Jenny Kleiman
Screenwriter. Director. Producer. Script to Screen Mentor. #5 on No Film School x Austin Film Festival\'s \"25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2021.\" Represented by Gersh.
- Role
- Screenwriting Instructor at Chill Subs
- Location
- New York, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jenny Kleiman
Jenny Kleiman is a screenwriter, director, producer, and screenwriting teacher. She was recently featured by the Austin Film Festival and No Film School as #5 on the Screenwriters to Watch in 2021 list. Jenny\'s work \"finds the fun and funny in trauma,\" united in thematic explorations of changing families, sex, and the taboo. Her most recent short, Sofa Queen, received more than 20 festival selections and won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short at Film Invasion LA. She teaches the Working the Wound Screenwriting Workshop focused on helping writers of all identities to develop complex women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ protagonists. Born in NYC and raised in South Carolina, Jenny is a mod podge of dueling American cultures. 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 the West Village with her border collie-mix.
Experience
Screenwriting Instructor
May 2023 — Present
A well-formed character wound creates a hard-to-correct misbehavior. Why do we watch TV? Because TV characters don’t heal, and great wounds stand directly in the way of a character achieving his/her/their goal. Using this unique approach to the craft of screenwriting, Jenny uses characters’ misbehaviors and trauma (yes, in comedy too!) to develop rich and layered story arcs.
Education
University of Colorado Boulder
BFA, Film Production; Women and Gender Studies
2005 — 2009
Prague Film School
Summer Workshop Attendee, Film/Cinema/Video Studies
2013
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