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  2. Cord Jefferson made his directorial debut with American Fiction. In November 2022, Jeffrey Wright was cast in the untitled film, based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett . Cord Jefferson would adapt the novel, with the film being his directorial debut.

  3. American Fiction: Directed by Cord Jefferson. With Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander. A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.

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    • Comedy, Drama
    • Cord Jefferson
    • 2023-12-22
  4. Jan 5, 2024 · Writer/director Cord Jefferson on the set of American Fiction. Claire Folger. Cord Jefferson is troubled by the cultural fascination with stories about Black trauma and suffering....

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  5. Oct 12, 2023 · 'American Fiction' writer-director Cord Jefferson discusses the meta origins of the movie's title, the joke Jeffrey Wright ad libbed and the movie's goal.

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  6. Dec 24, 2023 · American Fiction, an adaptation of Percy Everett’s novel Erasure and Jefferson’s feature directorial debut, follows a Black academic and author named Thelonious “MonkEllison (played by...

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  7. Jan 12, 2024 · ‘American Fiction’ writer-director Cord Jefferson was interviewed by friend and past collaborator Mike Schur, who wanted to prove a theory he had about Jefferson’s career.

  8. Dec 14, 2023 · The first film from the director Cord Jefferson stars Jeffrey Wright as an author who becomes a pseudonymous success writing a potboiler he loathes.