The USC Libraries have revealed the nominees for the 38th Annual Scripter Awards, which nominate both the writers of film and television adaptations and the authors of the original works.
The 38th Annual Scripter Award ceremony will take place on February 22.
Guillermo del Toro for Netflix’s Frankenstein based on the novel Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell for Focus’ Hamnet based on O’Farrell’s novel of the same name
Paul Thomas Anderson for Warner Bros.’ One Battle After Another based on the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
Ira Sachs for Sideshow/Janus’ Peter Hujar’s Day based on the book of the same name by Linda Rosenkrantz
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar for Netflix’s Train Dreams based on the novella of the same name by Denis Johnson