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Biography
Cord Jefferson is a television writer, journalist, and essayist who has worked on the TV series Watchmen, Succession, The Good Place, and Master of None. He is the recipient of an Emmy Award, NAACP Image Award, two Writers Guild of America Awards, and the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2024
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2024 · nominated
Filmography14 titles
Hollywood Black
2024as Self (archive footage)
2024as Self (archive footage)
Succession
2018Other
2018Other
IT: Welcome to Derry
2025Writer
2025Writer
The Good Place
2016Story Editor, Writer
2016Story Editor, Writer
Watchmen
2019Executive Story Editor, Writer
2019Executive Story Editor, Writer
Master of None
2015Co-Executive Producer, Story, Story Editor
2015Co-Executive Producer, Story, Story Editor
American Fiction
2023Director, Producer, Writer
2023Director, Producer, Writer
Station Eleven
2021Writer
2021Writer
Vice
2013as Self - Correspondent
2013as Self - Correspondent
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
as Self
as Self
The Disruptors
2024Executive Producer
2024Executive Producer
Survivor's Remorse
2014Story, Writer
2014Story, Writer
The Daily Show
1996as Self
1996as Self
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
Writer
Writer