Oscar win for "BlacKkKlansman" starring Jasper Pääkkönen

Spike Lee winning His First Competitive Oscar

Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” starring Jasper Pääkkönen has won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Written by Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, & Spike Lee, it received 6 Academy Award nominations in total, including:

Best Picture, Best Director for Spike Lee, Best Supporting Actor for Adam Driver, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, & Best Film Editing.

The film, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes last year, and which marks a return to form for director Spike Lee, sees Jasper playing the role of ‘Felix Kendrickson’.