American Fiction

American Fiction is a 2023 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, it follows a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical "Black" books, only for it to be mistaken for serious literature and published to high sales and critical praise. It stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody and Keith David.
It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2023, where it won the People's Choice Award. It received a limited theatrical release by Amazon MGM Studios on December 15, 2023, with an expansion on December 22, 2023.
It grossed $23 million and received numerous accolades. It was named one of the top 10 films of 2023 by the American Film Institute. It also received five nominations at the 96th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Wright; with Jefferson winning Best Adapted Screenplay.
== Plot ==
Thelonious "Monk" Ellison is a highly intelligent African-American upper-class writer and professor in Los Angeles. While his novels receive academic praise, they sell poorly, and publishers reject his latest manuscript for not being "Black enough". His university places him on temporary leave due to his brashness with students over racial issues and suggests he attend a literary seminar and spend time with family in his hometown of Boston. At the seminar, his panel is poorly attended, in contrast to a packed room for an interview with Sintara Golden, whose bestselling novel We's Lives in Da Ghetto panders to Black stereotypes.
In Boston, Monk has dinner with his mother Agnes, who has Alzheimer's disease, and sister Lisa, a physician. While having drinks with Monk, Lisa suffers a fatal heart attack. Their estranged brother, Cliff, a plastic surgeon, attends Lisa's funeral. Cliff is divorced after his wife caught him having sex with a man; he now engages in frequent drug use and casual sex. Monk meets and starts dating Coraline, a lawyer living across the street from his mother's beach house.
Frustrated by Sintara's success and the costs of care for his mother, Monk writes My Pafology, a satirical novel mocking the literary stereotypes expected from Black writers: melodramatic plots, deadbeat dads, gang violence, and drugs. After submitting it to publishers out of contempt, he is shocked to be offered a $750,000 advance, and his agent Arthur convinces him to adopt the persona of convict on the run "Stagg R. Leigh". As "Stagg", Monk is offered a movie deal from a producer, Wiley. In response to publishing executives' insulting comments, Monk tries to sabotage the deal by demanding the title be changed to Fuck; the executives agree. Monk is invited to help judge the New England Book Association's Literary Award as part of a "diversity push", and he reluctantly accepts. A fellow judge is Sintara, and Monk learns that she shares many of his views.
Agnes moves into an expensive assisted-living facility, but adapts poorly. Cliff briefly returns to Boston, but leaves after Agnes makes a homophobic remark. Fuckbecomes a bestseller. Coraline, Cliff, and the public remain unaware that "Stagg" is Monk, and the FBI contacts the publisher, believing Stagg is a fugitive, as he claimed in interviews.
Monk's publisher submits Fuck for the Literary Award, forcing him to judge his own novel. Monk learns that Coraline enjoyed reading Fuck; they argue and break up. The panel's white judges rave over Fuck, though Sintara calls it "pandering". Monk agrees, but later argues that Sintara's book is "trauma porn" and inauthentic to her African-American middle-class background. Sintara argues that she researched her book by interviewing voiceless people, was "giving the market what it wants", and that it is not her fault if white readers formed stereotypes from her book.
On family housekeeper Lorraine's wedding day, Monk finds Cliff living in Agnes's beach house with two other men, but Lorraine is happy to have him attend the wedding. At the reception, Monk and Cliff discuss the impact of their father's suicide, and Cliff encourages Monk to let people "love all of him".
At the awards ceremony, Fuck is announced as the winner. Monk goes onstage and says he has a confession to make. The film cuts to black, and the events shown are revealed to have been Monk's screenplay based on his experiences, written for Wiley's production company as an alternative to the Fuck film adaptation. Monk has not revealed his identity to the public and is still separated from Coraline. Wiley likes the screenplay but asks Monk to change the ambiguous ending.
Monk proposes an ending with him running away from the ceremony to apologize to Coraline, but Wiley says it feels too much like a romantic comedy. Monk then suggests one where police, believing Monk to be a wanted criminal holding a gun, fatally shoot himat the ceremony. Much to Monk's dismay, Wiley, who is also filming a blaxploitation film called Plantation Annihilation, loves it, and the film moves into production. Monk drives away with Cliff after he and one of Wiley's actors, playing a slave, acknowledge each other.
== Cast ==
*Jeffrey Wright as Dr. Thelonious "Monk" Ellison
*Tracee Ellis Ross as Dr. Lisa Ellison
*Issa Rae as Sintara Golden
*Sterling K. Brown as Dr. Clifford "Cliff" Ellison
*John Ortiz as Arthur
*Erika Alexander as Coraline
*Leslie Uggams as Agnes Ellison
*Adam Brody as Wiley Valdespino
*Keith David as Willy the Wonker
*Okieriete Onaodowan as Van Go Jenkins
*Myra Lucretia Taylor as Lorraine
*Raymond Anthony Thomas as Maynard
*Miriam Shor as Paula Baderman
*Michael Cyril Creighton as John Bosco
*Patrick Fischler as Mandel
*Neal Lerner as Wilson Harnet
*J. C. MacKenzie as Carl Brunt
*Jenn Harris as Aileen Hoover
*Bates Wilder as Jon Daniel Sigmarsen
*Ryan Richard Doyle as Ned
*Skyler Wright as Brittany
== Production ==
On November 10, 2022, it was reported that Jeffrey Wright was cast in the untitled film, based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett. Cord Jefferson would adapt the novel and direct in his directorial debut. T-Street Productions and MRC Film are producing the film. On December 2, 2022, it was announced that Tracee Ellis Ross will also star in film with Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Sterling K. Brown, Myra Lucretia Taylor, John Ortiz, Issa Rae, and Adam Brody also cast. The film wrapped production in Boston in early December, with COVID-19 safety precautions used on set. That month, MGM's Orion Pictures acquired the film's worldwide distribution rights. In July 2023, with the announcement of its world premiere, the film's title was reported to be American Fiction. It is the first film from Orion to be distributed through Amazon MGM Studios Distribution.
== Release ==
American Fiction premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2023, where it won the People's Choice Award. This was followed by a run in the festival circuit, culminating in its United States premiere at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Los Angeles on December 5, 2023. It had a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 15, 2023, with an expansion the following week (December 22, 2023). The film was initially set for a November 3, 2023 release date before changing to its current date. The film was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland by Curzon Film on February 2, 2024.
The film was released for digital platforms on February 6, 2024.
== Reception ==
===Box office===
, American Fiction has grossed $21.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $1.9 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $23 million.
The film made $229,000 from seven theaters in its opening weekend, a per-venue average of $32,400. Following its five Oscar nominations, the film expanded from 852 theaters to 1,702 in its 7th week of release and made $2.9 million, an increase of 65% from the previous weekend, and a running total of $11.8 million. The following weekend it made $2.4 million.
===Critical response===
 Audiences polled by PostTrak gave the film a 90% positive score, with 83% saying they would definitely recommend it.
In her review for The Hollywood Reporter, Lovia Gyarke wrote that "American Fiction is smart and, thanks to its fine cast, has genuine heart", commending Wright's "subtle physicality … that contributes depth to his character", as well as "Uggams' increasingly somber performance as Agnes and Brown’s delightful comedic turn". Peter Debruge for Variety, applauded Jefferson's writing prowess, likening him to Flannery O’Connor and Toni Morrison, whose works were both referenced in the film. To Deburge, Jefferson "trusts his audience to bring themselves to the material", which is "what makes reading "American Fiction" so rewarding." Peyton Robinson writing for RogerEbert.com highlighted Jefferson's writing as the key takeaway from this film, stating that his "attentive lens" to the film's "concept and themes is what will be remembered". Robinson goes on to identify the distinguishable legacy within the script, emphasizing Jefferson's "sharply pointed finger at the many institutional factors that keep [Black art], and its creators, restrained."
Sarah Lyall of The New York Times covered Jeffrey Wright in a feature about his career and his role in American Fiction, claiming that Wright's "exquisitely calibrated" performance demonstrates "[Wright's] ability to elevate any movie or TV show simply by appearing in it." Lyall goes on to celebrate that Wright "has a way of burrowing so deeply into his characters that he seems almost to be hiding in plain sight." Stephanie Zacharek at Time magazine also highlighted the lead star's performance, admiring that "Wright brings it all to life". Zacharek notes that Wright does so "not with thunderous, statement-making gestures, but with small ones that remind us how vulnerable Monk is", even amidst the protagonist's "own raging intelligence".
Filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood praised writer-director Cord Jefferson, stating that an artist's first work should tell the world who they are and Jefferson "has screamed into a bullhorn. Bold, chaotic, unflinching, personal. Cord has channeled his creative truths into a searing indictment of biased norms."
===Accolades===
The American Film Institute placed American Fiction as one of its top 10 films of 2023, praising Jefferson's writing as "the arrival of a powerful voice in American film", Wright's "triumphant" performance, and the ensemble cast.
Award 	Date of Ceremony 	Category 	Recipient(s) 	Result	
Toronto International Film Festival 	September 17, 2023	People's Choice Award 	American Fiction 	 	
Heartland International Film Festival 	October 15, 2023 	Humor & Humanity Award 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Mill Valley Film Festival 	October 16, 2023 	U.S. Cinema 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Mill Valley Film Festival 	October 16, 2023 	Breakthrough Directing 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
San Diego International Film Festival 	October 21, 2023 	Best Gala Film 	American Fiction 	 	
Middleburg Film Festival 	October 22, 2023 	Audience Award for Narrative Film 	American Fiction 	 	
Celebration of Cinema & Television 	December 4, 2023 	Visionary Award 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Windsor International Film Festival 	October 29, 2023 	LIUNA People's Choice Award 	American Fiction 	 	
Virginia Film Festival 	October 29, 2023 	Programmers’ Award – Narrative Feature 	American Fiction 	 	
Virginia Film Festival 	October 29, 2023 	Breakthrough Director Award 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Savannah Film Festival 	November 2, 2023 	Audience Award 	American Fiction 	 	
Hollywood Music in Media Awards 	November 15, 2023 	Original Score — Feature Film 	Laura Karpman 	 	
Gotham Independent Film Awards 	November 27, 2023 	Outstanding Lead Performance 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
American Film Institute Awards 	December 7, 2023 	Top 10 Films of the Year 	American Fiction 	 	
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	December 10, 2023 	Best Feature 	American Fiction 	 	
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	December 10, 2023 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	December 10, 2023 	Best Supporting Actor 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	December 10, 2023 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	December 10, 2023 	Best Ensemble 	American Fiction 	 	
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 	December 10, 2023 	Best Leading Performance 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 	December 10, 2023 	Best New Filmmaker 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
IndieWire Critics Poll 	December 11, 2023 	Best Performance 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
IndieWire Critics Poll 	December 11, 2023 	Best Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
IndieWire Critics Poll 	December 11, 2023 	Best First Feature 	American Fiction 	 	
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 	December 12, 2023 	Milos Stehlik Award for Breakthrough Filmmaker 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
New York Film Critics Online Awards 	December 15, 2023 	Top 10 Films 	American Fiction 	 	
Las Vegas Film Critics Society 	December 13, 2023 	Best Comedy 	American Fiction 	 	
Las Vegas Film Critics Society 	December 13, 2023 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Las Vegas Film Critics Society 	December 13, 2023 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Las Vegas Film Critics Society 	December 13, 2023 	Breakout Filmmaker 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
St. Louis Film Critics Association 	December 17, 2023 	Best Film 	American Fiction 	 	
St. Louis Film Critics Association 	December 17, 2023 	Best Comedy Film 	American Fiction 	 	
St. Louis Film Critics Association 	December 17, 2023 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
St. Louis Film Critics Association 	December 17, 2023 	Best Supporting Actor 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
St. Louis Film Critics Association 	December 17, 2023 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Indiana Film Journalists Association 	December 17, 2023 	Best Film 	American Fiction 	 	
Indiana Film Journalists Association 	December 17, 2023 	Best Lead Performance 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Indiana Film Journalists Association 	December 17, 2023 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Indiana Film Journalists Association 	December 17, 2023 	Breakout of the Year 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Toronto Film Critics Association 	December 17, 2023 	Best First Feature 	American Fiction 	 	
Southeastern Film Critics Association 	December 18, 2023 	Top 10 Films 	American Fiction 	 	
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 	December 18, 2023 	Top 10 Films of the Year 	American Fiction 	 	
Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association 	December 18, 2023 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Phoenix Film Critics Society 	December 18, 2023 	Top Ten Films of 2023 	American Fiction 	 	
North Texas Film Critics Association 	December 18, 2023 	Best Picture 	American Fiction 	 	
North Texas Film Critics Association 	December 18, 2023 	Best Director 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
North Texas Film Critics Association 	December 18, 2023 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
North Texas Film Critics Association 	December 18, 2023 	Best Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
San Diego Film Critics Society 	December 19, 2023 	Best Picture 	American Fiction 	 	
San Diego Film Critics Society 	December 19, 2023 	Best Director 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
San Diego Film Critics Society 	December 19, 2023 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
San Diego Film Critics Society 	December 19, 2023 	Best Supporting Actor 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
San Diego Film Critics Society 	December 19, 2023 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson and Percival Everett 	 	
San Diego Film Critics Society 	December 19, 2023 	Best First Feature 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Black Film Critics Circle 	December 20, 2023 	Top Ten Films 	American Fiction 	 	
Black Film Critics Circle 	December 20, 2023 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Black Film Critics Circle 	December 20, 2023 	Best Supporting Actor 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
Black Film Critics Circle 	December 20, 2023 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Black Film Critics Circle 	December 20, 2023 	Best Ensemble 	American Fiction 	 	
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 	December 21, 2023 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 	December 21, 2023 	Best First Film 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle 	January 3, 2024 	Top 10 Films 	American Fiction 	 	
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 	January 4, 2024 	Best Film 	American Fiction 	 	
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 	January 4, 2024 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 	January 4, 2024 	Best Actor in a Supporting Role 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 	January 4, 2024 	Best Screenplay, Adapted 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 	January 4, 2024 	Best Ensemble Cast – Casting Director 	Jennifer Euston 	 	
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards 	January 5, 2024 	Best Picture 	American Fiction 	 	
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards 	January 5, 2024 	Best Director 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards 	January 5, 2024 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards 	January 5, 2024 	Best Supporting Actor 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards 	January 5, 2024 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards 	January 5, 2024 	Best Ensemble 	American Fiction 	 	
Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards 	January 6, 2024 	Best Picture 	American Fiction 	 	
Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards 	January 6, 2024 	Best Director 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards 	January 6, 2024 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards 	January 6, 2024 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards 	January 6, 2024 	Best First Feature 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards 	February 26, 2024 	Best Casting 	Jennifer Euston 	 	
National Society of Film Critics Awards 	January 6, 2024 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Golden Globe Awards 	January 7, 2024 	Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy 	American Fiction 	 	
Golden Globe Awards 	January 7, 2024 	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 	January 8, 2024 	Best Picture of the Year 	American Fiction 	 	
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 	January 8, 2024 	Best Actor in a Leading Role 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 	January 8, 2024 	Best Actor in a Supporting Role 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 	January 8, 2024 	Best Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 	January 9, 2024 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 	January 9, 2024 	Best Supporting Actor 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards 	January 9, 2024 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Austin Film Critics Association Awards 	January 10, 2024 	Best Film 	American Fiction 	 	
Austin Film Critics Association Awards 	January 10, 2024 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Austin Film Critics Association Awards 	January 10, 2024 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Austin Film Critics Association Awards 	January 10, 2024 	Best First Film 	American Fiction 	 	
Denver Film Critics Society 	January 12, 2024 	Best Lead Performance by an Actor, Male 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Denver Film Critics Society 	January 12, 2024 	Best Comedy 	American Fiction 	 	
Denver Film Critics Society 	January 12, 2024 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 	January 14, 2024 	Best Picture 	American Fiction 	 	
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 	January 14, 2024 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 	January 14, 2024 	Best Supporting Actor 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 	January 14, 2024 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 	January 14, 2024 	Best Comedy 	American Fiction 	 	
African-American Film Critics Association 	January 15, 2024 	Top 10 Films of the Year 	American Fiction 	 	
African-American Film Critics Association 	January 15, 2024 	Best Comedy 	American Fiction 	 	
African-American Film Critics Association 	January 15, 2024 	Best Supporting Actor 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
African-American Film Critics Association 	January 15, 2024 	Best Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
African-American Film Critics Association 	January 15, 2024 	Emerging Filmmaker 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Black Reel Awards 	January 16, 2024 	Outstanding Film 	Ben LeClair, , Cord Jefferson, and Jermaine Johnson 	 	
Black Reel Awards 	January 16, 2024 	Outstanding Director 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Black Reel Awards 	January 16, 2024 	Outstanding Lead Performance 	Jeffery Wright 	 	
Black Reel Awards 	January 16, 2024 	Outstanding Supporting Performance 	Erika Alexander 	 	
Black Reel Awards 	January 16, 2024 	Outstanding Supporting Performance 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
Black Reel Awards 	January 16, 2024 	Outstanding Ensemble 	Jennifer Euston 	 	
Black Reel Awards 	January 16, 2024 	Outstanding Emerging Director 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Black Reel Awards 	January 16, 2024 	Outstanding Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Black Reel Awards 	January 16, 2024 	Outstanding First Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Houston Film Critics Society 	January 22, 2024 	Best Picture 	American Fiction 	 	
Houston Film Critics Society 	January 22, 2024 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Houston Film Critics Society 	January 22, 2024 	Best Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
AACTA International Awards 	February 10, 2024 	Best Film 	American Fiction 	 	
AACTA International Awards 	February 10, 2024 	Best Lead Actor in Film 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
AACTA International Awards 	February 10, 2024 	Best Screenplay in Film 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Directors Guild of America Awards 	February 10, 2024 	Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Set Decorators Society of America Awards 	February 13, 2024 	Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Comedy or Musical Feature Film 	Kyra Friedman Curcio and Jonathan Guggenheim 	 	
Society of Composers & Lyricists 	February 13, 2024 	Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film 	Laura Karpman 	 	
British Academy Film Awards 	February 18, 2024 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Satellite Awards 	February 18, 2024 	Best Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical 	American Fiction 	 	
Satellite Awards 	February 18, 2024 	Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Satellite Awards 	February 18, 2024 	Best Screenplay, Adapted 	Cord Jefferson and Percival Everett 	 	
Satellite Awards 	February 18, 2024 	Best Original Score 	Laura Karpman 	 	
Costume Designers Guild Awards 	February 21, 2024 	Excellence in Contemporary Film 	Rudy Mance 	 	
Screen Actors Guild Awards 	February 24, 2024 	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture 	Erika Alexander, Adam Brody, Sterling K. Brown, Keith David, John Ortiz, Issa Rae, Tracee Ellis Ross, Leslie Uggams, and Jeffrey Wright	 	
Screen Actors Guild Awards 	February 24, 2024 	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Screen Actors Guild Awards 	February 24, 2024 	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
Producers Guild of America Awards 	February 25, 2024 	Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures	American Fiction 	 	
Independent Spirit Awards 	February 25, 2024 	Best Film 	Cord Jefferson, Jermaine Johnson, Nikos Karamigios, and Ben LeClair 	 	
Independent Spirit Awards 	February 25, 2024 	Best Lead Performance 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Independent Spirit Awards 	February 25, 2024 	Best Supporting Performance 	Erika Alexander 	 	
Independent Spirit Awards 	February 25, 2024 	Best Supporting Performance 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
Independent Spirit Awards 	February 25, 2024 	Best Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
USC Scripter Awards 	March 2, 2024 	Best Adapted Screenplay – Film 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
American Cinema Editors 	March 3, 2024 	Best Edited Feature Film (Comedy, Theatrical) 	Hilda Rasula 	 	
Artios Awards 	March 7, 2024 	Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Feature Studio or Independent (Drama) 	Jennifer Euston, Lisa Lobel, Angela Peri, and Melissa Morris 	 	
Academy Awards 	March 10, 2024 	Best Picture 	Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson, and Jermaine Johnson 	 	
Academy Awards 	March 10, 2024 	Best Actor 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
Academy Awards 	March 10, 2024 	Best Supporting Actor 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
Academy Awards 	March 10, 2024 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
Academy Awards 	March 10, 2024 	Best Original Score 	Laura Karpman 	 	
GLAAD Media Awards 	March 14, 2024 	Outstanding Film – Wide Release 	American Fiction 	 	
NAACP Image Awards 	March 16, 2024 	Outstanding Motion Picture 	American Fiction 	 	
NAACP Image Awards 	March 16, 2024 	Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture 	Jeffrey Wright 	 	
NAACP Image Awards 	March 16, 2024 	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture 	Sterling K. Brown 	 	
NAACP Image Awards 	March 16, 2024 	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture 	Erika Alexander 	 	
NAACP Image Awards 	March 16, 2024 	Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
NAACP Image Awards 	March 16, 2024 	Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture 	American Fiction 	 	
Writers Guild of America Awards 	April 14, 2024 	Best Adapted Screenplay 	Cord Jefferson 	 	
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