Jacqueline Schaeffer (born October 26, 1978) is an American filmmaker best known for her 2009 feature film debut TiMER and for her work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including creating the Disney+ television miniseries WandaVision and co-writing the initial story for the film Black Widow. Schaeffer grew up in Agoura Hills, California, and was inspired by filmmakers Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Allison Anders, and Lisa Cholodenko as a teenager. 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. She went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. She wrote for the Pri...read more