Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award 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. He wrote for the Comedy Central late-night series The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (2015–2016), the Netflix comedy series Master of None (2017), and the NBC sitcom The Good Place (2017–2019).[1] For his work on the HBO limited series Watchmen (2019), he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie. He made his feature directorial debut with the satire American Fiction (2023), for which he received a nomination for Best Picture and won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 96th Academy Awards.
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CordJefferson is an American writer and director. After studying at the College of William & Mary he started a career in journalism and wrote for numerous...
adapted as the film American Fiction (2023), written and directed by CordJefferson, starring Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, and Leslie Uggams. Percival...
producers ‡ American Fiction – Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios [de], CordJefferson, and Jermaine Johnson, producers Anatomy of a Fall – Marie-Ange Luciani...
2024). "Variety's 10 Directors to Watch for 2024: Blitz Bazawule, CordJefferson and Anna Kendrick Among Noteworthy Helmers". Variety. Retrieved March...
Geoffrey S. Fletcher (Precious), John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) and CordJefferson (American Fiction) are the only African-Americans to win solo in this...
Viespi Jr. (May 3, 1933 – August 9, 2021), known professionally as Alex Cord, was an American actor, best known for his portrayal of Michael Coldsmith...
and Christopher Nolan American Fiction Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, CordJefferson, and Jermaine Johnson Anatomy of a Fall Marie-Ange Luciani and David...
Award Film Director People's Choice Award American Fiction CordJefferson People's Choice Award, First Runner Up The Holdovers Alexander Payne People's...
Kate Gersten October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26) 3.97 21 8 "Derek" Jude Weng CordJefferson November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02) 3.06 22 9 "Leap to Faith" Linda Mendoza...
Moore and Dave Gibbons. The episode was written by Damon Lindelof and CordJefferson and directed by Stephen Williams, and aired on November 24, 2019. It...
Bradley Cooper – Maestro Emerald Fennell – Saltburn Greta Gerwig – Barbie CordJefferson – American Fiction Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things Alexander Payne –...
2024). "Variety's 10 Directors to Watch for 2024: Blitz Bazawule, CordJefferson and Anna Kendrick Among Noteworthy Helmers". Variety. Retrieved March...
Past Lives – Celine Song Best Adapted Screenplay American Fiction – CordJefferson; based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett Are You There God? It's...
Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, and Sarah Harvey American Fiction – CordJefferson, Jermaine Johnson, Nikos Karamigios, and Ben LeClair May December –...
Outstanding Director American Fiction – Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, CordJefferson and Jermaine Johnson, producers The Color Purple – Oprah Winfrey, Steven...
"2023 SFFILM Awards Night Honors Greta Gerwig, Roger Ross Williams, CordJefferson, and Nicolas Cage". SFFILM. 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-12-05. Hipes...
score, with 63% saying they would definitely recommend it. Shared with CordJefferson for American Fiction. D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 2, 2020). "Focus...
Screenplay, Adapted Justine Triet and Arthur Harari Anatomy of a Fall CordJefferson American Fiction Best Screenplay, Original Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach...
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