Jennifer Getzinger (born September 26, 1967) is an American director and script supervisor of film and television.
For much of her career she worked as a script supervisor on a number of notable films including ''
The Prophecy
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'' (1995), ''
Phantoms'' (1998), ''
Clay Pigeons'' (1998), ''
Requiem for a Dream'' (2000), and ''
The Devil Wears Prada'' (2006). She was also script supervisor for the television series ''
Strangers with Candy'', ''
Sex and the City'', ''
The Comeback'', ''
The Sopranos
''The Sopranos'' is an American Crime film#Crime drama, crime drama television series created by David Chase. The story revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based American Mafia, Italian-American mobster, portraying h ...
'', and ''
Mad Men'', making her episodic directorial debut on the latter series. She has been nominated for three
Directors Guild of America Awards for directing the ''Mad Men'' episodes "The Gypsy and the Hobo" (season 3, episode 11; 2009), "The Suitcase" (season 4, episode 7; 2010), and "A Little Kiss" (season 5, episodes 1 & 2; 2012).
Her other television directing credits include ''
Hung
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People
* Hung (surname), various Chinese surnames
* Hùng king, a king of Vietnam
People with the given name Hung include:
* Hung Huynh, Vietnamese-American chef, winner of the third season of the television show ''Top Chef''
...
'', ''
The Killing'', ''
Orange is the New Black
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'', ''
Agent Carter'', ''
How to Get Away with Murder'', ''
Shut Eye
''Shut Eye'' is an American drama streaming television series created by Leslie Bohem, airing on the streaming service Hulu. It was given a straight-to-series 10-episode order. All ten episodes became available on December 7, 2016. A second seas ...
'', ''
Jessica Jones
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'', ''
Outlander'', ''
Counterpart
Counterpart or Counterparts may refer to:
Entertainment and literature
* "Counterparts" (short story), by James Joyce
* Counterparts, former name for the Reel Pride LGBT film festival
* ''Counterparts'' (film), a 2007 German drama
* ''Counterp ...
'', ''
Daredevil
Daredevil may refer to:
* A stunt performer
Arts and media Comics
* Daredevil (Lev Gleason Publications), a fictional 1940s superhero popularized by writer-artist Charles Biro
* Daredevil (Marvel Comics character), a Marvel comic book superher ...
'', ''
Westworld,
Dead To Me,
Why Women Kill
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,
Outer Range
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,'' and ''
The Nevers''. In 1998, she directed the independent film ''Blue Christmas'', which was written by her older brother, Scott Getzinger. She also wrote and directed the short film ''Save Me'' in 2006.
In 2023, she was announced as a member of the directors team on the upcoming
Star Wars
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show,
Ahsoka
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.
Jennifer is the daughter of Mike Warren (''né'' Warren Edwin Getzinger) (1933-2013), the creator and star of the
Connecticut
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children's TV series ''The Friends of Mr. Goober,'' which was broadcast on WNHC-TV (now WTNH) Channel 8 in
New Haven
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,02 ...
from 1961 to 1971. Warren also hosted ''Connecticut Bandstand'' on WNHC-TV in 1961 and later co-hosted the game show ''
Dialing for Dollars'' on Channel 8 with Bob Norman. Warren died November 29, 2013, at age 80.
"New Haven TV personality Mike Warren dies at 80," New Haven Register, Dec. 1, 2013
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1967 births
American television directors
American women film directors
American women television directors
Living people
Artists from New Haven, Connecticut
American script supervisors
Film directors from Connecticut
21st-century American women