February 10, 2024 7:11pm. “I want to do an erotic thriller and I’m also working on a neo-western that is also is like a noir,” beamed American Fiction filmmaker Cord Jefferson about his ...Dec 12, 2023 · Variety via Getty Images. Writer-director Cord Jefferson believed in his directorial debut, American Fiction, but never expected the level of acclaim the comedy-drama has received. "It has meant ... He came to William & Mary through a family connection — his father, Wilson C. “Jeff ” Jefferson Jr. J.D. ’72, was the second Black graduate of W&M Law School. As a student, Cord delved into topics of women’s history, immigration, criminal justice and the politics of being Black in America. Amid a rise of “ ambient TV ” that doesn’t require much from its viewers, including their full attention, Cord Jefferson’s writing is not only thought-provoking but defiant. From the spiritually ambiguous quartet on “The Good Place” and the morally compromised heirs of “Succession,” to the sociopolitical torment of masked vigilantes on “Watchmen” and the …Cord Jefferson was born in Tucson, Arizona, to a white mother and black father, an attorney. After living outside the United States for several years until Jefferson was about five years old, the family returned to Tucson. His maternal grandfather was shocked by his daughter's choice to marry a black man, and he shut her and his grandson out of ...Mar 11, 2024 · Cord Jefferson’s career. Jefferson’s writing career began with journalism. His initial gigs were writing for both Stereohyped and MollyGood. He worked as an editor for Gawker for several years till it shuttered in 2016. He also contributed to outlets such as USA Today, Huffington Post, The Root, and The New York Times Magazine. ...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 ... Jan 8, 2024 · How Cord Jefferson’s big break with ‘American Fiction’ may be a breakthrough for others. “I was so just overcome,” Cord Jefferson says of getting …Nov 2, 2023 · It’s a Fact: ‘American Fiction’ Has What It Takes to Win Best Picture. Awards Circuit Column: Cord Jefferson's satirical directorial debut could be the dark horse to stop an alleged ...Mar 10, 2024 · Cord Jefferson attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, …January 23, 2024 6:04pm. Writer-director Cord Jefferson on the set of 'American Fiction' Orion Pictures/MRC. On Tuesday, writer-director Cord Jefferson received his first Oscar nomination for ...19 February 2024 · 10-min read. “Do you think they would put me in the Memoriam at the Oscars if I got killed?”. “American Fiction” writer and director Cord Jefferson was driving in the rain in Los Angeles while doing a joint Zoom interview with “Past Lives” writer and director Celine Song when he asked that question, his phone ...Mar 10, 2024 · Cord Jefferson accepts the Best Adapted Screenplay award for "American Fiction" onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California.Jan 15, 2024 · In late 2020, Cord Jefferson, a journalist turned TV writer, was in a state of creative dismay. He had just gone through a crushing professional disappointment: A big-budget series project he had ...Mar 1, 2024 · American Fiction is a brilliant satirical drama, a tremendous debut for writer-director Cord Jefferson featuring a captivating lead performance from Jeffrey Wright Kenneth Seward Jr. More Reviews ...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 ... Feb 23, 2024 · Cord Jefferson: Yes, there was a surf competition in Huntington Beach, white teenagers are smashing out storefronts and looting and turning over porta potties and fighting in the streets. I wrote a satirical piece for Gawker, where I was working at the time, about the problem of white-on-white crime. Feb 23, 2024 · Cord Jefferson is an amazing guy. This business is all about people, and when we met him, we knew that we had an amazing creative leader. My …Shortly after 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Jefferson received word that his feature directorial debut snagged five Spirit Award nominations including nods for feature, screenplay, lead performance for star ...Feb 16, 2024 · SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 13: (L-R) Moderator Anne Thompson, Samy Burch, Arthur Harari, David Hemingson, Cord Jefferson, Tony McNamara, Josh Singer, and Celine Song speak onstage at the ... Jan 3, 2024 · The only way is up for writer-turned-director Cord Jefferson; the Watchmen writer made the feature directorial debut of a lifetime with American Fiction, the Jeffrey Wright-led dramedy that’s ...January 23, 2024 6:04pm. Writer-director Cord Jefferson on the set of 'American Fiction' Orion Pictures/MRC. On Tuesday, writer-director Cord Jefferson received his first Oscar nomination for ...By Katie Campione. March 10, 2024 5:09pm. American Fiction ‘s Cord Jefferson is officially an Oscar winner — and he’s pleading with Hollywood studios to give more up and coming creatives a ...1 day ago · Tucson-born Cord Jefferson won an Academy Award Sunday for best adapted screenplay for writing “American Fiction,” his first film. Jefferson also directed the film. That was a first for him ... Jan 23, 2024 · Tucsonan Cord Jefferson wrote and directed the movie. Claire Folger. “American Fiction” is among 10 best film nominees that includes the box office behemoth “Barbie,” “Oppenheimer ... Cord Jefferson is a writer and editor. His work has appeared in or on National Geographic, USA Today, The Daily Beast, The Huffington Post, The Root, Gawker, Filter, GIANT, Jezebel, Wonkette ... Jan 8, 2024 · Jefferson notes that fact is a “little heartbreaking,” but more so when you consider his “spiritual predecessor” for “Fiction,” Robert Townsend’s “Hollywood Shuffle,” was ...Dec 12, 2023 · Writer-director Cord Jefferson had never heard of ” Percival Everett‘s novel “Erasure’ until the 2020 day he picked it up. He started to read and quickly sensed his life was about to change. Dec 29, 2023 · Filmmaker Cord Jefferson walks a very precarious tightrope here in his directorial debut. Had he leaned too far in the satirical direction, he would have …Dec 6, 2023 · Meet Cord Jefferson: Gawker Editor Turned Oscar Frontrunner. THE LAST LAUGH. Writer-director Cord Jefferson was told to make his characters …19 February 2024 · 10-min read. “Do you think they would put me in the Memoriam at the Oscars if I got killed?”. “American Fiction” writer and director Cord Jefferson was driving in the rain in Los Angeles while doing a joint Zoom interview with “Past Lives” writer and director Celine Song when he asked that question, his phone ...Jan 31, 2024 · American Fiction, writer-director Cord Jefferson's feature debut, has drawn favorable comparisons to similar classic films that tackle the way Black entertainment is perceived and commodified by ... March 10, 2024 6:48pm. Cord Jefferson won at the Oscars on Sunday, taking home the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for American Fiction. Based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett, the film ...Dec 3, 2023 · In this Color of Conversation, Writer/Director Cord Jefferson talks about deviating from tragic Black storytelling, the resilience and humor of Black people,... Dec 6, 2023 · Ten years ago, Cord Jefferson was blogging for Gawker. Now, his directorial debut, American Fiction, is almost guaranteed a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars and he’s a frontrunner for Best ...Jan 23, 2024 · Tucsonan Cord Jefferson wrote and directed the movie. Claire Folger. “American Fiction” is among 10 best film nominees that includes the box office behemoth “Barbie,” “Oppenheimer ... Sep 11, 2023 · Updated 10:21 AM PDT, September 10, 2023. TORONTO (AP) — Fifty pages into Percival Everett’s “Erasure” Cord Jefferson knew he wanted to …Feb 13, 2024 · Cord Jefferson, John Wells. American Fiction filmmaker Cord Jefferson and writer John Wells have signed on to Just Cause, Amazon’s upcoming thriller limited series, starring and executive ...5 days ago · Cord Jefferson will receive the Writers Guild of America West’s 2024 Paul Selvin Award for penning the screenplay for “ American Fiction .”. He will …Dec 15, 2023 · Cord Jefferson, a biracial writer and director, made his film debut with American Fiction, a satire about a novelist who mocks Black stereotypes. He talks …Dec 12, 2023 · In 'American Fiction,' director Cord Jefferson heads off racism with satire The film is a satire based on Percival Everett's novel Erasure. It's about a Black author whose editors want him to ... Mar 12, 2024 · Writer and director Cord Jefferson, who won the best adapted screenplay Oscar Sunday for his film "American Fiction," wanted to portray a more diverse side of Massachusetts than what typically comes out of Hollywood. Why it matters: When the wider American movie-going audience thinks of Boston as a film setting, they're apt to identify the city ...Feb 22, 2024 · taught Cord Jefferson to explore racism on-screen through laughter. The "American Fiction" writer-director dives into the films and people who inspired his work and influenced his Oscar-nominated ... 柯德·杰弗森 Cord Jefferson. 性别: 男. 职业: 编剧 / 导演. 更多中文名: 科德·杰斐逊. imdb编号: nm6852255. 分享到. 影人简介 · · · · · ·. 柯德·杰斐逊是一位美国作家 …Jan 8, 2024 · Jefferson notes that fact is a “little heartbreaking,” but more so when you consider his “spiritual predecessor” for “Fiction,” Robert Townsend’s “Hollywood Shuffle,” was ...Feb 9, 2024 · Cord Jefferson may be a first-time feature director, but the longtime television writer and Emmy-winner is more than well-versed in classic cinema. Jefferson, who is Oscar-nominated for Best ...5 days ago · Cord Jefferson will receive the Writers Guild of America West’s 2024 Paul Selvin Award for his “American Fiction” screenplay, which he adapted from Percival Everett’s novel “Erasure ...Dec 13, 2023 · In just a few scenes at the beginning of American Fiction, writer-director Cord Jefferson and actor Jeffrey Wright give the audience a complete understanding of their film’s protagonist. Cord ...Dec 17, 2023 · Cord Jefferson’s “American Fiction” has won rave reviews and is tipped to be an Oscars favorite with its satirical portrayal of the exploitation of Black people in media, balanced with sharp ...Aug 13, 2020 · Cord Jefferson wrote the episode of the series in which the main character narrowly survives the 1921 Tulsa Massacre, when white supremacists destroyed a prosperous Black community. Dec 6, 2023 · Ten years ago, Cord Jefferson was blogging for Gawker. Now, his directorial debut, American Fiction, is almost guaranteed a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars and he’s a frontrunner for Best ...Feb 19, 2024 · Cord Jefferson, far right, with Sterling K. Brown, Erika Alexander and Jeffrey Wright (Orion) How are you holding up in your first awards season? CELINE SONG For me, it being the first time is a ... Mar 10, 2024 · Cord Jefferson is calling on Hollywood to take more “risks” when it comes to low- and mid-budget films. The “American Fiction” writer/director won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for ... Nov 28, 2023 · Before he made his directorial debut with “American Fiction,” Cord Jefferson was a Tucson-born journalist and then a television writer for “Master of None,” “The Good Place ...Sep 17, 2023 · It’s probably unsurprising to hear that winning the Toronto International Film Festival’s prestigious People’s Choice Award is the prime reaction writer-director Cord Jefferson hoped his ...Cord Jefferson is a journalist, writer, and TV producer originally from Tucson, Arizona. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his directorial debut, American Fiction, based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett.Feb 23, 2024 · Director Cord Jefferson on Going From Gawker to the Oscars. by Michael Cuby. Feb. 23, 2024. Image courtesy of Getty. Image treatment by Ashley Peña. Cord Jefferson did not watch the Academy ... By Katie Campione. March 10, 2024 5:09pm. American Fiction ‘s Cord Jefferson is officially an Oscar winner — and he’s pleading with Hollywood studios to give more up and coming creatives a ...Mar 14, 2022 · — Cord Jefferson (@cordjefferson) April 7, 2021. Jefferson was born and grew up in Tuscon, Arizona, but also spent parts of his childhood abroad, in Greece and Saudi Arabia. He has fond memories of the Southwest, but also recalls his alienation as one of the few Black kids in a mostly white and Latino city. “If I wanted to get into Black ...Sep 13, 2023 · Breaking Baz at TIFF: ’American Fiction’s Debut Filmmaker Cord Jefferson Donated A Kidney To His Father – And Made One Of The Year’s Best Movies. By Baz Bamigboye. September 13, 2023 4 ...Dec 15, 2023 · Cord Jefferson was a nervous wreck in 2018. He was still grieving after losing his mother two years before cancer. Still, he knew he needed another creative outlet to get some things off his chest ...Dec 12, 2023 · Variety via Getty Images. Writer-director Cord Jefferson believed in his directorial debut, American Fiction, but never expected the level of acclaim the comedy-drama has received. "It has meant ... 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 22, 2023 · American Fiction: Directed by Cord Jefferson. With Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander. A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.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 ... 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 ... Mar 10, 2024 · Dustin J. Seibert. Cord Jefferson, former staff writer for The Root, saw his commitment to writing Black content culminate with the ultimate award Sunday night, as he accepted an Oscar for Best ...5 days ago · Cord Jefferson will receive the Writers Guild of America West’s 2024 Paul Selvin Award for his “American Fiction” screenplay, which he adapted from Percival Everett’s novel “Erasure ...Feb 27, 2024 · Cord Jefferson winner of best screenplay for 'American Fiction' poses in the press room during the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday. Monica Schipper/Getty Images. CNN —Mar 11, 2024 · By Katie Campione. March 10, 2024 5:09pm. American Fiction ‘s Cord Jefferson is officially an Oscar winner — and he’s pleading with Hollywood studios to give more up and coming creatives a ...[Cord Jefferson] So many white youths debase themselves the way that they are, and so I think sometimes people need to stick their necks out. I don’t want to use the word ‘martyr,’ but I ...Feb 6, 2024 · Cord Jefferson is revealing the advice his “hero” Spike Lee gave him after screening Oscar-nominated film “American Fiction.”. During Turner Classic Movies’ “Talking Pictures: A Movie ...Feb 7, 2024 · "American Fiction" actors Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown and director Cord Jefferson hope the film's five Oscar nominations and its enthusiastic reception will help shift attitudes in Hollywood.Dec 24, 2023 · Cord Jefferson, a TV writer for Watchmen, talks about his feature directorial debut, a satire of Hollywood and publishing's treatment of Black …Mar 10, 2024 · Cord Jefferson accepts the Best Adapted Screenplay award for "American Fiction" onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (L-R) Cord Jefferson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Erika Alexander, and Adam Brody attend the Los Angeles special screening of 'American Fiction.' Amy Sussman/Getty Images ... 柯德·杰弗森 Cord Jefferson. 性别: 男. 职业: 编剧 / 导演. 更多中文名: 科德·杰斐逊. imdb编号: nm6852255. 分享到. 影人简介 · · · · · ·. 柯德·杰斐逊是一位美国作家 …Feb 26, 2024 · Cord Jefferson won the best screenplay category at the 39th Independent Spirit Awards for his film on Sunday and kept it real in his acceptance speech. Mar 11, 2024 · Last night Cord Jefferson, the recipient of AFF’s inaugural Writer’s Writer Award, took home the Oscar® for his debut feature, the biting, witty, cerebral satire American Fiction.. Adapted from Percival Everett’s novel Erasure, the strikingly sharp film won the Audience Award at the 30th annual Austin Film Festival, and is now officially an …[Cord Jefferson] So many white youths debase themselves the way that they are, and so I think sometimes people need to stick their necks out. I don’t want to use the word ‘martyr,’ but I ... Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special - 2020. Winner. Cord Jefferson, Written by. Watchmen. "This Extraordinary Being". HBO. HBO in association with White Rabbit and Warner Bros. Television and DC and Paramount Television. The Television Academy database lists prime-time Emmy information. Click here to learn more. Mar 11, 2024 · American Fiction‘s Cord Jefferson is officially an Oscar winner — and he’s pleading with Hollywood studios to give more up and coming creatives a shot at their own golden statuette. While ...Mar 12, 2024 · Share this: (Cord Jefferson accepts the Oscar® for Adapted Screenplay during the live ABC telecast of the 96th Oscars® at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on Sunday, March 10, 2024) After the remarkable success of American Fiction at the Oscars, screenwriter/director Cord Jefferson engaged in reflective dialogue, delving …Feb 6, 2024 · Cord Jefferson woke up very early on Oscar nominations morning Jan. 23 to discover that his debut feature “American Fiction” was the recipient of five noms, including Best Picture and Best ...Nov 2, 2014 · 32. By Cord Jefferson. Illustrations by Celine Loup. For a few weeks one summer, when I was about eight or nine, my family and I road-tripped from our home in Tucson to the Grand Canyon and then ...Jan 29, 2024 · Cord Jefferson . In his own movie, comedy is employed as a Trojan horse, allowing Jefferson to make serious points about race and how our culture metabolises it while avoiding being a scold.Feb 27, 2024 · Cord Jefferson winner of best screenplay for 'American Fiction' poses in the press room during the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday. Monica Schipper/Getty Images. CNN —Dec 13, 2023 · Variety via Getty Images. Writer-director Cord Jefferson believed in his directorial debut, American Fiction, but never expected the level of acclaim the comedy-drama has received. "It has meant ...Feb 6, 2024 · Cord Jefferson is revealing the advice his “hero” Spike Lee gave him after screening Oscar-nominated film “American Fiction.”. During Turner Classic Movies’ “Talking Pictures: A Movie ...Cord Jefferson. 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Amid a rise of “ ambient TV ” that doesn’t require much from its viewers, including their full attention, Cord Jefferson’s writing is not only thought-provoking but defiant. From the spiritually ambiguous quartet on “The Good Place” and the morally compromised heirs of “Succession,” to the sociopolitical torment of masked vigilantes on “Watchmen” and the …. Do not disturb store
Jan 12, 2024 · This article was originally published on January 12, 2024.At the 2024 Oscars, American Fiction won the award for Best Adapted Screenplay.. Last November, when Cord Jefferson sat down for an ...Dec 3, 2023 · In this Color of Conversation, Writer/Director Cord Jefferson talks about deviating from tragic Black storytelling, the resilience and humor of Black people,... Dec 25, 2023 · American Fiction. with Director Cord Jefferson. Jordan Raup December 25, 2023. At the tail end of my interview with American Fiction director Cord Jefferson, I asked him a brief question about finding the right tone for the ending of this directorial debut. Much to my surprise, he went deep into all aspects of the final moments: the extensive ...Dec 22, 2023 · Cord Jefferson: I read it in December of 2020, which was, as you may know, a terrible year. [Laughs] It was not a great year. I had, besides just the same stuff that had happened for everybody, I had some major professional failures that year that were sort of bugging me, and I always kind of get gloomy around the holidays too anyway. So I was ...Mar 14, 2022 · — Cord Jefferson (@cordjefferson) April 7, 2021. Jefferson was born and grew up in Tuscon, Arizona, but also spent parts of his childhood abroad, in Greece and Saudi Arabia. He has fond memories of the Southwest, but also recalls his alienation as one of the few Black kids in a mostly white and Latino city. “If I wanted to get into Black ...Sep 10, 2023 · W ith American Fiction, Cord Jefferson crafts a hilarious and withering satire about an African American novelist chafing against an industry that limits Black storytelling to trauma and poverty ... Dec 25, 2023 · Cord Jefferson, left; Tracee Ellis Ross, sterling K. Brown, and Erika Alexander.. In “American Fiction,” the feature directorial debut from The Root alum Cord Jefferson, Jeffrey Wright stars ...Mar 11, 2024 · Cord Jefferson’s career. Jefferson’s writing career began with journalism. His initial gigs were writing for both Stereohyped and MollyGood. He worked as an editor for Gawker for several years till it shuttered in 2016. He also contributed to outlets such as USA Today, Huffington Post, The Root, and The New York Times Magazine. ...Feb 16, 2024 · SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 13: (L-R) Moderator Anne Thompson, Samy Burch, Arthur Harari, David Hemingson, Cord Jefferson, Tony McNamara, Josh Singer, and Celine Song speak onstage at the ... [Cord Jefferson] So many white youths debase themselves the way that they are, and so I think sometimes people need to stick their necks out. I don’t want to use the word ‘martyr,’ but I ...4 days ago · Outstanding Writing For A Limited Series, Movie Or Dramatic Special - 2020. Winner. Cord Jefferson, Written by. Watchmen. "This Extraordinary Being". HBO. HBO in association with White Rabbit and Warner Bros. Television and DC and Paramount Television. The Television Academy database lists prime-time Emmy information. Click …Shortly after 7 a.m. on Tuesday, Jefferson received word that his feature directorial debut snagged five Spirit Award nominations including nods for feature, screenplay, lead performance for star ...Dec 7, 2023 · Cord Jefferson would love to stay and chat with his icons, but he’s in the midst of a long awards season and has to “talk to some strangers” about his debut feature “American Fiction ...February 10, 2024 7:11pm. “I want to do an erotic thriller and I’m also working on a neo-western that is also is like a noir,” beamed American Fiction filmmaker Cord Jefferson about his ...Dec 2, 2022 · T-Street’s Ben LeClair and Nikos Karamigios produced, with Jermaine Johnson of 3Arts and Jefferson. “As longtime fans of Cord, we are thrilled to be a part of his feature film debut and for ...5 days ago · Erik Pedersen. This is fact: Oscar-winning American Fiction screenwriter Cord Jefferson will receive the WGA West’s 2024 Paul Selvin Award next month. …Mar 14, 2022 · — Cord Jefferson (@cordjefferson) April 7, 2021. Jefferson was born and grew up in Tuscon, Arizona, but also spent parts of his childhood abroad, in Greece and Saudi Arabia. He has fond memories of the Southwest, but also recalls his alienation as one of the few Black kids in a mostly white and Latino city. “If I wanted to get into Black ...The debut filmmaker shares a moment with THR at the L.A. premiere of his Orion Pictures movie which stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Sterling K. Brown, Erika Alexander and Adam Brody.Mar 10, 2024 · Cord Jefferson is calling on Hollywood to take more “risks” when it comes to low- and mid-budget films. The “American Fiction” writer/director won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for ... .