WRITER

Geoffrey S. Fletcher

1970 - Today

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Geoffrey Shawn Fletcher (born October 4, 1970) is an American screenwriter and film director. Fletcher is best known for being the screenwriter of Precious, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, becoming the first African American to receive an Academy Award for writing. In September 2010, Fletcher began shooting Violet & Daisy in New York City based on his original script as his directorial debut. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey S. Fletcher has received more than 173,616 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Geoffrey S. Fletcher is the 7,266th most popular writer (down from 6,458th in 2019), the 19,050th most popular biography from United States (down from 17,226th in 2019) and the 1,211th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 25.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Popular art in England
England, Folk art
1962
Sketching in colour
Color, Technique, Study and teaching
1968
London after dark
Description and travel, Great britain, history
1969
Elements of sketching
Drawing, Study and teaching
1966
The London nobody knows
Architecture, Buildings, structures, Description
1962
Pocket guide to Dickens' London
Guidebooks, Homes and haunts, Intellectual life
1969

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Geoffrey S. Fletcher ranks 7,266 out of 7,302. Before him are Yaa Gyasi, Elena Huelva, Philippa Boyens, Rachel Morrison, Kateryna Kalytko, and Caroline Criado Perez. After him are Silvio Horta, Fatima Bhutto, Anupama Chopra, Jed Whedon, Owen Jones, and Ben Goldacre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Geoffrey S. Fletcher ranks 1,073. Before him are Satoshi Taira, Tamotsu Komatsuzaki, Dawn Staley, Nelson Diebel, Chely Wright, and Jonathan Coulton. After him are David May, Jimmy Pedro, Seema Rao, Dean Kiely, Mark Foster, and Lakshmi Gopalaswamy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Geoffrey S. Fletcher ranks 19,050 out of 20,380. Before him are Tara Conner (1985), Brandon Beemer (1980), Ingrid Michaelson (1979), Kevin Rudolf (1983), Lil Tjay (2001), and Ciara Renée (1990). After him are Arron Afflalo (1985), T. J. Ford (1983), Alexie Gilmore (1976), Patrick Carney (1980), Aly Raisman (1994), and Brandon Knight (1991).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Geoffrey S. Fletcher ranks 1,211. Before him are Erin Morgenstern (1978), Amanda Beard (1981), Adrianne Wadewitz (1977), Catherynne M. Valente (1979), Jesmyn Ward (1977), and Rachel Morrison (1978). After him are Silvio Horta (1974), Jed Whedon (1975), G. Willow Wilson (1982), Tarell Alvin McCraney (1980), Pierce Brown (1988), and Janet Mock (1983).

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