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Full articleTamara Jenkins (born May 2, 1962) is an American screenwriter, film director, and occasional actress best known for her semi-autobiographical comedy-dramas that examine family dynamics, aging, infertility, and personal growth.
Her debut feature, Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), a coming-of-age story about a nomadic Jewish family in 1970s Los Angeles, earned Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay.
This was followed by The Savages (2007), which depicts two middle-aged siblings confronting their father's dementia and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
After an 11-year hiatus, Jenkins returned with Private Life (2018), a Netflix-released exploration of a middle-aged couple's struggles with IVF, which garnered her an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Director.
Prior to her filmmaking career, Jenkins performed as a stage actor and artist in New York's East Village scene during the 1980s, before earning a Master of Fine Arts from New York University Tisch School of the Arts in the 1990s and attending the Sundance Institute labs.
In brief
Tamara Jenkins (born May 2, 1962) is an American filmmaker and occasional actress. She is best known for her feature films Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), The Savages (2007), and Private Life (2018). She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Savages.
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