Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

• Name — Jennifer Kaytin Robinson • Born — 4 April 1988 • Birthplace — Miami, Florida, U.S. • Occupation — * Film director • film producer • screenwriter • Years Active — 2007–present • Other Names — Jennifer K. Robinson

Jennifer Kaytin Robinson was born and raised in Miami, Florida, moving to Los Angeles in 2004, at the age of 16, and reaching the final round of auditions of Hannah Montana to play Miley Cyrus's best friend Lilly. While acting, she began working in fashion PR between New York and Los Angeles, which led her to start a career in writing.

In 2016, Robinson created and produced Sweet/Vicious for MTV, a dark comedy series about two female college students who become vigilantes, taking justice into their own hands to revenge on sexual abusers. Although the show received positive reviews, with Variety naming Sweet/Vicious one of their 20 Best New Shows of 2016, it was cancelled after one season. In 2016, Robinson was named as one of Variety‘s 10 TV Writers to Watch, and was invited to speak at the White House under the Obama administration and Vice President Joe Biden's final "It's On Us" summit. In 2019, Robinson made her feature directorial debut for Netflix with Someone Great, which was generally well received by critics. In 2020, Robinson co-wrote Marvel Studios's Thor: Love and Thunder with director Taika Waititi. Also in 2020, Robinson received a screenplay credit on HBO Max's Unpregnant. In 2022 Robinson directed and co-wrote the Netflix film Do Revenge, starring Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke, a high school comedy version of Strangers on a Train, which received generally positive reviews. Robinson co-wrote, directed and executive produced 2025's legacy film I Know What You Did Last Summer, which received mostly negative reviews, and disappointed at the box office. In December 2024, she scripted a live-action adaptation of the Disney animated film Tangled (2010).

Film • Year — Title — Director — Writer — Producer • 2019 — Someone Great — Executive • 2020 — Unpregnant • 2022 — Thor: Love and Thunder • Do Revenge • 2025 — I Know What You Did Last Summer — Executive • 2028 — Tangled Television • Year — Title — Director — Writer — Executive Producer — Notes • 2016 — Sweet/Vicious — Also creator • 2020 — Love Life — Episode: "Magnus Lund Part II" Consulting producer • Hawkeye (2021)