Writer
Cord Jefferson
Cord Jefferson
- Date of birth
- Age
- 44
- Place of birth
- Tucson, Arizona, USA
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupations
- writer, journalist, television writer, film director
- Languages
- English
Biography
Cord Jefferson (born January 1, 1982) is an American filmmaker, journalist, and essayist. He has worked on the TV series Watchmen (for which he won a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing), Succession, The Good Place, and Master of None. For his feature directorial debut American Fiction (2023), Jefferson won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as an NAACP Image Award, a Writers Guild of America Awards, and a BAFTA Award.
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay2024 American Fiction
Nominations
- Academy Award for Best Picture2024 American Fiction
Education and awards: Wikidata information may be incomplete. Wikidata · Updated: 2026-10-27
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