10 Facts About Jac Schaeffer

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Jacqueline Schaeffer was born on October 26, 1978 and is an American filmmaker 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 co-writing the initial story to the film Black Widow.

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Jac Schaeffer grew up in Agoura Hills, California and was inspired by filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Allison Anders, and Lisa Cholodenko as a teenager.

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Jac Schaeffer's went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production from the USC School of Cinema.

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Jac Schaeffer's wrote for the Princeton Triangle Club theatre groupe, where she played versions of herself.

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Jac Schaeffer's is Jewish on her father's side, and has two children.

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Jac Schaeffer's wrote, produced and directed her first feature film, an science fiction romantic comedy called TiMER starring Emma Caulfield.

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Jac Schaeffer wrote The Hustle, a Dirty Rotten Scoundrels remake starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson, which was released in May 2019.

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Jac Schaeffer contributed to the screenplay for the Marvel Studios film Captain Marvel with Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck.

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Jac Schaeffer wrote the Marvel Studios film Black Widow starring Scarlett Johansson, until she was replaced with Ned Benson, who was in turn replaced by Eric Pearson.

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Jac Schaeffer's was hired by Marvel to write the first and final episodes and serve as head writer for the Disney+ miniseries WandaVision, in January 2019.

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