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6 days ago · Tucson-born Cord Jefferson won an Academy Award Sunday for best adapted screenplay for writing “American Fiction,” his first film. Jefferson also directed the film. That was a first for him...
3 days ago · The 2023 edition of TIFF launched Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction,” which won the coveted People’s Choice award and went on to earn Jefferson the Oscar for adapted screenplay, along ...
3 days ago · American Fiction writer-director Cord Jefferson voiced his own frustrations about getting his acclaimed $10 million comedy made while accepting the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay earlier this year: “I understand that this is a risk-averse industry, I get it. But $200 million movies are also a risk,” he said.
2 days ago · Writer-director Cord Jefferson’s darkly humorous feature-film debut offers an outrageous send-up evoking the 1976 television business satire Network. VERDICT A must-have choice for its Oscar-winning screenplay, adapted from the novel Erasure by Percival Everett.
2 days ago · The 2023 edition of TIFF launched Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction,” which won the coveted People’s Choice award and went on to earn Jefferson the Oscar for adapted screenplay, along with nominations for actor Jeffrey Wright and supporting actor Sterling K. Brown, as well as score and picture.
4 days ago · Colman Domingo. July 22, 2024. An Oscar and Tony Award nominee, Colman Domingo has the utmost respect for words and their power. It is evident in the roles he plays and in the plays he writes, such as Wild with Happy, a very humorous and at the same time poignant romp about loss, love, and wishes fulfilled. A big fan of audiobooks, he shares ...
2 days ago · Cord Jefferson had a chat with Esquire about his sharp new satire that earned five Academy Award nominations. Along with some great observations about how he related this film to his past as a ...
