Biography
JENNIFER KENT graduated from NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) as an actor and has worked extensively in theatre, film and TV in Australia. In 2002, Jennifer undertook a directing attachment with Lars von Trier on Dogville, starring Nicole Kidman.
She has since been writing and developing her own film projects. Jennifer's award winning short film, Monster, was screened at over forty international festivals. She was one of the directors on Two Twisted, a series of 'Twilight Zone' style thrillers produced by Bryan Brown for Channel Nine Australia. Jennifer has three feature films in development including Grace (a dark, gothic love story set in Tasmania in the 1820s), which won the Prix Du Scenario for unproduced scripts at the Cinema Des Antipodes festival in France. THE BABADOOK is Jennifer's debut feature as writer/director.
Screenwriter
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2018 |
The Nightingale |
2014 |
The Babadook |
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2022 |
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities |
The Murmuring (E08) |
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2005 |
Monster |
Director
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2018 |
The Nightingale |
2014 |
The Babadook |
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2022 |
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities |
The Murmuring (E08) |
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2005 |
Two Twisted |
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2005 |
Monster |
Actress
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2003 |
Preservation |
1998 |
Babe: Pig in the City |
1997 |
The Well |
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2000 |
Above the Law |
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Murder Call |
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Done to Death (S03E20) |
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House of Spirits (S03E19) |
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Absent Friends (S03E18) |
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1999 |
Murder Call |
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Cut & Dried (S03E11) |
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Booming Business (S03E10) |
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Hide & Seek (S03E09) |
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1998 |
All Saints |
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Murder Call |
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Mix 'n' Match (S02E19) |
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Bone Dead (S02E18) |
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Instrument of Death (S02E17) |
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1997 |
Murder Call |
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Heartstopper (S01E16) |
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Fall from Grace (S01E15) |
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Blood Heat (S01E14) |
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1992 |
The New Adventures of Black Beauty |
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1989 |
G.P. |
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Police Rescue |
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1981 |
A Country Practice |
Producer
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2018 |
The Nightingale |
Guest
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1999 |
O'Loghlin on Saturday Night |