Industry Standard W/ Barry Katz

PATTY JENKINS IS AN AWARD WINNING WRITER/DIRECTOR, BEST KNOWN FOR HER DEBUT FEATURE “MONSTER,” BASED ON THE LIFE OF CONVICTED SERIAL KILLER AILEEN WUORNOS. PATTY BEGAN HER CAREER AS A PAINTER AT THE COOPER UNION IN NEW YORK CITY. AFTER TRANSITIONSING TO FILMMAKING, SHE SPENT EIGHT YEARS AS A FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA PERSON/FOCUS PULLER. AFTER ATTENDING THE AFI IN LOS ANGELES, SHE WROTE AND DIRECTED “MONSTER” AND IT WAS NAMED BEST FIRST FEATURE BY THE 2004 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS, ONE OF THE TEN BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR BY THE AFI, BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR, AND # 3 FILM OF THE DECADE BY CRITIC ROGER EBERT. THE MOVIE ALSO EARNED STAR CHARLIZE THERON AN OSCAR, GOLDEN GLOBE, SAG AWARD, AND NUMBEROUS CRITICS AWARDS IN THE BEST ACTRESS CATEGORY FOR HER STUNNING PERFORMANCE. JENKINS HAS DIRECTED A PLETHORA OF COMMERCIALS AND TV PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE EMMY AWARD WINNING FOX SERIES “ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT” AND HBO’S ENTOURAGE.” SHE WAS NOMINATED FOR A PRIMETIME EMMY AND WON THE DGA AWARD FOR HELMING THE TV PILOT OF