their sleeve.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 106 — BAFTA and Scripter recap, WGA preview and more shorts

Posted by · 8:00 am · February 15th, 2013

On this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne recap the BAFTA USC Scripter Awards. They look ahead to the WGA Competition and break down three categories: Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short and Best Live Action Short.

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'Perks of Being a Wallflower' joins Oscar nominees on list of 25th USC Scripter finalists

Posted by · 4:00 am · January 15th, 2013

The USC Scripter Awards is celebrating its silver anniversary this year. And in this 25th year, the USC Libraries’ set of nominees is reflective of a very competitive year as, for the first time ever, a tie resulted in six nominees as opposed to the usual five.

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'Descendants' wins the USC Scripter Award

Posted by · 5:53 pm · February 18th, 2012

The 24th annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards were held this evening just south of downtown at the Doheny Library on the USC campus. For the first time in a while, I had to miss the show (which is always a classy affair and, as a former USC grad student, always a bit odd, ordering a vodka tonic at the counter where I used to check out books for thesis and term paper purposes).

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