# Jeff Jenkins

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 Variety's 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 | Functioned as | Functioned as | Functioned as | Notes | Ref. |
| Title | Year(s) | Director | Writer | Producer | Creator | Notes | Ref. |
| The Challenge | 2003 | Yes | | Yes | | Supervising producer, 15 episodes; Director, 2 episodes | |
| The Real World | 2002–2004 | Yes | | | | Director, 30 episodes | |
| Road Rules | 2007 | | | Yes | | 1 episode | |
| The Simple Life | 2003–2007 | | | Yes | | | |
| Dr. Steve-O | 2007 | | | Yes | | 7 episodes | |
| Living Lohan | 2008 | | | Yes | | 9 episodes | |
| Ski Patrol | 2008 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | | |
| Old Skool with Terry and Gita | 2008 | | | Yes | | 3 episodes | |
| Styl'd | 2009 | | | Yes | | 5 episodes | |
| Kourtney & Kim Take Miami | 2009–2013 | | Yes | | | | |
| The Spin Crowd | 2010 | | | Yes | | | |
| Married to Rock | 2010 | | | Yes | | | |
| Khloé & Lamar | 2010 | | | Yes | | 1 episode | |
| Kourtney & Kim Take New York | 2011–2012 | | | Yes | | | |
| Mrs. Eastwood & Company | 2012 | | | Yes | | 8 episodes | |
| Kourtney & Khloé Take the Hamptons | 2014–2015 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | | |
| Dash Dolls | 2015 | | | Yes | | | |
| Little Women: Terra's Little Family | 2015 | | | Yes | | | |
| Stewarts & Hamiltons | 2015 | | | Yes | | | |
| Little Women: LA | 2015 | | | Yes | | 26 episodes | |
| Ozzy & Jack's World Detour | 2016 | | | Yes | | 1 episode | |
| Rob & Chyna | 2016 | | | Yes | | 1 episode | |
| Total Bellas | 2016 | | | Yes | | 1 episode | |
| The Gary Owen Show | 2016 | | | Yes | | 1 episode | |
| Keeping Up with the Kardashians | 2007–2016 | | | Yes | | | |
| I Am Cait | 2015–2016 | | | Yes | | | |
| Mariah's World | 2016–2017 | | | Yes | | 4 episodes | |
| Life of Kylie | 2017 | | | Yes | | | |
| So Cosmo | 2017 | | | Yes | | | |
| Undressed | 2017 | | | Yes | | | |
| Total Divas | 2013–2019 | Yes | | Yes | | | |
| Unfiltered: Paris Jackson & Gabriel Glenn | 2020 | | | Yes | | | |
| Bling Empire | 2021 | | | Yes | | | |
| Coming Out Colton | 2021 | | Yes | Yes | Yes | 6 episodes | |
| The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives | 2024–present | | | Yes | | 8 episodes | |