Jenny Phillips
| Jenny Phillips | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Jenny King[1] 1942 |
| Died |
July 9, 2018 (age 76) Wauwinet, Massachusetts |
| Cause of death | Drowning |
| Residence | Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Documentary filmmaker |
| Known for | directing The Dhamma Brothers and Beyond the Wall |
| Spouse(s) | Frank Phillps |
| Relatives | Maxwell Perkins |
Jenny Phillips (1942 – July 9, 2018) was an American documentary filmmaker. She directed many films, including The Dhamma Brothers and Beyond the Wall. She drowned in Wauwinet, Massachusetts on July 9, 2018, age 76.[1][2][3]
Career
Phillips had a doctorate in anthropology from Boston University. She had been a therapist for over 15 years. Her work focused on working with male prisoners. Phillips taught inmates Vipassanā Meditation and emotional literacy.[4]
Hemmingway letters
During her 2001 trip to Cuba, Phillips requested to see letters between Ernest Hemmingway and her grandfather, Maxwell Perkins, Hemmingway's editor and friend. Both Phillips and her husband worked to make the Hemmingway documents available to the public.[2] A digital collection of Hemmingway's documents were eventually brought to the JFK Library in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Due to Phillips persistence for making the letters public, she eventually met Fidel Castro.[1]
Personal life
Phillips married her husband, Frank, in December 1966. They had met each other during an orientation for a college overseas program in 1964. They had lost touch with each other until they reconnected during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. They had two children and two grandchildren. The Phillips' were residents of Concord, Massachusetts for almost 50 years.[1]
Death
Phillips, her husband, and a friend were sailing in Nantucket on 9 July 2018 when she decided to swim the quarter-mile or so back to shore. As she was a strong swimmer, Jenny often leaped into the waves on the way home, but this time she apparently drowned and was found later along the shore of the island’s Wauwinet area.
References
- 1 2 3 4 McDonald, Danny (July 11, 2018). "Accomplished filmmaker and therapist from Concord dies on Nantucket". The Boston Globe. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- 1 2 "Jenny Phillips, Concord Filmmaker, Drowns in Nantucket". WBUR. July 11, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ↑ Pescaro, Mike (July 10, 2018). "Jenny Phillips, Filmmaker Wife of Boston Globe's Frank Phillips, Drowns Off Nantucket". New England Cable News. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
- ↑ "Jenny Phillips". oprah.com. Harpo Inc. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
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