Tribeca Talks: Storytellers - Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner with America Ferrera
Tribeca Talks: Storytellers
| 60 MINUTESPanelists
Jenni Konner
Jenni Konner is a writer, director, and executive producer of Girls on HBO. She began her career as a writer on Judd Apatow's celebrated television series, Undeclared. In 2014, she and Lena Dunham co-founded A Casual Romance Productions. She and Lena are also the co-founders of LennyLetter.com, which launched last fall.
Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham is the creator and star of the critically acclaimed HBO series Girls, for which she also serves as executive producer, writer, and director. She has been nominated for eight Emmy® awards and has won two Golden Globes®, including Best Actress for her work on Girls. In 2010, she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay for her feature Tiny Furniture, which she also starred in and directed. In 2013, Dunham made history as the first female to win a DGA award in the Best TV Comedy Director category.
America Ferrera
America Ferrera is an award-winning actress and producer who is perhaps best known for her breakthrough role as Betty Suarez on ABC’s hit comedy, Ugly Betty, for which she won a Golden Globe®, Emmy® and Screen Actors Guild Award®, as well as ALMA and Imagen Awards. Ferrera currently produces and stars in the NBC workplace comedy, Superstore, which was recently picked up for a third season. She recently Executive Produced Refinery 29’s Behind the Headlines and Only Girl. In July 2016, America spoke at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on behalf of women’s rights and immigration in support of Hillary Clinton. Behind the scenes, America has started her own television and film production company, Take Fountain.
Beacon Theatre
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