Cord Jefferson Wins 2024 WGA West’s Paul Selvin Award for 'American Fiction'

The award recognizes Jefferson's screenplay for embodying the spirit of constitutional and civil rights, marking a significant accolade after his Oscar win.

• Cord Jefferson has been named the recipient of the 2024 Paul Selvin Award by the Writers Guild of America West for his screenplay 'American Fiction', adapted from Percival Everett's novel 'Erasure'.
• 'American Fiction', which stars Jeffrey Wright, has won numerous awards including an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, a BAFTA award, and was named one of the year’s best by the American Film Institute.
• The Paul Selvin Award is given annually to a script that embodies the spirit of constitutional and civil rights, a recognition previously bestowed upon notable writers like Barry Jenkins and George Clooney.
• Jefferson's career includes winning two WGA Awards in 2020 for 'Succession' and 'Watchmen', and nominations for 'The Good Place' and 'Master of None'.
• The WGA Awards ceremony, delayed due to a strike, will take place on April 14 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.

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