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Weeks later in September, the movie snagged the coveted People鈥檚 Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, one of a half-dozen film festival awards it received before its theatrical release in December.

On Tuesday, the film, written and directed by the Canyon del Oro High School grad, was nominated for five Oscars including for best adapted screenplay.

鈥淚 just feel incredibly honored to be a part of this,鈥� Jefferson said during a phone interview a day before the Oscar nominations were announced. 鈥淲hen you release anything, it鈥檚 a vulnerable experience, especially when it鈥檚 your first time. I was incredibly terrified putting this into the world and the fact that it鈥檚 received the reception that it has and that it has the momentum that it has is truly beyond my wildest dreams. I am just incredibly grateful.鈥�

In addition to the Oscar screenplay nomination, 鈥淎merican Fiction鈥� was nominated for best film, original score, lead actor Jeffrey Wright and supporting actor Sterling K. Brown.

鈥淎merican Fiction鈥� is among 10 best film nominees that includes the box office behemoth 鈥淏arbie,鈥� 鈥淥ppenheimer,鈥� 鈥淜illers of the Flower Moon鈥� and 鈥淢aestro.鈥�

The 41-year-old Jefferson, who left 蜜柚直播 for college in 2000, worked as a journalist including spending several years as the editor of Gawker before switching gears and writing for television in 2015.

He earned a Primetime Emmy Award for his work on the HBO limited series 鈥淲atchmen鈥� in 2019 and wrote for the Netflix comedy 鈥淢aster of None鈥� and the NBC sitcom 鈥淭he Good Place.鈥�

In 2020, he read Percival Everett鈥檚 satirical novel 鈥�,鈥� about a Black author鈥檚 attempt to mock the publishing world by writing a stereotypical 鈥済hetto novel鈥� that ends up becoming a bestseller. He was so intrigued with the story that he wrote the screenplay.

Initially, his producers told him he would have a hard time getting the film into any festivals last summer because of the number of movies being released.

鈥淭hey told me to temper my expectations from even getting into film festivals let alone getting into Toronto and getting the audience award then getting nominated for Golden Globes,鈥� said Jefferson.

鈥淚 was just hoping to get the movie made and like a handful of people to see it. I did not allow myself to dream this big,鈥� said Jefferson, who regularly attended 蜜柚直播 Theatre Company productions as a kid but never really considered a career in the arts.

鈥淚 never really saw myself as someone who could be an artist because I didn鈥檛 really know anybody who made art for a living,鈥� he said. 鈥淚 knew people who played in bar bands on the weekends. I knew people who painted as a hobby, but I didn鈥檛 really know anybody who made art for a living.鈥�

In addition to Wright and Brown, 鈥淎merican Fiction鈥� stars John Ortiz and Leslie Uggams. 蜜柚直播 also has a minor role in the movie.

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He also gave a shoutout to some 蜜柚直播 school buddies.

鈥淎ll the fake names of the books at the end when the judges are judging books, they are all band names from my good friends鈥� bands. So all those are 蜜柚直播 bands 鈥� Car Full of Bosnians, The Dishwashers, Little League 鈥� those were all my friends鈥� bands from middle school and high school,鈥� he said. 鈥淭here鈥檚 蜜柚直播 stuff throughout.鈥�

The 96th Academy Awards will be presented March 10 from Hollywood.