Patricia Lea "Patty" Jenkins (born July 24, 1971) is an American

United States

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 film director

Film director

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 and writer. She grew up in Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence, Kansas

Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the U.S. State of Kansas and the county seat of Douglas County. Located in northeastern Kansas, Lawrence is the anchor city of the Lawrence, Kansas, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Douglas County...

 and attended the AFI Conservatory

AFI Conservatory

The AFI Conservatory is a division of the American Film Institute founded in 1969, located in Hollywood's Griffith Park. The school is the only existing Master of Fine Arts conservatory in advanced film education...

. She graduated from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1993. The most famous film she has directed to date is Monster, a docudrama about Aileen Wuornos

Aileen Wuornos

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. On July 14, 2011, she received an Emmy

Primetime Emmy Award

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 nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the pilot of The Killing.

Director

• Velocity Rules (2001)
• Just Drive (2001)
• Monster (2003)
• Arrested Development (2004) ("The One Where They Build a House
  The One Where They Build a House
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• Entourage
  Entourage (TV series)
  Entourage is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and concluded on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons...
  
  (2006) ("Crash and Burn" and "The Release")
• The Killing (2011) ("Pilot")
• Project 5 (2011)
• Thor 2 (2013)

External links

• 2004 Patty Jenkins interview with Jon Niccum