AMERICAN FICTION is ”AN INSTANT MODERN CLASSIC” with a “WHIP-SMART” Screenplay | Nominated for 5 Academy Awards, Including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay

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AMERICAN FICTION has received 5 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor (Jeffrey Wright), Best Supporting Actor (Sterling K. Brown), Best Adapted Screenplay (Cord Jefferson) and Best Original Score (Laura Karpman).  

Named “The Best Picture of the Year” by many, including Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post and Clayton Davis of Variety, AMERICAN FICTION has also won the Critics Choice and BAFTA Film Award for Adapted Screenplay (Cord Jefferson), and is nominated for a PGA Award for Best Picture, a WGA Award for Adapted Screenplay, and 3 SAG Awards including Best Actor (Jeffrey Wright), Best Supporting Actor (Sterling K. Brown), and Outstanding Performance by a Cast. 

Learn how Jeffrey Wright dove into the character of Monk, both personally and emotionally, in what critics are calling his career-best performance, and hear what his cast members have to say about working with him. [WATCH MORE] 

Sterling K. Brown discusses what drew him to the story of AMERICAN FICTION, and how he navigated Cliff Ellison’s “newfound freedom.” [READ MORE] 

Learn how Composer Laura Karpman utilized Jazz to perfectly balance the comedic and heartfelt family moments of AMERICAN FICTION. [WATCH MORE] 

Watch DGA Awards Nominee Cord Jefferson discuss his path from journalist To Emmy-Winning TV writer to the acclaimed, Oscar-buzzed ‘American Fiction’. [WATCH MORE] 

Read excerpts from Cord Jefferson’s adapted screenplay while listening to the riveting score by Laura Kaprman. [SEE MORE]