---
name: "Jennie Lew Tugend"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jennie-lew-tugend"
fi1m_id: "jennie-lew-tugend"
imdb_id: "nm0506681"
tmdb_id: 14337
wikidata_id: "Q20638978"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T01:11:27.435579+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jennie Lew Tugend

## Identity

Jennie Lew Tugend

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jennie-lew-tugend
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jennie-lew-tugend
- **IMDb ID:** nm0506681
- **TMDB ID:** 14337
- **Wikidata ID:** Q20638978
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20638978, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0506681/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14337

Producer. Born 1 January 2000.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000
- **Active:** 1985–1998
- **Also known as:** Jennie Lew-Tugend
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 2 acting, 5 producing
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as producer, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 74 (4), 1990s 62 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 70 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Crime 3, Thriller 3, Adventure 2, Family 2, Comedy 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $893m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20638978, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0506681/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14337

## Biography

Jennie Lew Tugend is an American film and television producer. Her credits include producer on *Free Willy* (1993), *Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home* (1995) and *Free Willy 3: The Rescue* (1997); associate producer on *Lethal Weapon* (1987) and *Scrooged* (1988); and co-producer on *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989), *Lethal Weapon 3* (1992), *Radio Flyer* (1992) and episodes of *Tales from the Crypt* (1991–1992). She also served as executive assistant on *The Goonies* (1985).

Tugend was co-president of Kadokawa Pictures USA and has produced *Return to Me* (2000), *Local Boys* (2002), *One Missed Call* (2008) and episodes of *Masters of Horror* (2006–2007). She has taught film production at UCLA Extension and served as a producing mentor at the American Film Institute Conservatory. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Producers Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

*Sources: imdb.com, uclaextension.edu, huffpost.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Performed in (2)

- *Lethal Weapon 4* (1998), Fi1m 55, as Cheng's Receptionist — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-4.md)
- *Scrooged* (1988), Fi1m 66, as Foo-Ling — [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)

### Produced (5) — the average rests on these

- *Free Willy* (1993), Fi1m 68, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/free-willy.md)
- *Lethal Weapon 3* (1992), Fi1m 64, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-3.md)
- *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989), Fi1m 74, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-2.md)
- *Lethal Weapon* (1987), Fi1m 80, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon.md)
- *The Goonies* (1985), Fi1m 76, as Data's Mother (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-goonies.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Albatross* (2022), Executive Producer
- *Erin* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Poppies* (2018), Executive Producer
- *One Missed Call* (2008), Producer
- *Dream Cruise* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Return to Me* (2000), as Paramedic · Producer
- *Lethal Weapon 4* (1998), as Cheng's Receptionist — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-4.md)
- *Star Kid* (1997), Producer
- *Free Willy 3: The Rescue* (1997), Producer
- *Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home* (1995), Producer
- *Free Willy* (1993), Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/free-willy.md)
- *Lethal Weapon 3* (1992), Co-Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-3.md)
- *Radio Flyer* (1992), Co-Producer
- *Lethal Weapon 2* (1989), Co-Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon-2.md)
- *Tales from the Crypt* (1989), series, Co-Producer
- *Scrooged* (1988), as Foo-Ling · Associate Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/scrooged.md)
- *Lethal Weapon* (1987), Associate Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/lethal-weapon.md)
- *The Goonies* (1985), as Data's Mother (uncredited) · Executive Assistant — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/the-goonies.md)

---
© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jennie-lew-tugend