Jennifer Kaytin Robinson

Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (born April 4, 1988) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter best known for co-writing and directing 2025's legacy film I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Early life 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.

Career 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. 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. 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).

Filmography Film Year TitleDirectorWriterProducer 2019 Someone Great 2020 Unpregnant 2022 Thor: Love and Thunder Do Revenge 2025 I Know What You Did Last Summer 2028 Tangled

Television Year TitleDirectorWriterExecutiveProducer Notes 2016 Sweet/Vicious Also creator 2020 Love Life Episode: "Magnus Lund Part II"

Consulting producer Hawkeye (2021)