USC Scripter Award

1988

84 Charing Cross Road

Hugh Whitemore (screenwriter); Helene Hanff (original author)

1989

The Accidental Tourist

Anne Tyler (author); Frank Galati and Lawrence Kasdan (screenwriters)

1990

Awakenings

Oliver Sacks (author and screenwriter); Steven Zaillian (screenwriter)

1991

Fried Green Tomatoes

Fannie Flagg (author and screenwriter); Carol Sobieski (screenwriter)

1992

A River Runs Through It

Norman Maclean (author); Richard Friedenberg (screenwriter)

1993

Schindler's List

Thomas Keneally (author); Steven Zaillian (screenwriter)

1994

The Shawshank Redemption

Stephen King (author); Frank Darabont (screenwriter)

1995

Sense and Sensibility

Jane Austen (author); Emma Thompson (screenwriter)

1996

The English Patient

Michael Ondaatje (author and screenwriter); Anthony Minghella (screenwriter)

Winner

L.A. Confidential

Curtis Hanson and Brian Helgeland (screenwriters); James Ellroy (author)

Nominees

Donnie Brasco

Paul Attanasio (screenwriter); Joseph D. Pistone and Richard Woodley (authors)

The Rainmaker

Francis Ford Coppola (screenwriter); John Grisham (author)

The Sweet Hereafter

Atom Egoyan (screenplay); Russell Banks (author)

The Wings of the Dove

Hossein Amini (screenwriter); Henry James (author)

Winner

A Civil Action

Jonathan Harr (author); Steven Zaillian (screenwriter)

Nominees

Gods and Monsters

Christopher Bram (author); Bill Condon (screenwriter)

Primary Colors

Joe Klein (author); Elaine May (screenwriter)

A Simple Plan

Scott B. Smith (author and screenwriter)

The Thin Red Line

James Jones (author); Terrence Malick (screenwriter)

Winner

The Hurricane

Rubin Carter (author: The 16th Round); Sam Chaiton (author: Lazarus and the Hurricane); Terry Swinton (author: Lazarus and the Hurricane); Armyan Bernstein and Dan Gordon (screenwriters)

Nominees

The Cider House Rules

John Irving (author and screenwriter)

The End of the Affair

Graham Greene (author); Neil Jordan (screenwriter)

The Green Mile

Stephen King (author); Frank Darabont (screenwriter)

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Patricia Highsmith (author); Anthony Minghella (screenwriter)

Winner

Wonder Boys

Steve Kloves (screenwriter); Michael Chabon (author)

Nominees

All the Pretty Horses

Cormac McCarthy (author); Ted Tally (screenwriter)

Chocolat

Joanne Harris (author); Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenwriter)

High Fidelity

Nick Hornby (author); D. V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack, and Scott Rosenberg (screenwriters)

The House of Mirth

Edith Wharton (author); Terence Davies (screenwriter)

Winner

A Beautiful Mind

Akiva Goldsman (screenwriter); Sylvia Nasar (author)

Nominees

Bridget Jones's Diary

Helen Fielding (screenwriter/author); Andrew Davies and Richard Curtis (screenwriters)

In the Bedroom

Robert Festinger and Todd Field (screenwriters); Andre Dubus (author)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, and Philippa Boyens (screenwriters); J. R. R. Tolkien (author)

The Shipping News

Robert Nelson Jacobs (screenwriter); E. Annie Proulx (author)

Winner

The Hours

David Hare (screenwriter); Michael Cunningham (author)

Nominees

About Schmidt

Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor (screenwriters); Louis Begley (author)

Adaptation.

Charlie Kaufman (screenwriter); Susan Orlean (author)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Fran Walsh, Stephen Sinclair, Peter Jackson, and Philippa Boyens (screenwriters); J. R. R. Tolkien (author)

The Pianist

Ronald Harwood (screenwriter); Władysław Szpilman (author)

Winner

Mystic River

Brian Helgeland (screenwriter); Dennis Lehane (author)

Seabiscuit

Gary Ross (screenwriter); Laura Hillenbrand (author)

Nominees

Cold Mountain

Anthony Minghella (screenwriter); Charles Frazier (author)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, and Philippa Boyens (screenwriters); J. R. R. Tolkien (author)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Peter Weir and John Collee (screenwriters); Patrick O'Brian (author)

Winner

Million Dollar Baby

F.X. Toole (author); Paul Haggis (screenplay)

Nominees

The Bourne Supremacy

Robert Ludlum (author); Tony Gilroy (screenplay)

The Door in the Floor

John Irving (author); Tod Williams (screenplay)

Friday Night Lights

H. G. Bissinger (author); Peter Berg, Buzz Bissinger, and David Aaron Cohen (screenplay)

Winner

Capote

Dan Futterman (screenwriter); Gerald Clarke (author)

Nominees

Brokeback Mountain

Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (screenwriters); E. Annie Proulx (author)

The Constant Gardener

Jeffrey Caine (screenwriter); John le Carré (author)

A History of Violence

Josh Olson (screenwriter); John Wagner and Vince Locke (authors)

Syriana

Stephen Gaghan (screenwriter); Robert Baer (author)

Winner

Children of Men

David Arata, Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, and Timothy J. Sexton (screenwriters); P. D. James (author)

Nominees

The Devil Wears Prada

Aline Brosh McKenna (screenwriter); Lauren Weisberger (author)

The Illusionist

Neil Burger (screenwriter); Steven Millhauser (author)

The Last King of Scotland

Jeremy Brock and Peter Morgan (screenwriters); Giles Foden (author)

Notes on a Scandal

Patrick Marber (screenwriter); Zoë Heller (author)

Winner

No Country for Old Men

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (screenwriters); Cormac McCarthy (author)

Nominees

Atonement

Into the Wild

There Will Be Blood

Zodiac

Winner

Slumdog Millionaire

Simon Beaufoy (screenwriter); Vikas Swarup (author)

Nominees

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Iron Man

The Reader

Revolutionary Road

Winner

Up in the Air

Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner (screenwriters); Walter Kirn (author)

Nominees

Crazy Heart

District 9

An Education

Precious

Winner

The Social Network

Aaron Sorkin (screenwriter); Ben Mezrich (author)

Nominees

127 Hours

The Ghost Writer

True Grit

Winter's Bone

Winner

The Descendants

Alexander Payne, Jim Rash, and Nat Faxon (screenwriters); Kaui Hart Hemmings (author)

Nominees

A Dangerous Method

Jane Eyre

Moneyball

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Winner

Argo

Chris Terrio (screenwriter); Antonio J. Mendez, Joshuah Bearman (authors)

Nominees

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Life of Pi

Lincoln

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Silver Linings Playbook

Winner

12 Years a Slave

John Ridley (screenwriter); Solomon Northup (author)

Nominees

Captain Phillips

Philomena

The Spectacular Now

What Maisie Knew

Winner

The Imitation Game

Graham Moore (screenwriter); Andrew Hodges (author)

Nominees

Gone Girl

Inherent Vice

The Theory of Everything

Wild

Winner – Film

The Big Short

Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (screenwriters); Michael Lewis (author)

Nominees – Film

Brooklyn

The End of the Tour

The Martian

Room

Winner – TV

Show Me a Hero

David Simon and William F. Zorzi (screenwriters); Lisa Belkin (author)

Nominees – TV

"Hardhome" (Game of Thrones)

"Axis Mundi" (The Leftovers)

"The New World" (The Man in the High Castle)

"Full Ten Count" (Masters of Sex)

Winner – Film

Moonlight

Barry Jenkins (screenwriter); Tarell Alvin McCraney (author)

Nominees – Film

Arrival

Fences

Hidden Figures

Lion

Winners – TV (TIE)

The Night Manager

David Farr (screenwriter); John le Carré (author)

The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story

Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski (screenwriters); Jeffrey Toobin (author)

Nominees – TV

"The Winds of Winter" (Game of Thrones)

"Fallout" (The Man in the High Castle)

"Toast Can't Never Be Bread Again" (Orange Is the New Black)