“I promised myself I would never own a car again after moving to New York in the mid-aughts and living without the hassles of having a car - the traffic, the tickets, the tow trucks.”

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.