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Patty Jenkins has directed the feature films Monster (2003), Wonder Woman (2017), and Wonder Woman 1984 (2020). She also directed television projects including the pilot of AMC's The Killing and episodes of I Am the Night.
Charlize Theron won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Monster (2003). It remains her first and only Oscar to date. Roger Ebert ranked Monster first on his list of the best films of 2003.
Wonder Woman (2017) gave Jenkins the biggest domestic opening weekend for a female director at the time, surpassing Fifty Shades of Grey. It made her the first female director of an American studio superhero film and the third female director to helm a film with a budget over one hundred million dollars. The film grossed over eight hundred million dollars worldwide.
Jenkins left Thor: The Dark World in late 2011 after less than two months due to creative differences. She has described her vision for the film as a Romeo-and-Juliet-style space epic, a direction that conflicted with what Marvel Studios wanted for the project.
Jenkins negotiated an estimated seven to nine million dollars to direct Wonder Woman 1984, which would have been a record salary for a female filmmaker. Her goal was to receive the same pay as male directors working on comparable tentpole films. She has said she considered walking away from the sequel due to the initial salary dispute.
Jenkins was born in Victorville, California, and spent much of her childhood in Lawrence, Kansas, before her family moved to Washington, D.C. for her senior year of high school. She earned an undergraduate degree in Painting from The Cooper Union in 1993 and a master's degree in directing from the AFI Conservatory in 2000.