“Call Me by Your Name” and “The Handmaid’s Tale” walked away with top honors for adaptations of the written word at the University of Southern California’s 30th annual Scripter Awards ceremony Saturday night.
The event was held at USC’s Doheny Library on the university’s south Los Angeles campus.Annually presented by the USC Libraries organization, the Scripter is unique in the awards season for recognizing the authors of source material in addition to the screenwriters who adapt their work.
Originally focused on book adaptations, the eligible field of play has expanded over the years to include previously-written scripts (paving the way for remakes) and comic books.
In 2016, the USC Libraries inaugurated a new Scripter award for television adaptations.In addition to this year’s Scripter winners, legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola was also honored at the ceremony.
The 78-year-old Coppola, who won screenwriting Oscars for “Patton” and “The Godfather,” received the USC
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