Jenna Millman is a multi Emmy Award-winning filmmaker with credits on HBO, National Geographic, Amazon Studios, Apple TV+, ABC, and Netflix. Most recently, she has directed for National Geographic's Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller and was Showrunner and Executive Producer for two Apple TV+ series, The Dynasty: The New England Patriots and Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend. Millman also produced The First Wave, a documentary feature about the harrowing first three months of the Covid-19 pandemic which won three Emmys and a Pare Lorentz Award, and HBO's Tiger. Previously as a producer and then Senior Broadcast Producer at ABC News, her work earned two Emmys, a Dupont-Columbia Silver Baton, and a National Press Club award.
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Biography from IMDb.
- February 2, 1979 (47)
- New York City, New York, USA
- Producer, also director
- 11 on MovieCove
Known for
What are Jenna Millman's films like?
Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 5 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1
Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jenna Millman's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Jenna Millman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
11 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page.
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Tyson(2026)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
The First Wave(2021)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Tiger(2021)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
The Boy from Medellín(2020)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Girl Rising(2013)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Quest for the Lost Ark(2008)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Career shape
A full career of 4 titles from 2021 to 2024.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.
Awards
Nominated for a Producers Guild Award in 2022, Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Jenna Millman's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 82nd percentile, the median of all 6; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 84th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up9
- 50th to 74th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 66/100 and the pacing 47/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Jenna Millman work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jenna Millman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; H. Scott Salinas shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Matthew HeinemanShared titles: The First Wave (2021), Tiger (2021), The Boy from Medellín (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Matthew Heineman
- Matthew HamachekShared titles: The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024), Tiger (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Matthew Hamachek
Writers
- Jeff BenedictShared titles: The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024), Tiger (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Jeff Benedict
Composers and editors
- H. Scott SalinasShared titles: Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition (2026), The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024), The First Wave (2021), Tiger (2021), The Boy from Medellín (2020)See all 5 shared titles with H. Scott Salinas
- Dan DuranShared titles: Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition (2026), Tyson (2026), The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024)See all 3 shared titles with Dan Duran
- Daniel KoehlerShared titles: The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024), Tiger (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Koehler
- Dave MarcusShared titles: Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend (2024), The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Dave Marcus
Producers
- Joedan OkunShared titles: The First Wave (2021), Tiger (2021), The Boy from Medellín (2020)See all 3 shared titles with Joedan Okun
- Jonna McLaughlinShared titles: Tyson (2026), The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Jonna McLaughlin
- Chris JamesShared titles: Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend (2024), The Dynasty: New England Patriots (2024)See all 2 shared titles with Chris James
- Juan Camilo CruzShared titles: Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend (2024), The Boy from Medellín (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Juan Camilo Cruz
Mixed roles
- David TeagueShared titles: Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition (2026), Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend (2024)See all 2 shared titles with David Teague
- Mariana van ZellerShared titles: Messi's World Cup: The Rise of a Legend (2024), Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Mariana van Zeller
