Jenn Engels Explained

Jenn Engels is a Canadian television writer and producer,[1] most noted as a four-time Gemini and Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Writing in a Comedy Series.

She is an alumna of the Canadian Film Centre.[2]

Filmography

YearSeriesCredited asEpisodes written
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2008-2012Less Than Kind"Reparations and Renewal", "Showtime", "Spring Break", "Fatso Loves Lesbo", "Fun", "Insomnia", "Girl Trouble"
2009Producing Parker1.9
2009Stoked"Dirty Little Secret, Nerdy Little Secret"
2009Jimmy Two-Shoes"Heloise's Wish List", "There Will Be Chocolate", "I Married a Weavil", "Clowns Gone Wild", "Cellphone-itis", "Invasion of the Weavils", "My Best Friend's a Weavil", "Spring Broke", "High School Mulesical", "Everyone Can Whistle", "Hooded Chicken", "Heloise's Rival"
201018 to Life"It's My Party"
2011Almost Naked Animals"What Would Batty Do?/Duck Vinci Code"
2011Dan for Mayor"Porktoberfest", "Mayor for a Day", "The Trash Compact"
2011InSecurity"Anger Management", "The Spy Who Fed Me"
2011My Big Big Friend"Derailed/Something Special", "Fort Messy/Beach Blast"
2012"Truth or Laser Shark"
2013Satisfaction"Penis Face Cat Funeral"
2013Mother Up!"Everybody Sees 2Bit's Wang", "The Double D's"
2013-2014Seed"Mother Sucker", "Mall My Children", "Womb Mates", "Bromosomes", "The Rhythmic Gymnastic Method"
2015-2016Bitten"Tili Tili Bom", "Our Own Blood", "Dead Meat"
2017Orphan Black"Ease for Idle Millionaires"
2018Carter"Happy Campers", "The Farmhand Who Bought the Farm"
2020Transplant"Saleh"
2021Sort Of"Sort Of Back"
2022The Lake

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef(s)
2010Gemini AwardsBest Writing in a Comedy or Variety Program or SeriesLess Than Kind[3]
2013Canadian Screen AwardsBest Writing in a Comedy Series
2014Satisfaction
2022Sort Of[4]
2010WGC Screenwriting AwardsBest Writing, Episodic Half-HourLess Than Kind
2014Best Writing, TV Comedy
2022Sort Of[5]

Notes and References

  1. A. R. Wilson, "Orphan Black 505: Writer Jenn Engels on Cosima and Cophine". TV, eh?, July 8, 2017.
  2. Rose Behar, "The 2011 Ten to Watch: Jenn Engels". Playback, September 8, 2011.
  3. Michael Oliveira, "Flashpoint leads with 15 Gemini nominations". Toronto Star, August 31, 2010.
  4. Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
  5. Connie Thiessen, "Sort Of, The Parker Andersons lead WGC Screenwriting Award noms". Broadcast Dialogue, March 4, 2022.