'12 Years A Slave,' 'Her' Win Oscar Screenplay Honors

Spike Jonze Takes Down 'American Hustle'
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 01: Filmmakers David O. Russell (L) and Spike Jonze attend the 2014 Writers Guild Awards L.A. Ceremony at J.W. Marriott at L.A. Live on February 1, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for WGAw)
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 01: Filmmakers David O. Russell (L) and Spike Jonze attend the 2014 Writers Guild Awards L.A. Ceremony at J.W. Marriott at L.A. Live on February 1, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for WGAw)

John Ridley won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 86th annual Academy Awards for "12 Years a Slave." Ridley adapted the script from the memoir of the same name by Solomon Northup. Ridley thanked his family as well as the producers of "12 Years a Slave."

The other screenplay Oscar, for an original script, went to Spike Jonze for "Her."

"This is an amazing moment. I appreciate it," Jonze said. He won Best Original Screenplay over, among other films, "American Hustle." That script, co-written by David O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer, had been a contender for this award as well.

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