Jennifer Konner
| Jennifer Konner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1971 (age 45–46) |
| Residence | Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Other names | Jenni Konnier |
| Occupation | Writer, director, producer |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Notable work | Girls |
| Children | 2 |
Jennifer Konner (born 1971), credited professionally as Jenni Konner, is an American director, writer and producer. She works mostly in television and is best known as the showrunner and writer of the HBO series Girls. In 2016, she directed the season finale of the fifth season of Girls.
With Lena Dunham, she runs a production company as well as the feminist newsletter, Lenny Letter.
Konner grew up in Los Angeles, California. She is daughter of American television writer Lawrence Konner. Konner graduated from Sarah Lawrence College.
After finishing school, Konner began working with friend and writing partner Alexandra Rushfield. They were both hired as writers for Judd Apatow’s sitcom Undeclared. They then went on to create two short-lived network shows together: Help Me Help You and In the Motherhood. After that the pair stopped writing together and Konner began working as a script doctor. She was hired on a few big-budget Hollywood films to help the writers flesh out their female characters, most notably Transformers 3.
Konner was first introduced to Lena Dunham’s work through watching Dunham’s 2010 film Tiny Furniture. Konner was a big fan of the film and so jumped at the opportunity when HBO offered her the role of supervising Dunham for her new series Girls. Since then Konner has become the show’s official co-show-runner, an executive producer and she has written occasional episodes. The show premiered on HBO in 2012 and has since won numerous awards. Dunham and Konner are good friends and have collaborated on several other projects. They also started a production company together called A Casual Romance, with the intent of addressing the gender imbalance in TV and film. On her relationship with Dunham, Konner says “We just really love spending time together, which is good because we mostly have to be together all day every day.”
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