THE BIG SHORT, GAME OF THRONES Among Nominees for USC Scripter Awards; Full List

Today, the finalists for USC Libraries' 28th annual Scripter Award were announced. The prize recognizes the year's best adapted screenplays and the author or authors of the written work upon which the screenplay is based.

Winners will be revealed at a ceremony held at USC's Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library on February 20th. As previously reported, Helen Mirren and Taylor Hackford will as honorary chairs of the event.

The full list of nominations follows:

FILM

"The Big Short"
Screenwriters Adam McKay and Charles Randolph, adapted from Michael Lewis's nonfiction work "The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine"
Paramount Pictures and W.W. Norton

"Brooklyn"
Novelist Colm Tóibín and screenwriter Nick Hornby
Fox Searchlight and Viking

"The End of the Tour"
Screenwriter Donald Margulies, adapted from David Lipsky's memoir "Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace"
A24 and Broadway Books

"The Martian"
Novelist Andy Weir and screenwriter Drew Goddard
Twentieth Century FOX and Crown Publishing Group

"Room"
Emma Donoghue for the novel and screenplay
A24 and Little, Brown and Company

TV

"Game of Thrones"
Screenwriters David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, for the episode "Hardhome," adapted from the fantasy series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R. R. Martin
HBO and Bantam

"The Leftovers"
Damon Lindelof and Jacqueline Hoyt for the episode "Axis Mundi", based on the novel by Tom Perrotta
HBO and St. Martin's Press

"The Man in the High Castle"
Frank Spotnitz for the episode "The New World," based on the novel by Philip K. Dick
Amazon and Putnam

"Masters of Sex"
Michelle Ashford, for the episode "Full Ten Count," based on the biography by Thomas Maier, "Masters of Sex: The Life and Times of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the Couple Who Taught America How to Love"
Showtime and Basic Books

"Show Me a Hero"
Screenwriters William F. Zorzi and David Simon, based on the nonfiction book by Lisa Belkin
HBO and Little, Brown and Company

About the Awards: Since 1988, the USC Libraries Scripter Award has honored each year's best adaptation of the printed word to film. Scripter celebrates writers and writing, collaboration, and the profound results of transforming one artistic medium into another. It stands as an emblem of libraries' ability to inspire creative and scholarly achievement. In 2016 the USC Libraries inaugurate a new Scripter award, for television adaptation. Nearly 80 shows are eligible, almost as many as feature films, and the Scripter Selection Committee will recognize the vitality of this genre at the awards show.

Source: USC

Nominee list courtesy of Variety