Jeff Jenkins is an American producer known for his work in reality television. He is best known for producing The Simple Life, Total Divas, and Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Coming Out Colton.
Career Bunim/Murray Productions Jenkins started working at Bunim/Murray Productions in 2001 and helped grow and expand the company. He later served as executive vice president until August 2016. In August 2016, Jenkins was promoted to co-president of Entertainment and Development the production company until he left Bunim/Murray Productions in November 2017.
At Bunim/Murray, Jenkins worked as an executive producer for Keeping Up with the Kardashians and its various spin-offs. Keeping Up with the Kardashians won multiple Teen Choice Awards, People's Choice Awards, and E! People's Choice Awards. Jenkins was a producer for Kourtney and Kim Take Miami, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, Khloé & Lamar, Dash Dolls, Rob & Chyna. Jenkins was a creator, producer, and writer for Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons, which premiered in 2014. In 2015, Jenkins was an executive producer for I Am Cait, which covered Caitlyn Jenner's gender transition. The show was one of the most-watched unscripted series in 2015. In April 2016, the show tied with I Am Jazz for best Outstanding Reality Program at the 27th GLAAD Media Awards. In 2017, he was an executive producer for Life of Kylie.
Jeff Jenkins Productions In 2018, Jenkins launched Jeff Jenkins Productions alongside 3 Ball Entertainment, which is based in Redondo Beach, California. Jeff Jenkins Productions is a full-service content and production company focusing on unscripted docuseries and celebrity-based reality television series.
In 2020, Jeff Jenkins Productions released Unfiltered: Paris Jackson & Gabriel Glenn on Facebook Watch. In 2021, Jenkins worked with Netflix to produce Bling Empire, which became one of the streaming service's most-watched docuseries at the time. The series was inspired by Crazy Rich Asians. The company is also producing My Unorthodox Life, which will follow Julia Haart, CEO of Elite World Group and former member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. In 2021, Jeff Jenkins was the mastermind behind the controversial and uplifting reality series Coming Out Colton on Netflix. The series chronicled the coming out process of controversial reality star Colton Underwood which addressed his appearance on The Bachelor and the stalking and harassment allegations against his ex Cassie Randolph. The series premiered to major criticism with Esquire describing the series as "calculated" and Varietys Daniel D'Addario saying "'Coming Out Colton' is a distasteful extension of a brand that doesn’t mean much to begin with."
Filmography Television Title Year(s) Functioned as Notes Director Writer Producer Creator The Challenge 2003 Supervising producer, 15 episodes; Director, 2 episodes The Real World 2002–2004 Director, 30 episodes Road Rules 2007 1 episode The Simple Life 2003–2007 Dr. Steve-O 2007 7 episodes Living Lohan 2008 9 episodes Ski Patrol 2008 Old Skool with Terry and Gita 2008 3 episodes Styl'd 2009 5 episodes Kourtney & Kim Take Miami2009–2013 The Spin Crowd 2010 Married to Rock 2010 Khloé & Lamar 2010 1 episode Kourtney & Kim Take New York 2011–2012 Mrs. Eastwood & Company 2012 8 episodes Kourtney & Khloé Take the Hamptons 2014–2015 Dash Dolls 2015 Little Women: Terra's Little Family 2015 Stewarts & Hamiltons 2015 Little Women: LA 2015 26 episodes Ozzy & Jack's World Detour 2016 1 episode Rob & Chyna 2016 1 episode Total Bellas 2016 1 episode The Gary Owen Show 2016 1 episode Keeping Up with the Kardashians 2007–2016 I Am Cait 2015–2016 Mariah's World 2016–2017 4 episodes Life of Kylie 2017 So Cosmo 2017 Undressed 2017 Total Divas 2013–2019 Unfiltered: Paris Jackson & Gabriel Glenn 2020 Bling Empire 2021 Coming Out Colton 2021 6 episodes The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives 2024–present 8 episodes
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