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Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Cord Jefferson is an American writer and director. After studying at the College of William & Mary he started a career in journalism and wrote for numerous publications before becoming an editor at Gawker until 2014. Jefferson transitioned to working as a writer for television.
Best Moments From the 2024 Oscars. 3 Videos. 29 Photos. Cord Jefferson was born on 26 January 1982 in Tucson, Arizona, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for American Fiction (2023), The Good Place (2016) and Watchmen (2019). More at IMDbPro. Contact info.
Jan 23, 2024 · Oscar Nominee Cord Jefferson on His Two Nods for ‘American Fiction’: “I Might Have Had a Heart Attack if I Was Watching It Live” Nominated for best picture and best adapted screenplay,...
Nov 28, 2023 · November 28, 2023 @ 7:02 AM. Before he made his directorial debut with “American Fiction,” Cord Jefferson was a Tucson-born journalist and then a television writer for “Master of None,” “The...
Dec 12, 2023 · The film is a satire based on Percival Everett's novel Erasure. It's about a Black author whose editors want him to write clichéd stories of Black life — that rang true to director Cord...
Dec 24, 2023 · TV-writing MVP ( Watchmen) talks his feature directorial debut, a scathing satire of publishing and Hollywood’s treatment of Black creatives. By David Fear. December 24, 2023. Cord Jefferson on...
Dec 15, 2023 · Cord Jefferson calls “Hollywood Shuffle” the “spiritual ancestor” of “American Fiction,” explaining, “It opened my eyes to this idea that you can talk about these things that are very serious...
