Maggie Gyllenhaal gained the USC Libraries’ Scripter Award tonight for her adaptation of Netflix’s The Lost Daughter, based mostly on the novel of the identical title by Elena Ferrante, making Gyllenhaal the frontrunner to take dwelling the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Since 2011, the Scripters have confirmed to be a exceptional bellwether for the Academy Awards within the class, syncing up eight years in a row. They’ve diverged in every of the final three awards cycles, nevertheless, though Gyllenhaal is little doubt hoping to start out a brand new streak.
Danny Strong gained the TV award for the episode The People vs. Purdue Pharma, from Hulu’s Dopesick, based mostly on Bety Macy’s nonfiction e-book Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America. Accepting the award, Strong famous that bringing the story of the OxyContin epidemic to the display was no simple process. “Nobody wanted to make the show,” he mentioned. “We got passed on by everyone but Hulu.”
The awards honor the authors of printed works alongside the screenwriters who adapt their tales.
In the night’s different award presentation, Barry Jenkins, who was a nominee for The Underground Railroad, obtained the USC Libraries Literary Achievement Award for his contributions to cinematic storytelling, together with his work adapting the 2017 Scripter winner Moonlight and the 2019 finalist If Beale Street Could Talk.
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