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Jac Schaeffer

Jac Schaeffer

Writer, producer, director and actor · Born January 1, 1978 (48)

Primetime Emmy nominee · 2 other major award bodies

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jac Schaeffer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 1, 1978 (48)
Works as
Writer, producer, director and actor
Titles
7 on Motif · 9 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 28% in 30 days

What are Jac Schaeffer's films like?

Across their 7 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

A split, not a type: Grounded 1 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

A split, not a type: Gentle 3 · Charged 0 · Intense 1

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Casual 3 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved 4 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
4
Tense
3
Contemplative
3
Absurd
2
Melancholic
2
Other
5

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jac Schaeffer's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 7 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (5).

Subscription and free streaming for Jac Schaeffer's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

9 credits, 7 with a Motif page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • VisionQuest(2026)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Motif score: 90th percentile of all shows
  • Agatha All Along(2024)

    Show 9 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Motif score: 61st percentile of all shows
  • Black Widow(2021)

    Story

    Motif score: 68th percentile of all films
  • WandaVision(2021)

    Show 9 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Motif score: 90th percentile of all shows
  • The Hustle(2019)

    Screenplay

    Motif score: 24th percentile of all films
  • Motif score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Mr. Stache (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    Director · Writer

  • Mr. Stache: Behind the Scenes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    Actor

  • Timer(2009)

    Director · Producer · Writer

    Motif score: 59th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 9 titles from 2009 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 9: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting3 of 9: 0 only directing, 3 with another roleWriting7 of 9: 3 only writing, 4 with another role · typical Motif score60thProducing4 of 9: 1 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew2 of 9: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

9 titles, 4 with more than one role — writing and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · crew2010s4 · 1 acting · 3 crew2020s4 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

4 major nominations and no wins, 2021–2022.

  1. 2022
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Adapted Long Form
    • Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television
  2. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Jac Schaeffer's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 53rd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 55th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Motif score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Reviewers score the dialogue 57/100 and the plot and story 45/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jac Schaeffer's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 Motif titles with content scores, 2 of the 5 categories sit near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 39 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles20–42 · median 32 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 31
Profanity5 titles21–56 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 35
Alcohol & Drugs4 titlesmedian 30 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 50 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jac Schaeffer work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jac Schaeffer's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brad Winderbaum shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers