Jennifer Kent

Jennifer Kent

Birth : 1969-03-05, Brisbane, Australia

History

Jennifer Kent (born 5 March 1969) is an Australian writer-director best known for her supernatural horror film "The Babadook" (2014) and her period revenge thriller "The Nightingale" (2018). Kent graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1991 with a degree in Performing Arts.

Profile

Jennifer Kent
Jennifer Kent

Movies

The Nightingale
The Nightingale
Producer
In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale
Writer
In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale
Director
In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.
They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook
They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook
A short documentary about the making of Jennifer Kent's 'The Babadook'.
The Babadook
The Babadook
Writer
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
The Babadook
The Babadook
Director
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Monster
Monster
Writer
A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Monster
Monster
Director
A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Preservation
Preservation
Grieving Mother
Gothic horror and erotic farce face a shotgun wedding in "Preservation," an oddball Aussie pic which is part of a spurt of government funded hour-long features. Starring local thesp Jacqueline McKenzie as Daphne, a 19th century taxidermist.
Alice + Freda Forever
Alice + Freda Forever
Adaptation
Two teenage girls, Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward, fall deeply in love until jealousy and outside forces turn their romance into an unstable obsession. 
Alice + Freda Forever
Alice + Freda Forever
Director
Two teenage girls, Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward, fall deeply in love until jealousy and outside forces turn their romance into an unstable obsession.