FILM DIRECTOR

Jenji Kohan

1969 - Today

Photo of Jenji Kohan

Icon of person Jenji Kohan

Jenji Leslie Kohan (born July 5, 1969) is an American television writer and producer. She is best known as the creator and showrunner of the Showtime comedy-drama series Weeds and the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black. She has received nine Emmy Award nominations, winning one as supervising producer of the comedy series Tracey Takes On.... Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Jenji Kohan is the 2,073rd most popular film director (down from 1,929th in 2024), the 17,528th most popular biography from United States (down from 16,182nd in 2019) and the 617th most popular American Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Jenji Kohan by language

Loading...

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jenji Kohan ranks 2,073 out of 2,041. Before her are Sean Gullette, Roya Sadat, Reza Mirkarimi, Paula Ortiz, Celine Song, and Govind Nihalani. After her are Tim Minear, Susannah Grant, Derek Cianfrance, Farhan Akhtar, Zoe Cassavetes, and Amat Escalante.

Most Popular Film Directors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1969, Jenji Kohan ranks 1,102. Before her are Mitch Harris, Natalya Zasulskaya, Michal Rozin, Stephanie Kelton, Aron Eisenberg, and Sergio Daniel Martínez. After her are Diana-Maria Riva, Carl Oliver, Masanori Kizawa, Aleksandr Lebziak, Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson, and Janeth Arcain.

Others Born in 1969

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Jenji Kohan ranks 17,535 out of 20,380. Before her are Whitney Wolfe Herd (1989), Valerie Cruz (1976), Trace Adkins (1962), Aron Eisenberg (1969), Brian Leetch (1968), and Sam Levinson (1985). After her are Patti Harrison (1990), Kevin Robinzine (1966), Eileen Gu (2003), Kimora Lee Simmons (1975), Chelsea Kane (1988), and Kwame Brown (1982).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Jenji Kohan ranks 617. Before her are David Gordon Green (1975), Greg Yaitanes (1970), Destin Daniel Cretton (1978), Casey Neistat (1981), Rawson Marshall Thurber (1975), and Sean Gullette (1968). After her are Tim Minear (1963), Susannah Grant (1963), Derek Cianfrance (1974), Zoe Cassavetes (1970), Chris Terrio (1976), and Scott Z. Burns (1962).

American born Film Directors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous