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Jenny Mackenzie profile
Director

Jenny Mackenzie

Directing

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 6

TMDB ID: 1768773

IMDb ID: nm3077054

Known for: Directing

Place of birth: New York City, New York

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2008 - 2023

Years active: 16

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Director (6)

Biography

Jenny Mackenzie is a documentary filmmaker who produces films that promote social change. Her films include Kick Like a Girl, Where's Herbie?, Sugar Babies, Lead With Love, Dying in Vein, The Opiate Generation and the 2018 Sundance & Emmy-award winning film Quiet Heros. Her most recent film, The Right To Read will be available in spring of 2023. Jenny's films have aired on top broadcast and VOD channels such as HBO, HULU, PBS, and Amazon, and have received praise in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. Jenny's films have received grant support from Chicken & Egg Films, Artemis Rising Foundation, The Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Fledgling Fund, The Larry H. Miller Foundation & The Eccles Foundation. She is a graduate of Brown University and received a Ph.D. from the University of Utah, she is the daughter of Will Mackenzie aunt of Farrah Mackenzie. She has worked in collaboration with the Utah Film Center for over 15 years and is an assistant professor in documentary film production at Utah Valley University.

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