Jennifer Flackett is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter and television writer. In television, she has written for series ''
Beverly Hills, 90210
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'', ''
L.A. Law
''L.A. Law'' is an American legal drama television series that ran for eight seasons on NBC, from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994.
Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it centers on the partners, associates and staff of a Los ...
'' and ''
Earth 2''.
As a screenwriter, she wrote on the films ''
Madeline
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'' (1998), ''
Wimbledon
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* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
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Places London
* ...
'' (2004), ''
Little Manhattan
''Little Manhattan'' is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mark Levin and written by Jennifer Flackett, starring Josh Hutcherson and Charlotte Ray Rosenberg. It is set in Manhattan, and follows a ten-year-old boy as he expe ...
'' (2005), ''
Journey to the Center of the Earth
''Journey to the Center of the Earth'' (french: Voyage au centre de la Terre), also translated with the variant titles ''A Journey to the Centre of the Earth'' and ''A Journey into the Interior of the Earth'', is a classic science fiction novel ...
'' (2008), and ''
Nim's Island
''Nim's Island'' is a 2008 adventure film written and directed by Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin, and based on the children's story of the same name by Wendy Orr. A young girl alone on a remote island seeks help from an agoraphobic San Franc ...
'' (2008), which she also directed.
Flackett works alongside her husband, fellow director and screenwriter
Mark Levin
Mark Reed Levin (; born September 21, 1957) is an American lawyer, author, and radio personality. He is the host of syndicated radio show
Broadcast syndication is the practice of leasing the right to broadcasting television shows and rad ...
. They are the creators o
''The Man's Guide To Love'' which began as a successful video blog offering man-to-man advice on the subject of love. ''The Man's Guide To Love'' book will be published by Simon & Schuster, and a feature film they are directing and producing alongside Laurence Mark. Principal photography on ''The Man's Guide To Love'' movie commences in Spring 2015.
In 2016, she co-created the
animated sitcom
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''
Big Mouth'', with Levin,
Nick Kroll
Nicholas Kroll (born June 5, 1978) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is known for creating and starring in the Comedy Central series ''Kroll Show'', ''The Oh, Hello Show'', the FX comedy series ''The Lea ...
, and
Andrew Goldberg.
In 2014 they were writing and creating the half-hour single-camera TV shows ''Confusing'' for NBC, and ''The Courtship of Eddie's Father'' for Warner Brothers Television.
Both Flackett and Levin made their directorial debut with the film ''
Little Manhattan
''Little Manhattan'' is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mark Levin and written by Jennifer Flackett, starring Josh Hutcherson and Charlotte Ray Rosenberg. It is set in Manhattan, and follows a ten-year-old boy as he expe ...
'', although Flackett was not formally credited for her directing work on the film, she was only credited as a writer.
Flackett grew up in
Newton, Massachusetts
Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is approximately west of downtown Boston. Newton resembles a patchwork of thirteen villages, without a city center. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, the population of Ne ...
and graduated from
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University ( ) is a Private university, private liberal arts college, liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. Founded in 1831 as a Men's colleges in the United States, men's college under the auspices of the Methodist Epis ...
in 1986.
Levin & Flackett recently returned from a one-year, around-the-world journey with their two children. Dubbed “A Year To Think,” they visited 38 countries and 110 cities across six continents over 365 days, during which they made 120 short films about their experiences.
Filmography
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Film producers from New York (state)
Screenwriters from New York (state)
American television writers
American women film directors
Living people
Skydance Media people
Writers from Newton, Massachusetts
Writers from New York City
Wesleyan University alumni
American women screenwriters
American women television writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Film directors from New York City
Screenwriters from Massachusetts
American women film producers
Film producers from Massachusetts
20th-century American screenwriters
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American screenwriters
21st-century American women writers