Jenni Konner

Jenni Konner
Born
Jennifer A. Konner

(1971-05-15) May 15, 1971 (age 53)
New York City, U.S.
Alma materSarah Lawrence College
Occupation(s)Television writer, producer, director
Years active1990s–present
PartnerRichard Shepard
Children2
Parent(s)Lawrence Konner
Ronnie Wenker-Konner

Jennifer A. Konner (born May 15, 1971)[1][2] is an American television writer, producer and director. She is best known as co-showrunner and writer with Lena Dunham of the HBO series Girls. In 2016, she directed the season finale of the fifth season of Girls entitled "I Love You Baby" and in 2017, she directed the episode "Latching," which served as the series finale; both episodes were co-written by Judd Apatow, Dunham and Konner.

With Lena Dunham, she ran a production company and is co-founder of the feminist newsletter, Lenny Letter, and its Random House imprint, Lenny Books.[3]

  1. ^ Konner, Jenni (@jennikonner) (May 16, 2014). "Thank you everyone for your birthday wishes and linkedin invites". Twitter.
  2. ^ Leive, Cindi (December 3, 2014). "How *Girls*' Executive Producer and Writer Jenni Konner Gets Ahead". Glamour. Retrieved April 18, 2016.
  3. ^ "SOUR HEART by Jenny Zhang: Announcing the first book in the LENNY imprint". Lenny Letter. June 1, 2017. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.