Jeff Jenkins

Jeff Jenkins is an American producer known for his work in reality television. He is best known for producing The Simple Life, Total Divas, and Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Coming Out Colton.

Career Bunim/Murray Productions Jenkins started working at Bunim/Murray Productions in 2001 and helped grow and expand the company. He later served as executive vice president until August 2016.

At Bunim/Murray, Jenkins worked as an executive producer for Keeping Up with the Kardashians and its various spin-offs. Keeping Up with the Kardashians won multiple Teen Choice Awards, People's Choice Awards, and E! People's Choice Awards. Jenkins was a producer for Kourtney and Kim Take Miami, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, Khloé & Lamar, Dash Dolls, Rob & Chyna. Jenkins was a creator, producer, and writer for Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons, which premiered in 2014. In 2015, Jenkins was an executive producer for I Am Cait, which covered Caitlyn Jenner's gender transition. In 2017, he was an executive producer for Life of Kylie.

Jeff Jenkins Productions In 2018, Jenkins launched Jeff Jenkins Productions alongside 3 Ball Entertainment, which is based in Redondo Beach, California. Jeff Jenkins Productions is a full-service content and production company focusing on unscripted docuseries and celebrity-based reality television series.

In 2020, Jeff Jenkins Productions released Unfiltered: Paris Jackson & Gabriel Glenn on Facebook Watch. The series was inspired by Crazy Rich Asians. The company is also producing My Unorthodox Life, which will follow Julia Haart, CEO of Elite World Group and former member of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. In 2021, Jeff Jenkins was the mastermind behind the controversial and uplifting reality series Coming Out Colton on Netflix. The series chronicled the coming out process of controversial reality star Colton Underwood which addressed his appearance on The Bachelor and the stalking and harassment allegations against his ex Cassie Randolph. The series premiered to major criticism with Esquire describing the series as "calculated" and Varietys Daniel D'Addario saying "'Coming Out Colton' is a distasteful extension of a brand that doesn’t mean much to begin with."

Filmography Television Title Year(s) Functioned as Notes Director Writer Producer Creator The Challenge 2003 Supervising producer, 15 episodes; Director, 2 episodes The Real World 2002–2004 Director, 30 episodes Road Rules 2007 1 episode The Simple Life 2003–2007 Kourtney & Kim Take New York 2011–2012 Mrs. Eastwood & Company 2012 8 episodes Kourtney & Khloé Take the Hamptons 2014–2015 Dash Dolls 2015 Little Women: LA 2015 26 episodes Ozzy & Jack's World Detour 2016 1 episode Rob & Chyna 2016 1 episode The Gary Owen Show 2016 1 episode Keeping Up with the Kardashians 2007–2016 Mariah's World 2016–2017 4 episodes So Cosmo 2017 Undressed 2017 Total Divas 2013–2019 The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives 2024–present 8 episodes