Patty Jenkins
Birthday: 24 July 1971, George Air Force Base, Victorville, California, USA
Birth Name: Patricia Lea Jenkins
Patty Jenkins is a writer/director best known for her debut feature Monster, based on the life of convicted serial killer Aileen Wuornos, helming the pilot episode of AMC's hit show The Killing a ...Show More
I was into photography and music probably more than anything. I still think probably music is my rea Show more
I was into photography and music probably more than anything. I still think probably music is my real love. I think that it's listening to music that made me want to be a filmmaker. When I was in film school, the second I sat down at a Steenbeck with film that I had just shot and put in music to it, that was it. Instantaneously, I couldn't get enough of it, and it had nothing to do with career or want or desire. I liked to sit there and do that twenty-four hours a day. I was like, 'I can't stop doing this. This is it.' Hide
[on Kodak's new Super 8 camera] People like to think that digital mediums can do anything film can d Show more
[on Kodak's new Super 8 camera] People like to think that digital mediums can do anything film can do, nowadays, but that simply isn't true. Digital is great for certain things, but it is still different. There are plenty of looks, feelings and qualities that only film can do, and you simply cannot capture digitally. [2016] Hide
[re work of directors Kazan, Kubrick, Scorsese] Those guys are great at the tension of the unknown. Show more
[re work of directors Kazan, Kubrick, Scorsese] Those guys are great at the tension of the unknown. You don't know where the story is going, and you're not made to feel comfortable or safe. Hide
I really understand visuals in a way that I didn't before, which is by no means to say I'm a master Show more
I really understand visuals in a way that I didn't before, which is by no means to say I'm a master at all. It's only to say that by getting to try out a bunch of different styles, and different lenses, my understanding has become more fluid. Hide
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