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Jenny Mackenzie, Ph.D.
(she/her)
Director/Producer Associate Professor, Jenny Mackenzie Films, Utah Valley University
Salt Lake City, UT
United States
Dr. Jenny Mackenzie is an Emmy award winning filmmaker who directs and produces films that produce social change, she is an associate professor at Utah Valley University, and teaches film production.
About
Jenny is an award-winning filmmaker who produces films that promote social change. Her documentaries include Kick Like a Girl, Sugar Babies, Lead with Love, Dying in Vein, the 2018 Sundance and Emmy-award winning film Quiet Heroes, the groundbreaking 2023 film The Right to Read, and the 2026 bio pic Why Religion. Jenny’s films have aired on top broadcast and video-on-demand channels such as HBO, HULU, PBS, and Amazon, and have received praise in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter, and Variety.
Jenny has received grant support from Chicken & Egg Films, Artemis Rising Foundation, The Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Fledgling Fund, The Larry H. Miller Foundation, and The Eccles Foundation. Jenny has a Bachelor's degree from Brown University, a Ph.D. from the University of Utah, and is an Associate Professor in Film Production at Utah Valley University.
She is based in Salt Lake City.