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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” Nominated for best picture and best adapted screenplay,...
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...
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...
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.
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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. By David Fear. December 24, 2023. Cord Jefferson on...
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...
Sep 10, 2023 · By JAKE COYLE. Updated 10:21 AM PDT, September 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.
