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Cord Jefferson
Tucson, Arizona, USA
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 Outstandin…
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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.
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2026
The Detour with David Chang
TV show Guest
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2025
IT: Welcome to Derry
TV show Writer
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2025
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
TV show Self
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2024
Hollywood Black
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2024
The Disruptors
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
TV show Self
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2023
American Fiction
Movie Writer
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2021
Station Eleven
TV show Writer
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2019
Watchmen
TV show Executive Story Editor
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2019
In the Still Night
Movie Thanks
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2018
Succession
TV show Other
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2016
The Good Place
TV show Story Editor
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2015
Master of None
TV show Story
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2015
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
TV show Writer
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2014
Survivor's Remorse
TV show Writer
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2013
VICE
TV show Self - Correspondent
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1996
The Daily Show
TV show Self - Guest
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
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The Corrections
TV show Director
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Just Cause
TV show Executive Producer
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Cord Jefferson's Untitled Erotic Thriller
Movie Director
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Cord Jefferson's Untitled Neo-Western/Noir
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