Paul Thomas Anderson‘s “One Battle After Another” won outstanding film adaptation and “Death by Lightning” took the episodic series prize at the 2026 USC Libraries Scripter Awards.
Anderson accepted his award virtually for adapting Thomas Pynchon’s novel “Vineland,” sharing the honor with the notoriously reclusive author. “I’m sorry that I can’t be there. I have a terrific excuse that I think everyone will understand is that I am working and writing, which is the only thing that would keep me away,” Anderson said. “I hope you understand, very honored to have this award, and extremely honored to share it with Thomas Pynchon, which is a great sentence to say.”
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