Jeff Jenkins
{{short description|American screenwriter}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Jeff Jenkins
| birth_name = Jeffrey Charles Jenkins
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|10|08}}
| birth_place = Michigan
| nationality = American
| occupation = {{hlist|Television producer|director|screenwriter}}
| years_active = 2001{{ndash}}present
| known_for = Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Simple Life, Total Divas
| notable_works = Coming Out Colton
| website = {{URL|https://www.jeffjenkinsproductions.com/}}
}}
Jeff Jenkins is an American producer known for his work in reality television. He is best known for producing The Simple Life, Total Divas, and Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Coming Out Colton.
Career
=Bunim/Murray Productions=
Jenkins started working at Bunim/Murray Productions in 2001 and helped grow and expand the company.{{cite news |last1=Goldberg |first1=Lesley |title=The exec, who played a key role in launching 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians,' had spent 16 years with the production company. |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/bunim-murray-president-jeff-jenkins-exits-1056018 |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=Hollywood Reporter |date=November 8, 2017}} He later served as executive vice president until August 2016. In August 2016, Jenkins was promoted to Co-President of Entertainment and Development the production company until he left Bunim/Murray Productions in November 2017.{{cite news |last1=Lodderhose |first1=Diana |title=Bunim/Murray Prods Seals Deal With Korea's Signal Ent.; BBC Four Acquires 'Black Lake'; A+E Partners With France's Newen Studios — Global Briefs |url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/bunim-murray-productions-south-korea-bbc-four-black-lake-banijay-rights-key-sales-endemol-shine-imagic-deal-middle-east-1202056750/ |access-date=29 April 2021 |publisher=Deadline |date=March 31, 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Hipes |first1=Patrick |title=Ex-Bunim/Murray Co-Prez Jeff Jenkins Launches Production Venture With 3 Ball |url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/jeff-jenkins-productions-3-ball-entertainment-realty-tv-series-bunim-murray-1202475133/ |access-date=29 April 2021 |publisher=Deadline |date=October 3, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Holloway |first1=Daniel |title='Kardashians' Producer Bunim-Murray Names New Co-Presidents, Programming Team (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/kardashians-bunim-murray-co-presidents-1201846968/ |access-date=29 April 2021 |work=Variety |date=August 30, 2016}}
At Bunim/Murray, Jenkins worked as an executive producer for Keeping Up with the Kardashians and its various spin-offs.{{cite news |last1=Schou |first1=Solvej |title=TV Execs Say Unscripted Shows Need Eyeballs, Authenticity (And Kardashians If Possible) To Survive – Produced By |url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/unscripted-tv-success-ratings-kardashians-shark-tank-1201767655/ |access-date=29 April 2021 |publisher=Deadline |date=June 5, 2016}} Keeping Up with the Kardashians won multiple Teen Choice Awards, People's Choice Awards, and E! People's Choice Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/?year=2012|title=People's Choice Awards 2012: Fan Favorites in Movies, Music & TV|publisher=People's Choice Awards|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181317/http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/?year=2012|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}{{cite web |url = http://screenertv.com/news-features/teen-choice-awards-2013-full-winners-list/ |title = Teen Choice Awards 2013: Full winners list |first = Chris |last = Hayner |access-date = August 23, 2015 |date = August 11, 2013 |publisher = Screener }}{{cite web|url=https://www.eonline.com/shows/peoples_choice_awards/photos/26039/people-s-choice-awards-2018-winners/886641/?year=2018|title=KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS|publisher=E! People's Choice Awards|access-date = November 12, 2018 |work = E! Online |date = November 12, 2018 }} Jenkins was a producer for Kourtney and Kim Take Miami, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, Khloé & Lamar, Dash Dolls, Rob & Chyna. Jenkins was a creator, producer, and writer for Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons, which premiered in 2014. In 2015, Jenkins was an executive producer for I Am Cait, which covered Caitlyn Jenner's gender transition. The show was one of the most-watched unscripted series in 2015. In April 2016, the show tied with I Am Jazz for best Outstanding Reality Program at the 27th GLAAD Media Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.advocate.com/media/2016/4/03/caitlyn-jenner-jazz-jennings-win-glaad-awards-video|title=Caitlyn Jenner, Jazz Jennings Win GLAAD Awards}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/awards/7318828/demi-lovato-caitlyn-jenner-2016-glaad-media-awards-winners|title=2016 GLAAD Media Awards: Demi Lovato & Caitlyn Jenner Among Recipients - Billboard|magazine=Billboard}} In 2017, he was an executive producer for Life of Kylie.
=Jeff Jenkins Productions=
In 2018, Jenkins launched Jeff Jenkins Productions alongside 3 Ball Entertainment, which is based in Redondo Beach, California.{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Peter |title=Reality Week: 'Bling Empire's Jeff Jenkins On How Streamers Are Fueling Docusoap Boom & Teaming With Paula Abdul, Anthony Scaramucci & Jocelyn Wildenstein |url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/bling-empire-jeff-jenkins-streamers-docusoap-boom-paula-abdul-anthony-scaramucci-jocelyn-wildenstein-1234728227/ |access-date=29 April 2021 |publisher=Deadline |date=April 6, 2021}} Jeff Jenkins Productions is a full-service content and production company focusing on unscripted docuseries and celebrity-based reality television series.{{cite news |last1=Alcinii |first1=Danielle |title=Small companies, big ideas: Jeff Jenkins Productions aims to focus on the "fun stuff" |url=https://realscreen.com/2020/09/10/small-companies-big-ideas-jeff-jenkins-productions-aims-to-focus-on-the-fun-stuff/ |access-date=29 April 2021 |publisher=Realscreen |date=September 10, 2020}}
In 2020, Jeff Jenkins Productions released Unfiltered: Paris Jackson & Gabriel Glenn on Facebook Watch. In 2021, Jenkins worked with Netflix to produce Bling Empire, which became one of the streaming service's most-watched docuseries at the time.{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Peter |title='Selling Sunset' & 'Bling Empire' Renewed At Netflix, Plus New Reality Shows From Adam DiVello & Jeff Jenkins |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/selling-sunset-bling-empire-renewed-at-netflix-adam-divello-jeff-jenkins-1234710441/ |access-date=29 April 2021 |publisher=Deadline |date=March 10, 2021}} The series was inspired by Crazy Rich Asians.{{cite news |last1=Nicolaou |first1=Elena |title=Bling Empire's Creator Says the Netflix Reality Show Is "1000% Real" |url=https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a35253709/bling-empire-real-scripted/ |access-date=29 April 2021 |publisher=Oprah Daily |date=January 19, 2021}} The company is also producing My Unorthodox Life, which will follow Julia Haart, CEO of Elite World Group and former member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.{{cite news |last1=Layton |first1=Mark |title=Netflix "doubles down" on docusoaps with renewals for 'Selling Sunset' & 'Bling Empire' & new commissions for their creators |url=https://tbivision.com/2021/03/11/netflix-doubles-down-on-docusoaps-with-renewals-for-selling-sunset-bling-empire-new-commissions-for-their-creators/ |access-date=29 April 2021 |publisher=Television Business International |date=March 11, 2021}} In 2021, Jeff Jenkins was the mastermind{{cite web |last1=Hearon |first1=Sarah |title=Colton Underwood's Dad: I 'Would Have Preferred' If He Didn't Come Out to Me on Docuseries |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/colton-underwoods-dad-producer-on-coming-out-colton-criticism/ |website=Us Weekly |date=30 November 2021 |publisher=a360 Media Group}} behind the controversial and uplifting reality series Coming Out Colton on Netflix.{{cite web |last1=Bastidas |first1=Jose Alejandro |title=Why an EP Behind 'Kardashians' Went Indie: 'We Get to Tell Stories That Actually Can Help' |url=https://www.thewrap.com/jeff-jenkins-productions-ceo-reality-tv-office-with-a-view/ |website=The Wrap |date=14 April 2023 }} The series chronicled the coming out process of controversial reality star Colton Underwood which addressed his appearance on The Bachelor and the stalking and harassment allegations against his ex Cassie Randolph.{{cite news |last1=Piepenburg |first1=Erik |title=Colton Underwood Comes Out and Comes Clean |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/arts/television/colton-underwood-netflix.html |newspaper=The New York Times|date=29 November 2021 }} The series premiered to major criticism with Esquire describing the series as "calculated"{{cite web |last1=Kirkland |first1=Justin |title=Netflix's Coming Out Colton Isn't Really About Coming Out At All |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a38392229/netflix-colton-underwood-coming-out-review/ |website=Esquire |date=6 December 2021 |publisher=Hearst}} and Variety{{'}}s Daniel D'Addario saying "'Coming Out Colton' is a distasteful extension of a brand that doesn’t mean much to begin with."{{cite web |last1=D'Addario |first1=Daniel |title='Coming Out Colton' Sidesteps Colton Underwood's Real Story: TV Review |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/reviews/colton-underwood-netflix-1235117558/ |website=Variety |date=29 November 2021 |publisher=Penske Media Corporation}}
Filmography
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="margin-right: 0;" |
| rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year(s) ! colspan="4" scope="col" | Functioned as ! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notes ! rowspan="2" scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
|---|
| scope="col" | Director
! scope="col" | Writer ! scope="col" | Producer ! scope="col" | Creator |
| scope="row"| The Challenge
| 2003 | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | | Supervising producer, 15 episodes; Director, 2 episodes | |
| scope="row"| The Real World
| 2002–2004 | {{yes}} | | | | Director, 30 episodes | |
| scope="row"| Road Rules
| 2007 | | | {{yes}} | | 1 episode | |
| scope="row"| The Simple Life
| 2003–2007 | | | {{yes}} | | |
| scope="row"| Dr. Steve-O
| 2007 | | | {{yes}} | | 7 episodes |
| scope="row"| Living Lohan
| 2008 | | | {{yes}} | | 9 episodes |
| scope="row"| Ski Patrol
| 2008 | | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |
| scope="row"| Old Skool with Terry and Gita
| 2008 | | | {{yes}} | | 3 episodes | |
| scope="row"| Styl'd
| 2009 | | | {{yes}} | | 5 episodes | |
| scope="row"| Kourtney & Kim Take Miami
|2009–2013 | | {{yes}} | | | | |
| scope="row"| The Spin Crowd
| 2010 | | | {{yes}} | | | |
| scope="row"| Married to Rock
| 2010 | | | {{yes}} | | | |
| scope="row"| Khloé & Lamar
| 2010 | | | {{yes}} | | 1 episode |
| scope="row"| Kourtney & Kim Take New York
| 2011–2012 | | | {{yes}} | | | |
| scope="row"| Mrs. Eastwood & Company
| 2012 | | | {{yes}} | | 8 episodes | |
| scope="row"| Kourtney & Khloé Take the Hamptons
| 2014–2015 | | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | | |
| scope="row"| Dash Dolls
| 2015 | | | {{yes}} | | |
| scope="row"| Little Women: Terra's Little Family
| 2015 | | | {{yes}} | | | |
| scope="row"| Stewarts & Hamiltons
| 2015 | | | {{yes}} | | |
| scope="row"| Little Women: LA
| 2015 | | | {{yes}} | | 26 episodes | |
| scope="row"| Ozzy & Jack's World Detour
| 2016 | | | {{yes}} | | 1 episode | |
| scope="row"| Rob & Chyna
| 2016 | | | {{yes}} | | 1 episode |
| scope="row"| Total Bellas
| 2016 | | | {{yes}} | | 1 episode |{{cite news |last1=Petski |first1=Diane |title='Total Bellas' Gets Premiere Date On E! |url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/total-bellas-premiere-date-e-nikki-bella-brie-bella-1201780162/ |access-date=29 April 2021 |publisher=Deadline |date=June 27, 2016}} |
| scope="row"| The Gary Owen Show
| 2016 | | | {{yes}} | | 1 episode | |
| scope="row"| Keeping Up with the Kardashians
| 2007–2016 | | | {{yes}} | | |
| scope="row"| I Am Cait
| 2015–2016 | | | {{yes}} | | |{{cite news |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |title='I Am Cait' Gets Season 2 Premiere Date On E! |url=https://deadline.com/2016/01/i-am-cait-season-2-premiere-date-e-1201683327/ |access-date=29 April 2021 |publisher=Deadline |date=January 14, 2016}} |
| scope="row"| Mariah's World
| 2016–2017 | | | {{yes}} | | 4 episodes |
| scope="row"| Life of Kylie
| 2017 | | | {{yes}} | | |
| scope="row"| So Cosmo
| 2017 | | | {{yes}} | | | |
| scope="row"| Undressed
| 2017 | | | {{yes}} | | | |
| scope="row"| Total Divas
| 2013–2019 | {{yes}} | | {{yes}} | | |
| scope="row"| Unfiltered: Paris Jackson & Gabriel Glenn
| 2020 | | | {{yes}} | | |
| scope="row"| Bling Empire
| 2021 | | | {{yes}} | | |
| scope="row"| Coming Out Colton
| 2021 | | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 6 episodes |{{cite news |last1=Piepenberg |first1=Erik |title=Colton Underwood Comes Out and Comes Clean |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/arts/television/colton-underwood-netflix.html |newspaper=The New York Times|date=29 November 2021 }}{{cite web |title=Coming Out Colton |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/coming_out_colton |website=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango}} |
| scope="row"| The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
| 2024–present | | | {{yes}} | | 8 episodes | |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb name|0420870}}
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