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Vicky Jenson

Vicky Jenson

Director and writer · Born March 4, 1960 (66) · Los Angeles, California, USA

BAFTA Award winner · 1 other major award body

Victoria "Vicky" Jenson (born March 6, 1960) is a film director of both live-action and animated films, and has been said to be "one of Hollywood's most inspiring female Directors". She has directed projects for DreamWorks Animation, including Shrek, the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, giving rise to one of Hollywood's largest film franchises.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 4, 1960 (66)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Director and writer
Titles
10 on MovieCove · 15 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 21% in 30 days

What are Vicky Jenson's films like?

Across their 5 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 5 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 5 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded 1 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2

Gentle 4 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady 4 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3

Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0

Casual 5 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved 5 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
5
Hopeful
2
Warm
1
Romantic
2
Manic
1
Other
3

How their films end

  • Happy5

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Vicky Jenson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 10 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Vicky Jenson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

15 credits, 10 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Spellbound(2024)

    Director · Story · as Old Blue-Haired Woman (voice)

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Post Grad(2009)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
  • Lo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Producer

  • Club Oscar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Director

  • Shark Tale(2004)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Family Tree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Executive Producer

  • Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Shrek(2001)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Chicken Run(2000)

    Storyboard

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • George and Junior - Look Out Below (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Background Designer

  • The Baby Huey Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 4 episodes · Director · Storyboard · Storyboard Artist · Writer

  • Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
  • The Ren & Stimpy Show(1991)

    Show 1 episode · Storyboard Artist

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
  • Playroom(1990)

    Production Design

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 15 titles from 1987 to 2024.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 15: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting8 of 15: 5 only directing, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score41stWriting3 of 15: 1 only writing, 2 with another roleProducing2 of 15: 1 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew6 of 15: 5 only other crew, 1 with another role

15 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and other crew overlap on 1 of them.

By decade

1980s1 · crew1990s5 · crew2000s8 · crew2020s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

a BAFTA Award from 3 major nominations, 2001.

WinNomination
  1. 2001
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Feature Film
    • +1 other major body · 2 nominations
      • Cannes award, nominated ×2

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Vicky Jenson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 5 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Approval · how many liked their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Reach · how many have seen their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 5

Midcredits score across 10 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 10 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Reviewers score the atmosphere 57/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 5 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Vicky Jenson's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity4 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 26 · mildMedian of all films: 36

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Vicky Jenson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Vicky Jenson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; John Lithgow shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers

Mixed roles