---
name: "Patty Jenkins"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/patty-jenkins"
fi1m_id: "patty-jenkins"
imdb_id: "nm0420941"
tmdb_id: 6884
wikidata_id: "Q456910"
roles: ["Director","Writer"]
born: "24 July 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "director"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T15:22:45.799303+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."
---

# Patty Jenkins

## Identity

Patty Jenkins

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/patty-jenkins
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** patty-jenkins
- **IMDb ID:** nm0420941
- **TMDB ID:** 6884
- **Wikidata ID:** Q456910
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Jenkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456910, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420941/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6884

Director and writer. Born 24 July 1971 in Victorville, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Writer
- **Born:** 24 July 1971, Victorville, California, USA
- **Active:** 2003–present
- **Also known as:** Patricia Jenkins, Patricia Lea Jenkins, 패티 젠킨스
- **Frequently works with:** [Annie Corley](https://film.one/person/annie-corley.md), [Charles Roven](https://film.one/person/charles-roven.md), [Chris Pine](https://film.one/person/chris-pine.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [Gal Gadot](https://film.one/person/gal-gadot.md), [Robin Wright](https://film.one/person/robin-wright.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as director, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 75 (2), 2010s 62 (1), 2020s 52 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 67 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Drama 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $170m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Jenkins, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456910, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420941/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6884

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Entourage*](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md) (63), [*Wonder Woman 1984*](https://film.one/film/wonder-woman-1984.md) (52)
- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87)
- **AMC+:** [*The Killing*](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md) (62)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Patty Jenkins is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. She directed the feature films *Monster* (2003), *Wonder Woman* (2017) and *Wonder Woman 1984* (2020). She also directed episodes of television series including *Arrested Development* (2003), *Entourage* (2004) and *The Killing* (2011).

Jenkins began her career after studying painting at the Cooper Union in New York and working for several years as an assistant cameraperson on commercials and music videos. For *Monster*, her debut feature, she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. She received a Directors Guild of America award and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for directing the pilot of *The Killing*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tvmaze.com, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Wonder Woman 1984* (2020), Fi1m 52, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story — [page](https://film.one/film/wonder-woman-1984.md)
- *The Killing* (2011), Fi1m 62, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)
- *Entourage* (2004), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern* (2026), Actor
- *Junkie* (2025), Executive Producer
- *What's The Deal With Birds?* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Tea* (2024), Executive Producer
- *Poolman* (2024), Producer
- *Wonder Woman 1984* (2020), Screenplay, Director, Producer, Story — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/wonder-woman-1984.md)
- *I Am the Night* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Director
- *Etta's Mission* (2017), Director
- *Wonder Woman* (2017), Director
- *Frank & Lola* (2016), Thanks
- *DC Films Presents Dawn of the Justice League* (2016), Actor
- *Betrayal* (2013), series, Director
- *Five* (2011), Director
- *The Killing* (2011), series, Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-killing-2011.md)
- *The Sarah Silverman Program* (2007), series, as Jill Talley
- *Entourage* (2004), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md)
- *Monster* (2003), Director, Writer
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Director — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Velocity Rules* (2001), Director, Writer
- *Just Drive* (2001), Director, Writer
- *Inner Sanctum* (1954), series, Actor
- *Suspense* (1949), series, as Margaret Bowers
- *Untitled Patty Jenkins LEGO Film*, Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Best Men*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Patty Jenkins](https://film.one/media/person/62114/gallery-87d8574aa497.jpg) Patty Jenkins — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Patty_Jenkins_at_the_2018_Comic-Con_International.jpg/1280px-Patty_Jenkins_at_the_2018_Comic-Con_International.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Conan O'Brien, Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot, Chris Pine and Connie Nielsen speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Wonder Woman", at the San Di](https://film.one/media/person/62114/gallery-b869efb155b7.jpg) Conan O'Brien, Patty Jenkins, Gal Gadot, Chris Pine and Connie Nielsen speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Wonder Woman", at the San Di — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Conan_O%27Brien%2C_Patty_Jenkins%2C_Gal_Gadot%2C_Chris_Pine_%26_Connie_Nielsen_%2828560989396%29.jpg/1280px-Conan_O%27Brien%2C_Patty_Jenkins%2C_Gal_Gadot%2C_Chris_Pine_%26_Connie_Nielsen_%2828560989396%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Patty Jenkins promoting Wonder Woman at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International.](https://film.one/media/person/62114/gallery-998d1656c9b3.jpg) Patty Jenkins promoting Wonder Woman at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International. — Original art by Gage Skidmore, crop by TriiipleThreat., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Crop_of_Patty_Jenkins_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Crop_of_Patty_Jenkins_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![David Ayer, Patty Jenkins, Zack Snyder, Rick Famuyiwa, James Wan and Ben Affleck speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California](https://film.one/media/person/62114/gallery-776609660594.jpg) David Ayer, Patty Jenkins, Zack Snyder, Rick Famuyiwa, James Wan and Ben Affleck speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/DC_Extended_Universe_directors_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-DC_Extended_Universe_directors_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Patty Jenkins](https://film.one/media/person/62114/gallery-8b4a5c247841.jpg) Patty Jenkins — Image via TMDB
- ![Patty Jenkins](https://film.one/media/person/62114/gallery-6aeb5014c1ce.jpg) Patty Jenkins — Image via TMDB
- ![David Ayer, Patty Jenkins and Zack Snyder speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Warner Bros. Pictures", at the San Diego Convention Cente](https://film.one/media/person/62114/gallery-86ac871cc880.jpg) David Ayer, Patty Jenkins and Zack Snyder speaking at the 2016 San Diego Comic Con International, for "Warner Bros. Pictures", at the San Diego Convention Cente — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/David_Ayer%2C_Patty_Jenkins_%26_Zack_Snyder_%2827976821913%29.jpg/1280px-David_Ayer%2C_Patty_Jenkins_%26_Zack_Snyder_%2827976821913%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Geoff Johns and Patty Jenkins speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Wonder Woman", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to G](https://film.one/media/person/62114/gallery-6c0dfa9aed22.jpg) Geoff Johns and Patty Jenkins speaking at the 2017 WonderCon, for "Wonder Woman", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to G — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Geoff_Johns_%26_Patty_Jenkins_%2833019282964%29.jpg/1280px-Geoff_Johns_%26_Patty_Jenkins_%2833019282964%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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