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Cord Jefferson
Writing
Born: 1982
Tucson, Arizona, USA
14 Global Credits
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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.
Known For
IT: Welcome to Derry
Writer
2025 · US
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Self
2025 · US
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
2024 · US
Dinner Time Live with David Chang
Self
2024 · US
Station Eleven
Writer
2021 · US
Watchmen
Executive Story Editor
2019 · US
Succession
Other
2018 · US
The Good Place
Writer
2016 · US
Full Credits
| Show / Title | Year | Credit / Role |
|---|---|---|
| IT: Welcome to Derry | 2025 | Writer |
| Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television | 2025 | Self |
| Hollywood Black | 2024 | Self (archive footage) |
| Dinner Time Live with David Chang | 2024 | Self |
| Station Eleven | 2021 | Writer |
| Watchmen | 2019 | Executive Story Editor |
| Succession | 2018 | Other |
| The Good Place | 2016 | Writer |
| Master of None | 2015 | Co-Executive Producer, Story |
| The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | 2015 | Writer |
| Survivor's Remorse | 2014 | Writer |
| The Daily Show | 1996 | Self |
| The Oscars | 1953 | Self |