Cord Jefferson is one among the brightest stars of awards season. His debut film “American Fiction” appeared on various year-end film lists and earned multiple nominations at various award ceremonies, including five Academy Award nominations. Ahead of Sunday’s Oscars, we take a have a look at Jefferson’s profession as a journalist and screenwriter.

Beginnings as a journalist

Jefferson began his profession as a journalist long before he became the screenwriter we know today. He served as West Coast Editor at Gawker and was involved in its creation various facilitiesincluding the New York Times, USA Today and Huffington Post magazines.

He said In Magazine in a recent profile during which he discusses his transition from journalism to screenwriting: “For me, writing is writing. For James Baldwin, writing was a toolkit that allowed him to do many different things: he wrote a collection of essays, then a novel, and finally a piece of journalism about politics… if you were a good journalist, you could probably be a good screenwriter or novelist. This skill set travels.”

Early television appearances

Jefferson first began writing for television while working on Survivor’s Remorse, the LeBron James-produced Starz series that debuted in 2014. He recently said Everyday Beast the break-in seemed “insurmountable” until he got the job, which led him to other pursuits, including writing for “The Nightly Show” with Larry Wilmore.

Calling it a “constant grind” of late night, he told the web site: “It wasn’t just the brutal pace of a regular late night show, we were also trying to figure out what the show was about and build it as much as possible. We jumped off a cliff.”

Success(ion) in comedy

As Jefferson continued to forge his path in television writing, he forged his own path, never sticking to one genre for too long. In 2017, he worked on “Master of None”, a Netflix comedy-drama created by Aziz Ansari, and in addition worked on “The Good Place”, a comedy series by Michael Schur it’s believed probably the greatest within the last 10 years.

One of the most important series he worked on was “Succession,” the hit HBO drama that won the Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series three seasons in a row. Jefferson officiated consultant throughout the show’s highly acclaimed second season.

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Jefferson’s work in television led him to win television’s biggest award: an Emmy Award. In 2020, he won for his work on the HBO limited series “Watchmen,” a sequel of sorts to the beloved graphic novel of the identical name. The award-winning episode, “This Extraordinary Being” is: hailed as “astonishing” by critics coping with problems with race, sexuality and mythology. The sixth episode of the series takes viewers back in time to an alternate yr of 1938, following the story of supporting superhero, Hooded Justice.

‘Career failure’ leads to ‘American fiction’

Now the premiere of “American Fiction” – Jefferson’s debut film based on Percival Everett’s novel “Erasure”. Starring Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Sterling K. Brown, Issa Rae and more. The film received rave reviews from critics and various awards, including an award BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Screenplay on the Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Jefferson recently revealed that if it weren’t for a recent “career failure,” he may not have created “American Fiction” in any respect. He explained to The Wrap: (*5*) Shortly thereafter, Jefferson got here across “Erasure” and quickly fell in love with the story, which deals with the art of writing, stereotypes, and the creation of authentic artworks.

“American Fiction” is up for five Oscars, including best picture and best adapted screenplay.