Spotlight On: Patty Jenkins

Happy International Women’s Day to all of the incrus Content, including our clients,
Happy International Women’s Day to all of the incredible and inspiring women of Anonymous Content, including our clients, colleagues and friends! Today, we are proud to spotlight the women of our commercial directing roster and their changemaking work. Read on for more about each of these women and to view their reels.

 


PATTY JENKINS is an award-winning writer and director best known for directing Warner Bros. Pictures and DCs’ 2017 blockbuster Wonder Woman and 2020 follow up Wonder Woman 1984, as well as her debut Oscar-winning feature Monster. Additionally, Jenkins is responsible her creative work helming the pilot and series finale of AMC’s hit show “The Killing,” garnering her the 2012 DGA Award for Best Director of the Year along with a Primetime Emmy nomination. After the success of her debut feature, Jenkins went on to direct many commercials and TV programs. In addition to her award-winning work on the pilot and finale of “The Killing,” she directed episodes of Fox’s “Arrested Development” and HBO’s “Entourage,” and the pilot episodes of ABC’s “Betrayal” and “Exposed.” She also directed and executive produced the critically acclaimed 2019 TNT limited drama series “I Am the Night.”
In 2017, Jenkins became the first woman in history to helm a live action film with a budget over $100 million, and the first woman to direct a major superhero film with her global and critical hit Wonder Woman. The film opened to rave reviews and became one of Rotten Tomatoes’ highest-rated superhero films of all time. Additionally, it smashed box office records, becoming the highest-grossing film of the summer and third-highest-grossing film of the year domestically, and the highest-grossing live-action film directed solo by a woman – domestic and worldwide. To date, Wonder Woman has grossed more than $822.1 million at the global box office.