Jenno Topping — Movies, TV Shows & Producing Credits

The essay

Reading Jenno Topping

Our editors on the work, the patterns and the reason this body of work holds together.

Why this filmmaker matters

Jenno Topping has 0 productions in the Nutevio catalogue. Jenno Topping was born in Sagaponack, New York, USA. She is known for Hidden Figures (2016), Ford v Ferrari (2019), and St. Vincent (2014). She is married to Chris Moore. They have three children. Very little is known about the talented producer. According to some sources, she was born on 1 January 1970. However, the producer herself has not revealed information about her birthday. She does not seem to prefer to share information about her personal life and childhood. She started her career as a co-producer in 1995 from the film The Brady Bunch Movie. Her films credit include 28 Days (2000), Surviving Christmas (2004), Seeking Justice (2011), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016), Red Sparrow (2018), and Spies in Disguise (2019), many more.

Signature style

The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.

Legacy

Topping set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.