
USC FILM Scripter Award

“Little Women”
Greta Gerwig
(Based on the novel by Author Louisa May Alcott)
NOMINEES
- Matthew Carnahan and Mario Correa for “Dark Waters” based on the New York Times Magazine article “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare” by Nathaniel Rich
- Steven Zaillian for “The Irishman” based on the nonfiction work “I Heard You Paint Houses” by Charles Brandt
- Taika Waititi for “JoJo Rabbit” based on the novel “Caging Skies” by Christine Leunens
- Anthony McCarten for “The Two Popes” based on his play “The Pope”

USC TELEVISION Scripter Award
“Fleabag”
Episode: “Season 2: Episode 1”
(Based on her one-woman play of the same name)
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
NOMINEES
- Joel Fields and Steven Levenson for the episode “Nowadays,” from “Fosse/Verdon,” based on the biography “Fosse” by Sam Wasson
- Emerald Fennell for the episode “Nice and Neat,” from “Killing Eve,” based on the novel “Codename Villanelle” by Luke Jennings
- Susannah Grant, Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman for the first episode of “Unbelievable,” based on the article “An Unbelievable Story of Rape,” by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong
- Damon Lindelof and Cord Jefferson for the episode “This Extraordinary Being,” from “Watchmen” based on the comic book series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

Literary Achievement Award
Susan Orlean




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