Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
| Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay | ||||
| Year | Name | Film | Status | Milestone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Suzanne de Passe | Lady Sings the Blues | Nominated | Shared nomination with co-writers Chris Clark and Terence McCloy; First black nominee for Best Writing (Original Screenplay); First black female nominated for screen-writing. |
| 1989 | Spike Lee | Do the Right Thing | Nominated | First black male to be nominated for Best Writing (Original Screenplay). |
| 1991 | John Singleton | Boyz n the Hood | Nominated | |
Read more about this topic: List Of Black Academy Award Winners And Nominees
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“When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)