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In the Original Screenplay category, Get Out was up against The Big Sick (scripted by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani), Lady Bird (scripted by Greta Gerwig), The Shape of Water (scripted by...
Peele, 39, became the first-ever African American to win the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, beating out strong competition from Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water and Greta Gerwig’s ...
Mar 5, 2018 · Filmmaker Jordan Peele became the first African-American to win the Academy Award for best original screenplay, for his film "Get Out." His win was greeted by thunderous applause, but in...
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story .
Mar 4, 2018 · Peele was crowned the winner in the the best original screenplay race at Sunday’s Academy Awards, making him the first black screenwriter to receive the honor.
Apr 3, 2021 · One of the most prestigious honors a screenwriter can be given is the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Over the years, we’ve seen sweeping stories of romanticism like the original Titanic, as well as stories of war like The Hurt Locker, win the award.
Mar 5, 2018 · At the 2018 Oscars, the writer-director won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Get Out, his first-ever feature film, making him the first black writer in 90 years of the Academy...
