Cord Jefferson
Writer, Producer, Director, Actor
January 1, 1982 (44 years)
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | IT: Welcome to Derry · as Consulting Producer |
| 2024 | The Disruptors · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | |
| 2016 | The Good Place · as Co-Producer |
| 2023 |
| 2025 | Seen & Heard · as Self |
| 2024 | Hollywood Black · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2024 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2024 | 2024 EE BAFTA Film Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2024 | Dinner Time Live with David Chang · as Self |
| 2021 | CBS Mornings · as Self |
| 2020 | The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2013 | VICE · as Self - Correspondent |
| 2011 | On Story · as Self - Author |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood · as Self |
| 1996 | The Daily Show · as Self - Guest |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards · as Self |
| 2021 | Station Eleven · as Supervising Producer |
| 2019 | Watchmen · as Executive Story Editor |
| 2018 | Succession · as Other |
| 2015 | Master of None · as Co-Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Master of None · as Story Editor |
| 2014 | Survivor's Remorse · as Story |