Jennifer Kent

Jennifer Kent (born 5 March 1969) is an Australian writer-director best known for her supernatural horror film "The Babadook" (2014) and her period revenge thriller "The Nightingale" (2018). Kent graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1991 with a degree in Performing Arts.

Monster (2005)

A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Kent
CAST:  Luke Ikimis-Healey  •  Susan Prior  •  Trash Vaudeville

A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Kent
CAST:  Luke Ikimis-Healey  •  Susan Prior  •  Trash Vaudeville

The Babadook (2014)

A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Kent
CAST:  Essie Davis  •  Noah Wiseman  •  Daniel Henshall  •  Hayley McElhinney

A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Kent
CAST:  Essie Davis  •  Noah Wiseman  •  Daniel Henshall  •  Hayley McElhinney

Preservation (2003)

Gothic horror and erotic farce face a shotgun wedding in "Preservation," an oddball Aussie pic which is part of a spurt of government funded hour-long features. Starring local thesp Jacqueline McKenzie as Daphne, a 19th century taxidermist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sofya Gollan
CAST:  Jacqueline McKenzie  •  Kris McQuade  •  Simon Burke  •  Jennifer Kent

Gothic horror and erotic farce face a shotgun wedding in "Preservation," an oddball Aussie pic which is part of a spurt of government funded hour-long features. Starring local thesp Jacqueline McKenzie as Daphne, a 19th century taxidermist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sofya Gollan
CAST:  Jacqueline McKenzie  •  Kris McQuade  •  Simon Burke  •  Jennifer Kent

They Call Him Mister Babadook: The Making of The Babadook (2015)

A short documentary about the making of Jennifer Kent's 'The Babadook'.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Andersson
CAST:  Jennifer Kent  •  Essie Davis  •  Hayley McElhinney  •  Daniel Henshall

A short documentary about the making of Jennifer Kent's 'The Babadook'.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Andersson
CAST:  Jennifer Kent  •  Essie Davis  •  Hayley McElhinney  •  Daniel Henshall

The Nightingale (2018)

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In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Kent
CAST:  Aisling Franciosi  •  Sam Claflin  •  Damon Herriman  •  Ewen Leslie

In 1825, Clare, a 21-year-old Irish convict, chases a British soldier through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. She enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker who is also marked by ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Kent
CAST:  Aisling Franciosi  •  Sam Claflin  •  Damon Herriman  •  Ewen Leslie

Alice + Freda Forever

Two teenage girls, Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward, fall deeply in love until jealousy and outside forces turn their romance into an unstable obsession.   (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Kent
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Two teenage girls, Alice Mitchell and Freda Ward, fall deeply in love until jealousy and outside forces turn their romance into an unstable obsession.   (more)

DIRECTION:  Jennifer Kent
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