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Jenny Bicks is a television and film writer and producer. Her series credits include Seinfeld, Dawson’s Creek, and HBO's Sex and The City. She wrote on Sex and The City for all six seasons, rising to the rank of executive producer. Her work on the series earned her several major awards, including an Emmy® Award, multiple Golden Globes and Producers Guild Awards and three WGA nominations.
Bicks created comedy Leap of Faith, starring Sarah Paulson, for NBC and dramedy Men In Trees, starring Ann Heche, on ABC. She Executive Produced and Show-ran Showtime’s critically acclaimed The Big C, starring Laura Linney, for all four seasons. Her work on that show earned her a Golden Globe nomination. She is currently shooting the second season of her half hour mockumentary series Welcome to Flatch for Fox.
In the feature world, her writing credits include What a Girl Wants, Rio 2 and The Greatest Showman starring Hugh Jackman. That film garnered three Golden Globe nominations, including Best Picture. She is currently adapting Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel Sex and Vanity for Sony Pictures.
Bicks has taught and mentored at The Sundance Labs, Hedgebrook, Humanitas and The Austin TV Festival, among others.
A born and bred New Yorker, Bicks divides her time amongst New York, Maine and Los Angeles.
“As writers, we owe a great debt to the storytellers that influenced and came before us. Humanitas’s New Voices Fellowship allows us to support and nurture the new voices that will continue our tradition. I am honored to be a part of empowering these emerging writers.”
– JENNY BICKS