Jenny Mackenzie is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who produces films that promote social change. Her films include Kick Like a Girl, Sugar Babies, Lead with Love, Dying in Vein, the 2018 Sundance & Emmy-award winning film Quiet Heroes, and the groundbreaking 2023 film The Right to Read.

Jenny’s films have aired on top broadcast and VOD channels such as HBO, HULU, PBS, and Amazon, and have received praise in The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. Jenny has received grant support from Chicken & Egg Films, Artemis Rising Foundation, The Sorenson Legacy Foundation, The Fledgling Fund, The Larry H. Miller Foundation & The Eccles Foundation. 

Jenny has a bachelor's degree from Brown University, a Ph.D. from the University of Utah and is an assistant professor in film production at Utah Valley University.