Jennifer Fox (documentary filmmaker)

Jennifer Fox
Jennifer Fox at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival
Born 1959 (age 58–59)
Occupation
  • Director
  • producer
  • cinematographer
Years active 1980–present
Website A Luminous Mind Production

Jennifer Fox (born 1959) is an American film producer and director, as well as president of Zohe Film Productions. She won the Grand Jury Prize award for her first feature documentary, Beirut: The Last Home Movie.[1] Her 2010 documentary My Reincarnation had its premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA) in 2010, where it won a Top 20 Audience Award.

Personal life

Fox grew up in a Jewish family[2] outside of Philadelphia. She was one of five children. When she was 13, Fox was sexually abused by a sports coach. She later used her memories of her[3]

Filmography

Year Film Credited as
Director Writer Producer Cinematographer
1987 Beirut: The Last Home Movie Yes Yes
1999 An American Love Story Yes Yes Yes
1999 On the Ropes Yes
2006 Looking for Busi Yes Yes
2006 Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman Yes Yes
2010 My Reincarnation Yes Yes Yes
2018 The Tale Yes Yes Yes

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ↑ "Jennifer Fox : Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  2. ↑ Bloom, Nate (September 4, 2018). "The big Emmys, and the other Emmys". J. The Jewish News of Northern California.
  3. ↑ Nicholson, Amy (24 May 2018). "'Suffering is nothing to be afraid of': Jennifer Fox on turning her childhood abuse into devastating drama". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
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