Up In The Air will battle it out with Precious: Based On The Novel Push By Sapphire for the coveted Scripter Award, which honours both the author and screenwriter of the year’s best book-to-film adaptation.
The George Clooney film and Precious will compete with Crazy Heart, District 9 and An Education for the honour, which will be announced at the University of Southern California’s Edward L. Doheny Library in Los Angeles on 6 February.
Last year’s Scripter winner, Slumdog Millionaire, went on to win eight Oscars™ and four Golden Globes.
The Scripter selection committee featured Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s writer mother Naomi Foner and musician T Bone Burnett.
22nd-Annual USC Libraries Scripter Award Selection Committee
Naomi Foner, Chair
Russell Banks Barbara Benedek Albert Berger Robert Bloomingdale Amy Brenneman T-Bone Burnett Michael Chabon Michael Chapman Julie Corman Jamie Lee Curtis Dean Elizabeth Daley Jack Epps, Jr. Mark Fergus Daryle Ann Giardino Jocelyn Hayes Simpson Amy Holden Jones Matt Holloway Lawrence Kasdan Nicholas Kazan Callie Khouri David Koepp Tony Kushner Leonard Maltin Art Marcum Shane McCoy Mike Medavoy Gail Mutrux Michael Ondaatje Hawk Ostby Dick Pearce Michael Peretzian Dean Madeline Puzo Dean Catherine Quinlan Peter Rainer Del Reisman Howard Rodman Gary Ross Eric Roth Tom Rothman Michelle Satter Tom SchulmanBrad Simpson Glenn A. Sonnenberg Martha Sosa Wesley Strick Robin Swicord Anne Thompson Jennifer Todd Suzanne Todd Kenneth Turan Ayelet Waldman Audrey Wells Erin Cressida Wilson Steven Zaillian
The 22nd-Annual Award Selection Rules
Founded by the Friends of the USC Libraries in 1988, the annual Award honors the author(s) and screenwriter(s) of the year’s best motion picture adapted from a printed work.
Only live-action and animated English-language feature-length films based on a single book or a book series, novella, short story, graphic novel, play, or magazine article are eligible. Films must have been released domestically during the prior calendar year, January 1 – December 31.
The Scripter Award selection committee is comprised of Writers Guild of America members, Academy Award-winning and -nominated screenwriters, authors, film industry executives, faculty, and selected members of the board of the Friends of the USC Libraries. The selection committee chair is ineligible to win the Scripter Award while serving in that capacity. Selection committee members are eligible to win while serving on the committee. The committee considers an average of 44 adaptations per calendar year.
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