Person
Cord Jefferson
Writing · Born 1982-01-01 · Tucson, Arizona, USA
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.
Known for
The Daily Show
Self - Guest
Succession
Other
IT: Welcome to Derry
Writer
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
Writer
The Good Place
Story Editor
The Oscars
Self
Watchmen
Executive Story Editor
Master of None
Story
Station Eleven
Writer
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
Self
Filmography
- 2025IT: Welcome to DerryWriter
- 2025Seen & Heard: The History of Black TelevisionSelf
- 2024Hollywood BlackSelf (archive footage)
- 2024The DisruptorsExecutive Producer
- 2024Dinner Time Live with David ChangSelf
- 2023American FictionDirector
- 2021Station ElevenWriter
- 2019WatchmenExecutive Story Editor
- 2019In the Still NightThanks
- 2018SuccessionOther
- 2016The Good PlaceStory Editor
- 2015Master of NoneStory
- 2015The Nightly Show with Larry WilmoreWriter
- 2014Survivor's RemorseWriter
- 2013VICESelf - Correspondent
- 1996The Daily ShowSelf - Guest
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —Cord Jefferson's Untitled Erotic ThrillerWriter
- —Cord Jefferson's Untitled Neo-Western/NoirDirector
- —Just CauseExecutive Producer
- —The CorrectionsDirector
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