‘Leave No Trace,’ ‘A Very English Scandal’ Win USC Scripter Awards

Leave No Trace” has won the USC Libraries Scripter Award for best movie adaptation and “A Very English Scandal” took the television award.“Leave No Trace,” was adapted by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, based on the novel “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock.

“A Very English Scandal” was adapted by Russell T.

Davies from John Preston’s book.The winners were announced Saturday night at USC’s Edward L.

Doheny Jr.

Memorial Library.

“Leave No Trace” topped “Black Panther,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” “The Death of Stalin,” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.“A Very English Scandal” won over episodes of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Looming Tower,” “Patrick Melrose,” and “Sharp Objects.”The Scripter Awards, now in their 31st year, honor both the year’s best film and television adaptations, along with the works on which they are based.The scripts for “Black Panther,

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