Jennifer Ventimilia

{{Short description|American screenwriter}} '''Jennifer Ventimilia''' (previously '''Jeffrey Ventimilia'''<ref name=DeadlineAutobio>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/11/sternin-ventimilia-sell-autobiographical-comedy-project-with-dan-savage-to-abc-625450/|title=Sternin & Ventimilia Sell Autobiographical Comedy, Project With Dan Savage To ABC|author=Nellie Andreeva|work=Deadline|date=November 2013|access-date=24 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424160151/http://deadline.com/2013/11/sternin-ventimilia-sell-autobiographical-comedy-project-with-dan-savage-to-abc-625450/|archive-date=April 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> and also known as '''J.R. Ventimilia''') is an American screenwriter. Ventimilia co-wrote ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Simpson Tide]]" (with [[Joshua Sternin]])<ref name="Jean">{{cite video |people=Jean, Al |date=2006 |title=The Simpsons season 9 DVD commentary for the episode "Simpson Tide" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> and the teleplay of the episode {{"-}}[['Round Springfield]]", based on a story idea by [[Al Jean]] and [[Mike Reiss]].<ref name="book">{{cite book |last=Groening |first=Matt |authorlink=Matt Groening |editor1-first=Ray |editor1-last=Richmond |editor1-link=Ray Richmond |editor2-first=Antonia |editor2-last=Coffman |title=The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family |edition=1st |year=1997 |location=New York |publisher=[[HarperPerennial]] |lccn=98141857 |ol=433519M |oclc=37796735 |isbn=978-0-06-095252-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/simpsonscomplete00groe/page/173 173] |ref={{harvid|Richmond & Coffman|1997}} |title-link=The Simpsons episode guides#The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family }}.</ref> Other credits include ''[[Murphy Brown]]'', ''[[That '70s Show]]'', and ''[[The Critic (TV series)|The Critic]]''. In 2002, Ventimilia and Sternin created a show for Fox called ''[[The Grubbs]]'', starring [[Randy Quaid]]. Due to negative critical reaction, the show was canceled before it went on air.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lies are plentiful on TV press tours |work=[[The Deseret News]] |date=2003-07-09 |author=Scott D. Pierce |page=C08}}</ref> Ventimilia co-wrote the screenplay for the 2004 film ''[[Surviving Christmas]]'' and the 2010 film ''[[Tooth Fairy (2010 film)|Tooth Fairy]]''<ref>{{cite news |title=You can survive Christmas, but not this stinker flick |date=2004-10-22 |author=Julie E. Washington |work=[[The Plain Dealer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A comedy that's a kick in the teeth - Lame effort will have you grinding yours |author=Roger Ebert |work=[[The Chicago Sun-Times]] |date=2010-01-22 |page=B1 / FRONT|author-link=Roger Ebert }}</ref> and she also served as an executive producer and writer for ''[[Kitchen Confidential (TV series)|Kitchen Confidential]]'', ''[[Robot and Monster]]'', and the 2012 [[Nickelodeon]] reboot of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''.

Ventimilia is a [[trans woman]], having transitioned in 2013.<ref name="DeadlineAutobio" />

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