27 Facts About Patty Jenkins

Patricia Lea Jenkins was born on July 24,1971 and is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Patty Jenkins has directed the feature films Monster, Wonder Woman, and Wonder Woman 1984.

Patty Jenkins spent her early childhood moving frequently due to her father's military service.

Patty Jenkins found the film inspiring, and the experience sparked an interest in pursuing filmmaking as a career.

Patty Jenkins completed kindergarten through her junior year of high school while living in Lawrence.

Patty Jenkins received her undergraduate degree in Painting from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1993, and a master's degree in directing from the American Film Institute's AFI Conservatory in 2000.

Patty Jenkins later made a superhero short film that played at AFI Fest.

Patty Jenkins started her career with Just Drives as her first film as director, she would later follow it up with Velocity Rules.

Patty Jenkins received an Emmy nomination because of her work on the film.

Patty Jenkins directed many commercials and TV shows, like episodes of Arrested Development and Entourage.

Patty Jenkins received an Emmy nomination again, for directing AMC's The Killing pilot.

In 2015, Patty Jenkins signed on as director for the DC Extended Universe film Wonder Woman, with a screenplay by Allan Heinberg and a story co-written by Heinberg, Zack Snyder and Jason Fuchs, and starring Gal Gadot.

However, on MTV's "Happy, Sad, Confused" podcast, Patty Jenkins revealed that she considered walking away from the sequel due to salary dispute between her and Warner Bros.

On December 6,2017, Patty Jenkins was named by Time as the seventh runner-up for Time Person of the Year.

Patty Jenkins has been negotiating the terms of her contract with Warner Brothers for an estimated seven to nine million dollars, which would be a record breaking salary for a female filmmaker.

Patty Jenkins signed on to the first film with no guarantee of directing a second film, but envisioned the second one during the making of Wonder Woman, which turned out to benefit her greatly.

In October 2020, it was revealed that Gal Gadot and Patty Jenkins will be teaming up again for the film Cleopatra.

In December 2021, Patty Jenkins dropped out of the film, but remained as a producer, to instead focus on a third Wonder Woman film and the Star Wars spin-off film Rogue Squadron.

In December 2020, Disney announced that Patty Jenkins was hired to direct Rogue Squadron, a Star Wars spin-off film inspired by the group of starfighter pilots of the same name.

Patty Jenkins would be the first female director to helm a Star Wars film, but not the first female director within the overall franchise.

In Wonder Woman, Patty Jenkins suggests that the audience experiences the journey of the lead character Diana Prince through Diana's eyes.

Patty Jenkins suggests that the major theme of the film is the idea that there are no other villains than humans themselves.

Connie Nielsen said that Patty Jenkins fought for feminist themes to be included in Wonder Woman, and rejected the idea of including a controversial origin story for the Amazons, which portrayed them as victims rather than warriors.

Patty Jenkins mentions that she often likes to discuss the process of making soundtracks with musicians like Perry, who was a musical consultant on her film Monster.

The organization and structure of music, according to Patty Jenkins, has a lot of parallels to theatre and drama.

In 2007, Patty Jenkins married Sam Sheridan, a former firefighter and the author of the book A Fighter's Heart.

In 2011, Patty Jenkins received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for the pilot of The Killing.