Jenifer Westphal - Wavelength

Founder + CEO + Executive Producer

Jenifer Westphal is a sought-after Emmy-winning producer and Founder, CEO and Executive Producer at Wavelength.

Named one of Variety’s “10 Producers to Watch” in 2020, Jenifer has served as executive producer for countless award-winning documentary and independent films, including the smash hits Knock Down The House, Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, and Emmy-winners Feels Good Man and Athlete A. Her films have played at Sundance, SXSW, DOC NYC, Tribeca, Toronto, Cannes, Venice, and more.

In her role as Founder, CEO and Executive Producer of Wavelength, Jenifer breaks barriers by taking a special interest in fostering female talent, first-time filmmakers and creators of color, having executive produced Night Comes On, Selah and the Spades, and Tribeca 2020 Best Doc Feature Winner, Socks on Fire. She produced all in-house productions at Wavelength, including Unschooled, The Foursome, Maybe This Year, and soon to be released, Let Me Be Me.

A former member of the Women of Sundance Leadership Council and Chicken & Egg Pictures, Jenifer has served as a participant on numerous panels at festivals, including Sundance Catalyst. Outside of her work in film, she serves as an advisory board member and grantor for the Good Work Foundation, an organization with the mission to lead a digitally-empowered education model for rural Africa and the world. A native of Iowa, Jenifer has called Philadelphia her home for 30-plus years. A self-taught chef, Jenifer loves being a mom to her 3 adult kids, spoiling her Shih Tzu, and can be found during the baseball season cheering for her beloved Phillies.

Credits

CUSP – Executive Producer

THE BLAZING WORLD – Executive Producer

FAREWELL AMOR – Executive Producer

FEELS GOOD MAN – Executive Producer

MAYBE THIS YEAR – Executive Producer

THE FOURSOME – Executive Producer

ATHLETE A – Executive Producer

SOCKS ON FIRE – Executive Producer

COLEWELL – Executive Producer

SO LATE SO SOON – Executive Producer

RADICAL LOVE – Executive Producer

HOOD RIVER – Executive Producer

UNSCHOOLED – Executive Producer, Producer

CAP – Executive Producer

LAZARUS – Executive Producer

WHERE’S MY ROY COHN? – Executive Producer

SELAH AND THE SPADES – Executive Producer

THE INFILTRATORS – Co-Executive Producer

KNOCK DOWN THE HOUSE – Co-Executive Producer

WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? – Executive Producer

SCOTTY AND THE SECRET HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD – Executive Producer

INVENTING TOMORROW – Co-Executive Producer

AFGHAN CYCLES – Executive Producer

SEMBENE! – Executive Producer

How a Scrappy New York Studio Became a Major Platform for Filmmakers of Color

Wavelength Founder/CEO/EP Jenifer Westphal told IndieWire about our evolving mission to amplify the creative voices of women and people of color.

Variety’s 10 Producers to Watch 2020

Jenifer Westphal named to Variety’s Top 10 Producers to Watch.

Wavelength to Premiere Three Films at DOC NYC

Let Me Be Me will make its World Premiere at the festival while Krimes and Cusp make their NYC Premiere.