Jenifer Westphal | Wavelength

Founder + CEO + Executive Producer

Jenifer Westphal is a sought-after producer and executive producer for award-winning documentary and independent films, including Knock Down The House, Farewell Amor and Won’t You Be My Neighbor?. Her films have played at Sundance, SXSW, DOC NYC, Tribeca, Toronto, Cannes, Venice, and more, and in 2020 she was named one of Variety’s “10 Producers to Watch.” 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 Feels Good Man, Unschooled, The Foursome, Maybe Next 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 NEXT 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 and CEO 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.

Executive Producer Brenda Robinson Talks New Doc ‘The Empire of Ebony’ and More

In honor of Juneteenth receiving official recognition as a federal holiday, we sat down with executive producer Brenda Robinson to talk about the historical impact of publications Ebony and Jet.