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Tamara Jenkins is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter American born on 2 may 1962 at Philadelphia (USA)

Tamara Jenkins

Tamara Jenkins
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Nationality USA
Birth 2 may 1962 (62 years) at Philadelphia (USA)
Awards Guggenheim Fellowship

Tamara Jenkins (born May 2, 1962) is an American screenwriter, film director, and occasional actress. She is best known for her two feature films, Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) and The Savages (2007).

Biography

In addition to her work in film, Jenkins' writing has been published in Zoetrope: All-Story and Tin House Magazine. Most recently her essay, "Holy Innocents", appeared in the book Lisa Yuskavage: Small Paintings 1993-2004. She has also directed theater at The New Group, worked with teens creating a sex education film for the non-profit organization Scenarios and directed a series of public service announcements for Amnesty International.

In 2002, Jenkins married screenwriter Jim Taylor, the writing and producing partner of the director Alexander Payne.

Best films

The Savages (2007)
(Director)

Usually with

Maddie Corman
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(2 films)
Brad Anderson
Brad Anderson
(1 films)
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Marisa Tomei
(2 films)
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Tamara Jenkins (5 films)

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Actress

Love in the Time of Money, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Steve Buscemi, Vera Farmiga, Rosario Dawson, Jill Hennessy, Malcolm Gets, Adrian Grenier
Roles Gallery Owner
Rating53% 2.6561252.6561252.6561252.6561252.656125
New York serves as a backdrop for a cast of characters in search of love, lust or lucre including a woman who makes awkward moves on the man renovating her SoHo loft, an embezzler, a sleazy artist and a phone psychic.
Happy Accidents, 1h50
Directed by Brad Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Time travel films
Actors Vincent D'Onofrio, Marisa Tomei, Nadia Dajani, Richard Portnow, Anthony Michael Hall, Tovah Feldshuh
Roles Robin
Rating70% 3.5468053.5468053.5468053.5468053.546805
Ruby Weaver (Marisa Tomei) is weary of her long history of failed relationships with men when she meets Sam Deed (Vincent D'Onofrio) in a park. But after the two fall in love, Ruby becomes suspicious of Sam's past, his obsession with a "Chrystie Delancey", and "causal effect." Under pressure from her, he finally explains that he is really from the year 2470 and is what he calls a "back traveler." Ruby initially ignores this story, considering it yet another case of male nerdy weirdness, but after Sam's persistence, apparent conviction, and growing agitation, she begins to wonder. Finally she takes him to see her therapist Meg Ford (Holland Taylor). Ruby becomes worried as to Sam's sanity when he reveals that everything he has done was a deliberate attempt to change her life. In the end, both Deed and Ford turn out to be time travelers and the fatal accident that would have killed Ruby is avoided.

Director

Private Life, 2h3
Directed by Tamara Jenkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Kathryn Hahn, Paul Giamatti, Kayli Carter, Molly Shannon, John Carroll Lynch, Denis O'Hare
Rating71% 3.5971553.5971553.5971553.5971553.597155
Richard et Rachel essayent d'avoir un enfant.
The Savages, 1h53
Directed by Tamara Jenkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Children's films
Actors Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, David Zayas, Peter Friedman, Guy Boyd
Rating70% 3.548483.548483.548483.548483.54848
After drifting apart emotionally over the years, two single siblings — Wendy (Linney) and Jon (Hoffman) — band together to care for their estranged, elderly father, Lenny (Philip Bosco), who is rapidly slipping into dementia. Wendy and Jon first travel to Sun City, Arizona to attend the funeral of their father's girlfriend of 20 years. When they arrive, they are told that their father signed a non-marriage agreement and will not have rights to any of her property. They then move him to a nursing home in Buffalo, where Jon is a theater professor working on a book about Bertolt Brecht. Wendy, who is an aspiring, but unsuccessful, playwright, moves from New York City to help establish their father in Buffalo.
Slums of Beverly Hills, 1h31
Directed by Tamara Jenkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Natasha Lyonne, Marisa Tomei, Alan Arkin, David Krumholtz, Jessica Walter, Kevin Corrigan
Rating66% 3.3467453.3467453.3467453.3467453.346745
Vivian Abromowitz's family are penniless nomads, moving from one cheap apartment to another in Beverly Hills, so that Vivian (Natasha Lyonne) and her brothers can attend the city's prestigious schools. Their father, Murray (Alan Arkin), is a divorced 65-year-old who refuses to retire, working as an unsuccessful Oldsmobile salesman.

Scriptwriter

Private Life, 2h3
Directed by Tamara Jenkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Kathryn Hahn, Paul Giamatti, Kayli Carter, Molly Shannon, John Carroll Lynch, Denis O'Hare
Roles Writer
Rating71% 3.5971553.5971553.5971553.5971553.597155
Richard et Rachel essayent d'avoir un enfant.
The Savages, 1h53
Directed by Tamara Jenkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families, Children's films
Actors Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, David Zayas, Peter Friedman, Guy Boyd
Rating70% 3.548483.548483.548483.548483.54848
After drifting apart emotionally over the years, two single siblings — Wendy (Linney) and Jon (Hoffman) — band together to care for their estranged, elderly father, Lenny (Philip Bosco), who is rapidly slipping into dementia. Wendy and Jon first travel to Sun City, Arizona to attend the funeral of their father's girlfriend of 20 years. When they arrive, they are told that their father signed a non-marriage agreement and will not have rights to any of her property. They then move him to a nursing home in Buffalo, where Jon is a theater professor working on a book about Bertolt Brecht. Wendy, who is an aspiring, but unsuccessful, playwright, moves from New York City to help establish their father in Buffalo.
Slums of Beverly Hills, 1h31
Directed by Tamara Jenkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Natasha Lyonne, Marisa Tomei, Alan Arkin, David Krumholtz, Jessica Walter, Kevin Corrigan
Roles Writer
Rating66% 3.3467453.3467453.3467453.3467453.346745
Vivian Abromowitz's family are penniless nomads, moving from one cheap apartment to another in Beverly Hills, so that Vivian (Natasha Lyonne) and her brothers can attend the city's prestigious schools. Their father, Murray (Alan Arkin), is a divorced 65-year-old who refuses to retire, working as an unsuccessful Oldsmobile salesman.