Peele won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar for his surprise hit 'Get Out.'
During an Oscars night that's been mostly boring, it was exciting to see that Jordan Peele won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his 2017 surprise hit Get Out, which he also directed. He's the first African American to win the Oscar in this category, and only the fourth African American nominated in the history of the Academy Awards.
"I stopped writing this movie about 20 times because I thought it was
