TORONTO --  Matthew A. Cherry, writer and director of the Oscar-winning animated short film 鈥淗air Love,鈥 actually predicted his win years ago on Twitter.

鈥淚鈥檓 gonna be nominated for an Oscar one day,鈥 . 鈥淎lready claiming it.鈥

Cherry also posted a , asking: 鈥淎ny 3D artists follow me? I got an Oscar worthy short film idea to go with this image. Get at me.鈥

The tweets from Cherry鈥檚 past have since gone viral and other Twitter users flocked to congratulate him on his win.

The animated short film鈥檚 award was greeted enthusiastically online, as Cherry dedicated his Oscar to attaining more representation of Black lives in animation and to the late Kobe Bryant