Known for Directing
Jennifer Fox is producer, director, writer and camerawoman. Her films include Beirut: The Last Home Movie (Grand Prize Winner & Best Cinematography, Sundance Film Festival 1988; Frontline WGBH), the ten-hour An American Love Story (Berlin and Sundance Film Festivals 1999, Gracie Award 1999, Primetime PBS/BBC/ARTE), the six-part Flying Confessions of a Free Woman (IDFA and Sundance Film Festivals 2008; Sundance Channel), and the feature My Reincarnation (Emmy Award nominated, IDFA and Hamptons Film Festivals; IDFA Audience Award 2010; Premiere POV 2012). Fox recently completed her first fiction feature, The Tale, which she wrote, directed, and produced, with an all-star cast including: Laura Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Debicki, Jason Ritter and Common.
Born
January 1, 1959 (age 67)
Filmography
16 films, 9 shows


The Tale
2018 · 1h 55m
country: Germany
An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.


My Reincarnation
2011 · 1h 22m
country: China
Filmed over twenty years, Tibetan Buddhist Master Choogyal Namkhai Norbu watches as his western-born son, Yeshi, who was recognized at birth as the reincarnation of a famous spiritual master, considers departing from tradition to embrace the modern world.


Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman
2007 · 5h 53m
country: Unknown
Acclaimed filmmaker Jennifer Fox maps the world of female life and sexuality today -- from the dramatic turns in her own life to the stories of women around the globe that shed light on the universal issues all women face. Employing a groundbreaking camera technique, called "passing the camera", this powerful series creates a new type of documentary language and storytelling that mirrors the special way women communicate.


Beirut: The Last Home Movie
1987 · 2h 3m
country: United States
The documentary follows the life of Gaby Bustros and her family, who live in in a 200-year old mansion in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War. The Bustros family, one of the noble families of Beirut, remain in their ancestral home despite the endless war that surrounds them.