Jennifer Getzinger


Jennifer Getzinger is an American director and script supervisor of film and television.

Career

For much of her career she worked as a script supervisor on a number of notable films including The Prophecy, Phantoms, Clay Pigeons, Requiem for a Dream, and The Devil Wears Prada. She was also script supervisor for the television series Strangers with Candy, Sex and the City, The Comeback, The Sopranos, and Mad Men, making her episodic directorial debut on the latter series. When she was invited by Weiner to join her on Mad Men from The Sopranos as a script supervisor. The job would entain her moving to Los Angeles which she was hesitant about. She said yes on the condition that she be allowed to switch into director. Weiner agreed and she was offered directing jobs on the second season.
She has been nominated for three Directors Guild of America Awards for directing the Mad Men episodes "The Gypsy and the Hobo", "The Suitcase", and "A Little Kiss".
Her other television directing credits include Hung, The Killing, Orange is the New Black, Agent Carter, How to Get Away with Murder, Shut Eye, Jessica Jones, Outlander, Counterpart, Daredevil, Westworld, Dead To Me, Why Women Kill, Outer Range, and The Nevers. In 1998, she directed the independent film Blue Christmas, which was written by her older brother, Scott Getzinger. She also wrote and directed the short film Save Me in 2006.
In 2023, she directed the sixth episode of the Star Wars series Ahsoka.

Personal life

Jennifer is the daughter of Mike Warren , the creator and star of the Connecticut children's TV series The Friends of Mr. Goober, which was broadcast on WNHC-TV Channel 8 in New Haven from 1961 to 1971. Warren also hosted Connecticut Bandstand on WNHC-TV in 1961 and later co-hosted the game show Dialing for Dollars on Channel 8 with Bob Norman. Warren died November 29, 2013, at age 80.

Filmography

'''As a director'''

Film

Television

As a director
YearTitleNotes
2008–2015Mad Men10 episodes; also script supervisor
2010HungEpisode: "Mind Bullets or Bang Bang Bang Bang Motherfucker"
2010Men of a Certain AgeEpisode: "Same as the Old Boss"
2011Desperate HousewivesEpisode: "Suspicion Song"
2011The KillingEpisode: "A Soundless Echo"
2011–2012The Big C4 episodes
2011–2012Suits2 episodes
2012Wedding BandEpisode: "Don't Forget About Me"
2012Up All Night2 episodes
2013The Carrie DiariesEpisode: "Fright Night"
20131600 PennEpisode: "Frosting/Nixon"
2013Masters of Sex2 episodes
2013RevengeEpisode: "Surrender"
2013–2014Law & Order: SVU2 episodes
2014Orange is the New BlackEpisode: "Little Mustachioed Shit"
2014SatisfactionEpisode: "Through Self Discovery"
2015The Returned2 episodes
2015ManhattanEpisode: "Behold the Lord of the Executioner"
2015–2019How to Get Away with Murder3 episodes
2016Agent Carter2 episodes
2016Good Girls RevoltEpisode: "Dateline"
2017Shut EyeEpisode: "Crimes and Punishment"
2017–2018Outlander4 episodes
2018Counterpart3 episodes
2018The Man in the High CastleEpisode: "Kasumi "
2018DaredevilEpisode: "No Good Deed"
2018–2019Jessica Jones3 episodes
2020Dead to Me2 episodes
2020Westworld2 episodes
2021Why Women KillEpisode: "Lady in the Lake"
2022CandyEpisode: "Happy Wife, Happy Life"
2022Outer Range2 episodes
2023The Morning ShowEpisode: "Strict Scrutiny"
2023The Nevers2 episodes
2023–presentAhsokaEpisode: "Part Six - Far, Far Away"; also directed 2 episodes for future 2 season
2024The PenguinEpisode: "A Great or Little Thing"
2025High PotentialEpisode: "Partners"
2025Happy FaceEpisode: "Killing Shame"

Awards and nominations