
Directing
Jennifer Kent
Born
1969-03-05 (57)
Place of birth
Brisbane, Australia
Known for
Directing
Credits
26 titles
Jennifer Kent (born 5 March 1969) is an Australian filmmaker and actress. She is best known for directing the films The Babadook (2014) and The Nightingale (2018). Kent graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1991 with a degree in Performing Arts.
Known for
5.9A Country Practice was an Australian television drama series. At its inception, one of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, who had wrote the pilot episode and entered a script contest for the network in 1979, coming third and winning a merit award. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping, Sydney. After its lengthy run on the seven network it was picked up by network ten with a mainly new cast from April to November 1994 for 30 episodes, although the ten series was not as successful as its predecessor . The Channel Seven series was also filmed on location in Pitt Town, while, the Channel Ten series was filmed on location in Emerald, Victoria.
A Country Practice
1981
6.2Medical drama focusing on the working and personal lives of the doctors and nurses working on the front line of a busy inner city Emergency Department at All Saints Hospital.
All Saints
1998
6.7Police Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad based in Sydney and their work attending to various incidents from road accidents to train crashes.
Police Rescue
1991
6.5A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
The Babadook
2014
5.7Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
4.5G.P. is an Australian television series produced by Roadshow, Coote & Carroll for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, with the series being made between 1989 and 1996.
G.P.
1989
Film credits
2010s · 1 titles
1990s · 2 titles
5.7Babe, fresh from his victory in the sheepherding contest, returns to Farmer Hoggett's farm, but after Farmer Hoggett is injured and unable to work, Babe has to go to the big city to save the farm.
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
5.8A young girl named Katherine and her older friend Hester live on an isolated farm run by Hester and her father Francis. Katherine works as a maid and wants to leave because there's too much work. Hester, however, becomes attracted to Katherine and holds her there, promising to give her less work in the future. When Francis dies, Hester decides to sell the farm for cash. They move to a small cottage on the edge of the farm and plan to go to Europe, but a tragic accident and the theft of their money changes their plans.
The Well
1997
Series credits
5.9A Country Practice was an Australian television drama series. At its inception, one of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, who had wrote the pilot episode and entered a script contest for the network in 1979, coming third and winning a merit award. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping, Sydney. After its lengthy run on the seven network it was picked up by network ten with a mainly new cast from April to November 1994 for 30 episodes, although the ten series was not as successful as its predecessor . The Channel Seven series was also filmed on location in Pitt Town, while, the Channel Ten series was filmed on location in Emerald, Victoria.
A Country Practice
1981
6.2Medical drama focusing on the working and personal lives of the doctors and nurses working on the front line of a busy inner city Emergency Department at All Saints Hospital.
All Saints
1998
6.7Police Rescue was an Australian television series The series dealt with the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad based in Sydney and their work attending to various incidents from road accidents to train crashes.
Police Rescue
1991
4.5G.P. is an Australian television series produced by Roadshow, Coote & Carroll for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, with the series being made between 1989 and 1996.
G.P.
1989
7.0An unconventional team of homicide detectives face various cases, as led by Tessa Vance and Steve Hayden. Hayden is an often light-hearted 'man's man' who is moving up the career hierarchy, while Vance is more introspective and no-nonsense, and often solves the murder with intuition and insight. Their team includes boss Inspector Malcolm Thorne, Constable Dee Suzeraine, forensic services expert Lance Fisk, and unorthodox doctor Imogen 'Tootsie' Soames.
Murder Call
1997
BackBerner was an Australian political satire sketch comedy television series, broadcast on and produced by ABC TV with Crackerjack Productions. The program was hosted by stand up comic Peter Berner and noted Australian character actor Louise Siversen. The series aired from 19 August 1999 to 14 November 2002.
BackBerner
1999
BackBerner was an Australian political satire sketch comedy television series, broadcast on and produced by ABC TV with Crackerjack Productions. The program was hosted by stand up comic Peter Berner and noted Australian character actor Louise Siversen. The series aired from 19 August 1999 to 14 November 2002.
BackBerner
1999
BackBerner was an Australian political satire sketch comedy television series, broadcast on and produced by ABC TV with Crackerjack Productions. The program was hosted by stand up comic Peter Berner and noted Australian character actor Louise Siversen. The series aired from 19 August 1999 to 14 November 2002.
BackBerner
1999
8.1The New Adventures of Black Beauty was the title of a television drama series produced in the early 1990s.
The New Adventures of Black Beauty
1990
Above the Law was an Australian crime/drama television series broadcast on Network Ten from February 2000 to August 2001. The drama showed the life for the residents of an apartment complex which features a police station on the ground floor. Thirty 1-hour episodes were shown, and five episodes remain unaired.
Above the Law
2000
Behind the camera
6.5A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
The Babadook
2014
6.5A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
The Babadook
2014
7.0In 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
2018
7.0In 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
2018
7.0In 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
2018
Disfigured, suicidal young woman P. Burke is hired by a mega tech corporation to virtually operate a beautiful but brainless 'flesh body' called Delphi, grown in a lab with the sole purpose of influencing the masses and selling products. As Delphi's star rises, Burke becomes enthralled by her and descends into a tech psychosis with disastrous consequences.
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
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Disfigured, suicidal young woman P. Burke is hired by a mega tech corporation to virtually operate a beautiful but brainless 'flesh body' called Delphi, grown in a lab with the sole purpose of influencing the masses and selling products. As Delphi's star rises, Burke becomes enthralled by her and descends into a tech psychosis with disastrous consequences.
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
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Disfigured, suicidal young woman P. Burke is hired by a mega tech corporation to virtually operate a beautiful but brainless 'flesh body' called Delphi, grown in a lab with the sole purpose of influencing the masses and selling products. As Delphi's star rises, Burke becomes enthralled by her and descends into a tech psychosis with disastrous consequences.
The Girl Who Was Plugged In
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A 10-year-old boy journeys to a magical house, only to discover its master uses the home to attract children and steal their youth to ensure his own immortality.
The Thief of Always
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A 10-year-old boy journeys to a magical house, only to discover its master uses the home to attract children and steal their youth to ensure his own immortality.
The Thief of Always
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6.7A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Monster
2005
6.7A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Monster
2005

