2018 Academy Awards Ceremony Sunday March 04,2018 - Jordan Peele becomes first African-American to win Best Original Screenplay Oscar

Jordon Peele became the first African-American screenwriter to bag the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for Get Out at the 90th Academy Awards

Jordon Peele was a surprise winner at the otherwise predictable award ceremony. He triumphed over front-runners The Shape of Water and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Other nominees in the category were The Big Sick and Lady Bird.

This is the first Oscar win for the actor-turned-director, who was also nominated in the Best Director category for the horror film about a young African-American, who visits his girlfriend’s parents for the weekend and realises there is something wrong going on there.

Nicole Kidman presented the trophy to him.