Cord Jefferson has declared the entertainment business does not “operate on morality”. The writer and director, 42, attacked the industry’s reluctance to fund “risky” projects after he picked up the best adapted screenplay trophy for his film ‘American Fiction’ at Sunday’s (18.02.24) 77th annual BAFTA awards in London’s Royal Festival Hall. He said during the winners’ press conference about the comedy drama about racist stereotypes: “So many people were so afraid to take on this movie and so afraid to finance it and give us distribution. “If the movie does anything – and I love the awards and …