Meet Jenny.
Born in NYC and raised in South Carolina, Jenny is a mod podge of dueling American cultures- in fact, her great aunt even invented Mod Podge, the crafting glue. A 7th-generation Charlestonian Jew, her family's tomato-based matzo ball soup recipe is included in numerous regional cookbooks. A mean parallel parker, she currently resides in Ridgewood, Queens.
Jenny’s industry experience began with an apprenticeship under Roman Coppola at The Directors Bureau / American Zoetrope where she selected and pitched the pilot for MOZART IN THE JUNGLE, which ran for 4 seasons on Amazon. This would later inspire a move from commercial directing and producing to narrative filmmaking. Her former clients include Adidas, BMW, New York Fashion Week, SEE Eyewear (national TV & web campaign). Her music video and fashion work has been featured by NYLON, Topshop, and PopSugar.
Jenny’s narrative work finds the fun and funny in trauma, united in thematic explorations of changing families, sex, and the taboo. Her expertise lies at the weird, genre-bending intersection of dark comedy, thriller, and horror.
Select Press
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25 Screenwriters to Watch 2021
Jenny Kleiman selected as #5 on the list. Presented by No Film School.
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HELD BY WATER in Top 3% of Coverfly Projects
Top 20 Thrillers & Top 10 Thriller Features (December 2021)
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Nominations for Jenny Kleiman's HELD BY WATER
Best Unproduced Screenplay & Best Horror Screenplay, 2021
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AMERICAN PRINCESS Top Trending Scripts
#1 Trending Script and #16 Overall 1st Quarter, March 2019