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1. www.hollywoodreporter.com › movies › movie-newsAmerican Fiction Writer-Director Cord Jefferson Talks Both...

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   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”

2. www.nytimes.com › 2023/12/15 › moviesCord Jefferson on ‘American Fiction’ - The New York Times

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   Dec 15, 2023 · ‘American Fiction’ Director Cord Jefferson on Hollywood’s New Shuffle. The Emmy-winning writer and former journalist drew on personal experience for his feature debut, a layered sendup of race...

3. www.wm.edu › peopleofwm › creative-critical-thinkersCord Jefferson ’04 | William & Mary

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   Cord Jefferson ’04. Award-winning Writer & Director. Major : Sociology. As a biracial youth who grew up in a mostly white suburb of Tucson, Arizona, Cord Jefferson looked to sociology to help make sense of the world.

4. www.npr.org › 2023/12/12 › 1218726903In 'American Fiction,' director Cord Jefferson heads off racism...

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   Dec 12, 2023 · Monk's editors want clichéd stories about Black life — something screenwriter and director Cord Jefferson says he experienced first-hand as a writer in Hollywood.

5. www.rollingstone.com › tv-movies › tv-movie-features'American Fiction': How Cord Jefferson Took on Hollywood and Won

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   Dec 24, 2023 · TV-writing MVP (‘Watchmen’) talks his feature directorial debut, a scathing satire of publishing and Hollywood’s treatment of Black creatives.

6. apnews.com › article › cord-jefferson-american-fiction-tiff-toronto-film-festivalCord Jefferson's insightful satire of race and media, 'American...

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   Sep 10, 2023 · TORONTO (AP) — Fifty pages into Percival Everett’s “Erasure” Cord Jefferson knew he wanted to adapt it into a movie script. Halfway through, he began to see Jeffrey Wright playing the book’s academic protagonist, Thelonious “Monk” Ellison.

7. www.indiewire.com › features › interviewsCord Jefferson Considers 'American Fiction' As His 'Minor...

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   Dec 1, 2023 · Cord Jefferson Considers ‘American Fiction’ to Be His ‘Minor Miracle’. The first-time filmmaker, set to receive the Breakthrough Award at IndieWire Honors, says the opportunity to direct his...