Geoffrey Fletcher Wins Best Adapted Screenplay

Posted on March 8, 2010

Geoffrey Fletcher stands next to his Oscar backstage during the 82nd Annual Academy Awards at the Kodak Theatre. Geoffrey Fletcher won Best Adapted Screenplay for his adpation of the novel Push by Sapphire. He is the first African American screenwriter to win an Academy Award. Fletcher beat out favorites Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner who wrote the script for Up in the Air. Fletcher is also an adjunct professor of film at Columbia University and NYU.

Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire was nominated in six categories and won two Oscars. The second Oscar went to actress Mo'Nique, who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role as an abusive mother.