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USC Scripter Awards Winners: ‘One Battle After Another’ Wins for Film, ‘Death by Lightning’ Takes Home TV Prize
- Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another won the film adaptation prize at the 2026 USC Scripter Awards.
- Death by Lightning took home the episodic series prize at the USC event.
- Anderson accepted the award virtually for adapting Vineland, sharing the honor with Thomas Pynchon.
- The ceremony honored crime novelist Michael Connelly with the Scripter Literary Achievement Award.
- USC trustees and Scripter organizers highlighted the event as a bridge between film and literature.
- The ceremony referenced past Scripter winners who later won Oscars, framing the award as a predictor for success.
- The event took place at USC’s Town and Gown, with remarks from Howard Rodman and Glenn Sonnenberg.
- The night opened with a moment of acknowledgment for nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti.
- The USC Libraries Scripter Awards are a fundraising event supporting student resources and library modernization.
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