Jeff Jenkins is an American producer known for his work in reality television. He is best known for producing ''

The Simple Life ''The Simple Life'' is an American reality television series starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. It depicts the two wealthy socialites, as they struggle to do manual, low-paying jobs such as cleaning rooms, farm work, serving meals in fas ...

'', ''

Total Divas ''Total Divas'' is an American reality television series that aired from July 28, 2013, to December 10, 2019, on E!. The series gave viewers an inside look into the lives of female WWE wrestlers from their work within WWE to their persona ...

'', and ''

Keeping Up with the Kardashians ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'' (often abbreviated ''KUWTK'') is an American reality television series which focused on the personal and professional lives of the Kardashian–Jenner blended family, airing between 2007 and 2021. Its prem ...

'' and its spinoffs.

Career

Bunim/Murray Productions

Jenkins started working at

Bunim/Murray Productions Bunim/Murray Productions is an entertainment production company based out of Glendale, California, and is considered a pioneer in the reality television genre. It is best known for '' The Real World'', ''Road Rules'', ''Bad Girls Club''. Mary-El ...

in 2001 and helped grow and expand the company. He later served as executive vice president until August 2016. 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. At Bunim/Murray, Jenkins worked as an executive producer for ''

'' and its various

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. ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'' won multiple

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People's Choice Awards The People's Choice Awards is an American awards show, recognizing people in entertainment, voted online by the general public and fans. The show has been held annually since 1975, with the winners originally determined using Gallup Polls unt ...

, and E! People's Choice Awards. Jenkins was a producer for ''

Kourtney and Kim Take Miami ''Kourtney and Kim Take Miami'' (previously titled ''Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami'') is an American reality television series. It premiered on E! on August 16, 2009, as the first '' Keeping Up with the Kardashians'' spin-off. The series origin ...

'', ''

Kourtney and Kim Take New York ''Kourtney and Kim Take New York'' is an American reality television series that premiered January 23, 2011, on E! and ran for two seasons. The series followed sisters Kim Kardashian and Kourtney Kardashian as they opened a Dash boutique in New ...

'', '' 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 ''I Am Cait'' is an American television documentary series which chronicles the life of Caitlyn Jenner after her gender transition. The eight-part one-hour documentary series debuted on July 26, 2015, on the E! network. The series focuses on th ...

'', which covered

Caitlyn Jenner Caitlyn Marie Jenner (born William Bruce Jenner; October 28, 1949) is an American media personality and retired Olympic gold medal-winning decathlete. Jenner played college football for the Graceland Yellowjackets before incurring a knee i ...

gender transition Gender transition is the process of changing one's gender presentation or sex characteristics to accord with one's internal sense of gender identity – the idea of what it means to be a man or a woman,Brown, M. L. & Rounsley, C. A. (1996) ''True ...

. The show was one of the most-watched unscripted series in 2015. In April 2016, the show tied with ''

I Am Jazz ''I Am Jazz'' (announced as ''All That Jazz'') is an American reality television series on TLC about a transgender girl named Jazz Jennings. The series features Jazz and her family "dealing with typical teen drama through the lens of a trans ...

'' for best Outstanding Reality Program at the

27th GLAAD Media Awards The 27th GLAAD Media Awards is the 2016 annual presentation of the GLAAD Media Awards, presented by GLAAD honoring the 2015 season. The awards honored films, television shows, musicians and works of journalism that fairly and accurately represent th ...

. 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 Redondo Beach (Spanish for ''round'') is a coastal city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located in the South Bay (Los Angeles County), South Bay region of the Greater Los Angeles area. It is one of three adjacent Beach Cities, b ...

. Jeff Jenkins Productions is a full-service content and production company focusing on unscripted docuseries and celebrity-based reality television series. In 2020, Jeff Jenkins Productions released ''Unfiltered: Paris Jackson & Gabriel Glenn'' on

Facebook Watch Facebook Watch is a video on demand service operated by American company Meta Platforms (previously named Facebook, Inc.). The company announced the service in August 2017 and was available to all U.S. users that month. Facebook Watch's original ...

. In 2021, Jenkins worked with

Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a ...

to produce '' Bling Empire'', which became one of the streaming service's most-watched docuseries at the time. The series was inspired by ''

Crazy Rich Asians ''Crazy Rich Asians'' is a satirical 2013 romantic comedy novel by Kevin Kwan. Kwan stated that his intention in writing the novel was to "introduce a contemporary Asia to a North American audience". He claimed the novel was loosely based on his ...

''. 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.

Filmography

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkins, Jeff Living people American male screenwriters American television producers American television writers American male television writers Television show creators 21st-century American screenwriters 21st-century American male writers Year of birth missing (living people)