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name: "Geoffrey S. Fletcher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/geoffrey-s-fletcher"
fi1m_id: "geoffrey-s-fletcher"
imdb_id: "nm2819316"
tmdb_id: 1059118
wikidata_id: "Q1502999"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "4 October 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T07:22:06.965843+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Geoffrey S. Fletcher

## Identity

Geoffrey S. Fletcher

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/geoffrey-s-fletcher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** geoffrey-s-fletcher
- **IMDb ID:** nm2819316
- **TMDB ID:** 1059118
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1502999
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_S._Fletcher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1502999, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2819316/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1059118

Writer. Born 4 October 1970 in New London, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 4 October 1970, New London, Connecticut, USA
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_S._Fletcher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1502999, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2819316/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1059118

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire*](https://film.one/film/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Geoffrey S. Fletcher is an American screenwriter and film director. Born on 4 October 1970 in New London, Connecticut, he graduated from Harvard College with a degree in psychology and earned an MFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He wrote and directed the short film *Magic Markers* while a student, later teaching screenwriting and directing at Columbia University and NYU Tisch.

Fletcher’s first produced screenplay was for the film *Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire* (2009), directed by Lee Daniels. The film brought him the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, making him the first African American to win an Oscar in a writing category. He made his feature directorial debut with *Violet & Daisy* (2013), which he also wrote, and later wrote the screenplay for *Trial by Fire* (2019).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, variety.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire* (2009), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Trial by Fire* (2019), Screenplay
- *Violet & Daisy* (2013), Director, Producer, Writer
- *The Mrs.* (2013), Writer
- *Room 8* (2013), Original Concept
- *Crab* (2013), Writer
- *Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire* (2009), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/precious-based-on-the-novel-push-by-sapphire.md)

## Gallery

- ![Geoffrey S. Fletcher (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/100529/gallery-163fb0af342a.jpg) Geoffrey S. Fletcher (2008) — HLWiki163, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/GSFWiki.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Geoffrey Fletcher at Tribeca Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/100529/gallery-221b2bb39261.jpg) Geoffrey Fletcher at Tribeca Film Festival — David Shankbone, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Geoffrey_Fletcher_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/1280px-Geoffrey_Fletcher_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2010: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (won), for *Precious*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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