Jeff Jenkins

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Jeff Jenkins
Born
Jeffrey Charles Jenkins

(1967-10-08) October 8, 1967 (age 56)
Michigan
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Television producer
  • director
  • screenwriter
Years active2001–present
Known for Keeping Up with the Kardashians , The Simple Life , Total Divas
Notable work Coming Out Colton
Website www.jeffjenkinsproductions.com

Jeff Jenkins is an American producer known for his work in reality television. He is best known for producing The Simple Life , Total Divas , and Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Coming Out Colton .

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Career

Bunim/Murray Productions

Jenkins started working at Bunim/Murray Productions in 2001 and helped grow and expand the company. [1] [2] He later served as executive vice president until August 2016. [1] In August 2016, Jenkins was promoted to Co-President of Entertainment and Development the production company until he left Bunim/Murray Productions in November 2017. [3] [4] [1]

At Bunim/Murray, Jenkins worked as an executive producer for Keeping Up with the Kardashians and its various spin-offs. [1] [5] Keeping Up with the Kardashians won multiple Teen Choice Awards, People's Choice Awards, and E! People's Choice Awards. [6] [7] [8] Jenkins was a producer for Kourtney and Kim Take Miami , Kourtney and Kim Take New York , Khloé & Lamar , Dash Dolls , Rob & Chyna . Jenkins was a creator, producer, and writer for Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons , which premiered in 2014. In 2015, Jenkins was an executive producer for I Am Cait , which covered Caitlyn Jenner's gender transition. [9] The show was one of the most-watched unscripted series in 2015. [9] In April 2016, the show tied with I Am Jazz for best Outstanding Reality Program at the 27th GLAAD Media Awards. [10] [11] In 2017, he was an executive producer for Life of Kylie .

Jeff Jenkins Productions

In 2018, Jenkins launched Jeff Jenkins Productions alongside 3 Ball Entertainment, which is based in Redondo Beach, California. [4] [12] Jeff Jenkins Productions is a full-service content and production company focusing on unscripted docuseries and celebrity-based reality television series. [4] [13]

In 2020, Jeff Jenkins Productions released Unfiltered: Paris Jackson & Gabriel Glenn on Facebook Watch. [13] In 2021, Jenkins worked with Netflix to produce Bling Empire , which became one of the streaming service's most-watched docuseries at the time. [12] [14] The series was inspired by Crazy Rich Asians . [15] The company is also producing My Unorthodox Life , which will follow Julia Haart, CEO of Elite World Group and former member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. [16] In 2021, Jeff Jenkins was the mastermind [17] behind the controversial and uplifting reality series Coming Out Colton on Netflix. [18] The series chronicled the coming out process of controversial reality star Colton Underwood which addressed his appearance on The Bachelor and the stalking and harassment allegations against his ex Cassie Randolph. [19] The series premiered to major criticism with Esquire describing the series as "calculated" [20] and Variety 's Daniel D'Addario saying "'Coming Out Colton' is a distasteful extension of a brand that doesn’t mean much to begin with." [21]

Filmography

Television

TitleYear(s)Functioned asNotesRef.
DirectorWriterProducerCreator
The Challenge 2003YesYesSupervising producer, 15 episodes; Director, 2 episodes
The Real World 2002–2004YesDirector, 30 episodes
Road Rules 2007Yes1 episode
The Simple Life 2003–2007Yes [4]
Dr. Steve-O 2007Yes7 episodes [4]
Living Lohan 2008Yes9 episodes [4]
Ski Patrol2008YesYesYes
Old Skool with Terry and Gita2008Yes3 episodes
Styl'd2009Yes5 episodes
Kourtney & Kim Take Miami 2009–2013Yes
The Spin Crowd 2010Yes
Married to Rock 2010Yes
Khloé & Lamar 2010Yes1 episode [22]
Kourtney & Kim Take New York 2011–2012Yes
Mrs. Eastwood & Company 2012Yes8 episodes
Kourtney & Khloé Take the Hamptons 2014–2015YesYesYes
Dash Dolls 2015Yes [23]
Little Women: Terra's Little Family2015Yes
Stewarts & Hamiltons 2015Yes [23]
Little Women: LA 2015Yes26 episodes
Ozzy & Jack's World Detour 2016Yes1 episode
Rob & Chyna 2016Yes1 episode [1]
Total Bellas 2016Yes1 episode [1] [4] [24]
The Gary Owen Show 2016Yes1 episode
Keeping Up with the Kardashians 2007–2016Yes [1] [4]
I Am Cait 2015–2016Yes [4] [9]
Mariah's World 2016–2017Yes4 episodes [1] [4]
Life of Kylie 2017Yes [25]
So Cosmo 2017Yes
Undressed 2017Yes
Total Divas 2013–2019YesYes [4]
Unfiltered: Paris Jackson & Gabriel Glenn2020Yes [13]
Bling Empire 2021Yes [13]
Coming Out Colton 2021YesYesYes6 Episodes [26] [27]

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