Jac Schaeffer
American screenwriter and producer (born 1978)
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Jacqueline Schaeffer (born October 26, 1978) is an American screenwriter and producer best known for her 2009 feature film debut TiMER and for her work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe creating the Disney+ television miniseries WandaVision and Agatha All Along as well as co-writing the initial story to the film Black Widow.[1][2]
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Jac Schaeffer | |
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Schaeffer in 2024 | |
| Born | October 26, 1978 Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Education | Princeton University (AB) University of Southern California (MFA) |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 2009–present |
Life and career
Schaeffer grew up in Agoura Hills, California, and was inspired by filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Allison Anders, and Lisa Cholodenko as a teenager.[3] Schaeffer graduated from Princeton University with an A.B. in English in 2000 after completing an 81-page senior thesis, titled "Splinter in the Mind: The Dilemma of the Political Dystopian Protagonist and the Cyberpunk Hero", under the supervision of Maria DiBattista.[4] She went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.[3][5][6] She wrote for the Princeton Triangle Club theatre groupe, where she played versions of herself.[7] She is Jewish on her father's side,[8] and has two children.[3] She wrote, produced and directed her first feature film, a science fiction romantic comedy called TiMER starring Emma Caulfield. The film premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival and saw a limited US release a year later.[2]
Schaeffer wrote The Hustle, a Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson,[9] which was released in May 2019.[10] Schaeffer is also developing her Blacklisted-script The Shower with Hathaway.[11]
Schaeffer contributed to the screenplay for the Marvel Studios film Captain Marvel with Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. The film was released on March 8, 2019.[12][13]
Schaeffer also wrote the Marvel Studios film Black Widow starring Scarlett Johansson,[14] until she was replaced with Ned Benson, who was in turn replaced by Eric Pearson.[15] She was also hired by Marvel to write the first and final episodes and serve as head writer for the Disney+ miniseries WandaVision, in January 2019.[16] In May 2021, she signed a three-year overall deal with Marvel Studios and 20th Television to develop projects for them,[17] including a WandaVision spin-off titled Agatha All Along (2024), centered on Agatha Harkness.[18] She was also set to work on a second WandaVision spin-off, titled Vision Quest and centered on The Vision,[19] before departing the project by September 2024 due to scheduling issues with Agatha All Along;[20] she still received an executive producer credit on the series.[21] Most recently, she signed an overall deal with Amazon MGM Studios.[22]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | TiMER | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2017 | Olaf's Frozen Adventure | No | Yes | No | Short film |
| 2019 | Captain Marvel | No | Uncredited | No | |
| The Hustle | No | Yes | No | ||
| 2021 | Black Widow | No | Story | No |
Television series
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Creator | Executive Producer |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | WandaVision | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Wrote 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Agatha All Along | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Wrote 2 episodes Directed 3 episodes |
| 2026 | VisionQuest | No | No | No | Yes |
Awards and nominations
- This award does not have a single winner, but recognizes multiple series.
