American Fiction
93
A frustrated novelist writes a deliberately stereotypical Black novel under a pen name, only for it to become the literary sensation he despises.
Why watch: Cord Jefferson won the Oscar for Adapted Screenplay on his first try.
Cast
Jeffrey Wright as Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison
John Ortiz as Arthur
Erika Alexander as Coraline
Leslie Uggams as Agnes Ellison
Sterling K. Brown as Clifford Ellison
Skyler Wright as Brittany
John Ales as Leo
Patrick Fischler as Mandel
Carmen Cusack as Gilda
Joseph Marrella as Matthew Wilson
Stephen Burrell as Jordan Phillips
Issa Rae as Sintara Golden
Nicole Kempskie as Sintara's Moderator
Becki Dennis as Clinic Receptionist
Tracee Ellis Ross as Lisa Ellison
Crew
Cord Jefferson — Director
Percival Everett — Novel
Cord Jefferson — Writer
Percival Everett — Executive Producer
Rian Johnson — Executive Producer
Michael Bowes — Executive Producer
Lenny Payan — Co-Producer
Ram Bergman — Executive Producer
Nikos Karamigios — Producer
Cord Jefferson — Producer
Ben LeClair — Producer
Jermaine Johnson — Producer
Jennifer Euston — Casting
Cristina Dunlap — Director of Photography
Hilda Rasula — Editor
Maddy Young — Art Direction
Jonathan Guggenheim — Production Design
Rudy Mance — Costume Design
Laura Karpman — Original Music Composer
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