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Tamara Jenkins

Tamara Jenkins

Director, Choices: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly (2001-2002 National East Contest Winner)

"When I first read Choices I had a crush on the script. It was so raw, so real."

- Tamara Jenkins

Tamara Jenkins wrote and directed the movie Slums of Beverly Hills, which premiered at the Directors' Fortnight of the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. Her short films Fugitive Love and Family Remains have been shown at the Museum of Modern Art and have garnered prizes such as a Special Recognition Award for Excellence in Short Filmmaking from the Sundance Film Festival. Ms. Jenkins is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for Filmmaking. She also directs PSAs and works with kids in theater and film with such organizations as The 52nd Street Project. She is currently writing an original screenplay that she plans to direct for This Is That and Universal's Focus Features.

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