Patty Jenkins

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Patty Jenkins

American director

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History of film
United States
filmmakers, including Kathryn Bigelow, Patty Jenkins, Sofia Coppola, and Greta Gerwig. Bigelow’s films included the cult-classic vampire movie Near Dark (1987); the police thriller Blue Steel (1989); Point Break (1991), about an undercover FBI agent; and the science-fiction drama Strange Days (1995). Her accomplished Iraq War drama The Hurt
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filmmakers, including Kathryn Bigelow, Patty Jenkins, Sofia Coppola, and Greta Gerwig. Bigelow’s films included the cult-classic vampire movie Near Dark (1987); the police thriller Blue Steel (1989); Point Break (1991), about an undercover FBI agent; and the science-fiction drama Strange Days (1995). Her accomplished Iraq War drama The Hurt
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Wonder Woman
Post-Crisis Wonder Woman and film success
…served as the basis for Patty Jenkins’s 2017 film Wonder Woman. Studio executives had long questioned whether Wonder Woman could generate enough interest for a major Hollywood release, but those concerns were demolished by the critical and audience response to Gal Gadot’s star-making portrayal as the Amazon princess. By far…
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…served as the basis for Patty Jenkins’s 2017 film Wonder Woman. Studio executives had long questioned whether Wonder Woman could generate enough interest for a major Hollywood release, but those concerns were demolished by the critical and audience response to Gal Gadot’s star-making portrayal as the Amazon princess. By far…
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