‘Moonlight,’ ‘The Night Manager’ and ‘The People v. O.J. Simpson’ earn USC Scripter Awards
The writers behind “Moonlight,” “The Night Manager” and “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story” earned top honors at the 29th USC Libraries Scripter Awards.
The Scripter Award, established in 1988, recognizes adapted screenplays and their original source material. The award is given to both the author and screenwriter, acknowledging the collaborative process.
Screenwriter Barry Jenkins took the film honors Saturday for “Moonlight” with playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, who wrote “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue.”
“I love that this award is for the adaptation because I feel like blending Tarell’s voice with mine ... has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life,” said Jenkins, who accepted via video from Britain.
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“Moonlight” beat out “Arrival,” “Fences,” “Hidden Figures” and “Lion.”
In the television category, voters were split between “The Night Manager” and “The People v. O.J. Simpson.”
“The Night Manager” screenwriter David Farr and novelist John le Carré shared the top prize with “The People v. O.J. Simpson” screenwriters Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, who adapted Jeffrey Toobin’s nonfiction book “The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson.”
Other television finalists included the writers and authors behind “Game of Thrones,” “The Man in the High Castle” and “Orange Is the New Black.”
Writer-director Carl Reiner received the 2017 Literary Achievement Award, and Kathleen McCarthy Kostlan was named the 2017 Ex Libris Award winner.
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