“I had a horrible 2020. Besides the Covid thing, I had a big professional failing: I came very close to getting a TV show on the air, and at the last minute it was killed.”

American writer and director

Cord Jefferson is an American writer and director. After studying at the College of William & Mary, he began his career in journalism and later worked as an editor at Gawker until 2014. He wrote for a range of publications before moving into editing, and his work spans both writing and directing. His background in journalism places him in the world of editorial storytelling, where clarity and observation matter as much as style.