
Person
Jenny Mackenzie
Directing · New York City, New York
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.
Known for

Quiet Heroes
Director

The Right to Read
Producer

However Long
Director
Sugar Babies: Two Epidemics of Diabetes in Our Children
Director

Lead with Love
Writer

Kick Like a Girl
Director

Dying in Vein: The Opiate Generation
Director
Filmography
- 2023The Right to ReadProducer
- 2018Quiet HeroesDirector
- 2017Dying in Vein: The Opiate GenerationDirector
- 2008Kick Like a GirlDirector
- —Lead with LoveWriter
- —However LongDirector
- —Sugar Babies: Two Epidemics of Diabetes in Our ChildrenDirector
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