2 Quotes & Sayings By Jennifer Erin Valent
Jennifer Erin Valent is a television writer, screenwriter, director and producer. She's written for some of the top writers in Hollywood including Aaron Sorkin, David E. Kelley, Greg Berlanti, Brad Silberling, and Steve Levitan. She has directed several films including The Butterfly Effect (2008), which she both wrote and directed, and co-wrote Life As We Know It (2010) with Kevin James
Jennifer's first job was as an intern at Aaron Spelling Productions where she worked with Kim Cattrall on filming Dynasty (1985). She went on to work with David E. Kelley on Ally McBeal (1997) and he directed her in Teaching Mrs.
Tingle (1999). Jennifer's first screenplay won the Jane Chambers Screenplay Award given by the Independent Television Service; it was also selected as one of nine films for the prestigious IFP Independent Film Festival. Her second screenplay won the Best Short Film award at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival; it went on to play in over 40 international film festivals and won three Audience Awards at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
She co-wrote Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules with Jeff Kinney, which opened March 2010 to critical acclaim from critics who called it "delightfully entertaining," "hilarious," "stupidly fun," and a "real treat." Jennifer Erin Valent has been a writer/director/producer for over ten years in television and film.