Geoffrey S. Fletcher

Geoffrey Shawn Fletcher is an American screenwriter, film director, and adjunct film professor at Columbia University and New York Universitys Tisch School of the Arts in New York City, New York. Fletcher is the screenwriter of Precious Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire and received an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on March 7, 2010. He is the first African American to receive an Academy Award for writing. In September 2010, Fletcher began shooting Violet amp Daisy in New York City based on his original script as his directorial debut. It was released in a limited theatrical run in June 2013.

Fletcher was born in New London, Connecticut, one of three children of Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. and Bettye R. Fletcher. Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. and Todd Fletcher are his brothers. Fletcher attended Waterford High School in Waterford, Connecticut prior to completing his secondary education at Choate Rosemary Hall. Fletcher graduated from Harvard College where he concentrated in psychology and from NYUs Tisch School where he earned a Master of Fine Arts. His student film Magic Markers, which he wrote and directed, was shown at festivals, and caught the attention of director John Singleton.

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