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Jenny Mackenzie

Jenny Mackenzie

Known for

Directing

Birthplace

New York City, New York

Biography

Jenny Mackenzie is a documentary filmmaker who produces films that promote social change. Her films include Kick Like a Girl, Where's Herbie?, Sugar Babies, Lead With Love, Dying in Vein, The Opiate Generation and the 2018 Sundance & Emmy-award winning film Quiet Heros. Her most recent film, The Right To Read will be available in spring of 2023. Jenny's films have aired on top broadcast and VOD channels such as HBO, HULU, PBS, and Amazon, and have received praise in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe.

Jenny's films have received grant support from Chicken & Egg Films, Artemis Rising Foundation, The Sorenson Legacy Foundation, Fledgling Fund, The Larry H. Miller Fo...

Best known work

Quiet Heroes

Quiet Heroes

2018
The Right to Read

The Right to Read

2023
Dying in Vein: The Opiate Generation

Dying in Vein: The Opiate Generation

2017
Lead with Love

Lead with Love

Kick Like a Girl

Kick Like a Girl

2008
However Long

However Long

Sugar Babies: Two Epidemics of Diabetes in Our Children

Sugar Babies: Two Epidemics of Diabetes in Our Children

Why Religion?

Why Religion?

2026

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Lead with Love

    Writer, Director

  2. TBA

    However Long

    Director

  3. TBA

  4. 2026

    Why Religion?

    Director, Producer

  5. 2023

    The Right to Read

    Producer, Director

  6. 2018

    Quiet Heroes

    Director

  7. 2017

  8. 2008

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