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Geoffrey Fletcher

Geoffrey Fletcher

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Initially working with a video camera and cast of toys and action
figures, Geoffrey Fletcher began making films as a child. Those films
in part led to his acceptance to NYU's Tisch Graduate Film Program,
which he attended after his graduation from Harvard University. He has
also apprenticed under Martin Scorsese
and Spike Lee. Magic Markers, a short film
Geoffrey wrote, directed, shot and edited, received accolades from
numerous organizations including the Directors Guild of America and the
Sundance Film Festival.Geoffrey is the screenwriter of
Precious (2009): Based on the
Novel "Push" by Sapphire and received an Oscar for Writing (Adapted
Screenplay) from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on
March 7, 2010. He is the first African American to win an Oscar for writing, directing, or producing. Precious (2009) was
presented by executive producers Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry and
released by Lionsgate in November of 2009.
Precious (2009) won the Grand Jury
Prize and the Audience Awards at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. It is
only the third film to do so in the Festival's twenty-five-year
history. Precious (2009) also won
the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival,
making it the only film to win the top prizes at both Sundance and
Toronto.In addition to being honored by the Academy, Geoffrey was heralded by
Variety as one of its "10 Screenwriters to Watch." He also received
the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay; the Black Reel
Award for Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted and the Best Adapted
Screenplay award from the Chlotrudis, AAFCA and the Satellite Awards.Geoffrey has an extensive background in photography and editing, and served as an adjunct professor of film at Columbia
University and New York University where he taught courses ranging from
"Directing the Camera" to "Developing the Screenplay". His
feature directorial debut is
Violet & Daisy (2011).It stars Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, and the late James Gandolfini. Violet & Daisy (2011) received the Cinevation Award, given for imagination, inspiration and innovation in cinema from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Violet & Daisy (2011) was an official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival as well.Genres of Geoffrey's forthcoming films include social justice, science fiction, and horror. Trial By Fire, which Geoffrey wrote for Flashlight Films and director Ed Zwick, is about a landmark death penalty case and was released theatrically in 2019 with Laura Dern and Jack O'Connell starring.