When Jenks was 16 he founded the Hendrick Hudson Film Festival, featuring James Earl Jones as its keynote speaker.

[2] His mother is Nancy Piper Jenks, a family nurse practitioner who is site director in internal medicine at Hudson River HealthCare in Peekskill, NY.

[6] The film received mostly positive reviews, Variety calling it 'a lovely and genuine account of generational understanding'.

[10] Jenks said of the pitch process 'It was me and my two friends – 21 years old, telling ESPN, the 'Worldwide Leader in Sports' that this was a story that had to be told -that it was their duty.

In each episode, Andrew will move in with a new stranger to experience a week in their life, from random people, such as a homeless woman, a man with autism, a rapper, MMA fighter, a professional poker player, an NFL cheerleader, a female-fronted band, etc.

Season 2 of "World of Jenks" expanded to hour long episodes and continued to be a ratings hit.

He interviewed or asked questions to nearly all of the candidates, including Governor Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama.

Tubefilter praised the series for seeking a connection between dreams and reality and preferring symbolism and emotions over dialogue.

Bradley is mostly remembered for two things—being one of the tallest players to ever play in the NBA and for being on the wrong end of a lot of great dunks.

[21] Jenks has teamed up with DKMS and DoSomething to promote teens and college students to join the bone marrow donor registry.

Jenks directed a feature-length documentary titled "It's Not Over", an inspiring story of three courageous millennials from around the world who are living with or affected by HIV/AIDS.

Jenks takes viewers on a journey across India, South Africa and the United States to experience the epidemic first hand.

"[28] While in production, Jenks made head waves in the legal community after filming Ryan Ferguson in prison giving a plea straight to camera.

The project remains in development with HBO and Pretty Matches, the Sarah Jessica Parker production company.

[31] In October 2017, Jenks debuted as writer and narrator of the documentary podcast What Really Happened from Seven Bucks Productions, with executive producers Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia.

The annual event is held at the AMC Theatres in Times Square, New York City, the largest movie theater in the United States.

The festival has given over $1,00,000 in scholarships and prizes, hosted over 30 universities for the largest arts college fair in the country, and partnered with AT&T for an anti-bullying initiative.

The 2021 festival had over 2,000 submissions from over 30 countries with judges such as Kristen Stewart, John Oliver, and James Earl Jones.

[36] On his podcast, What Really Happened?, produced by Dwayne Johnson, Andrew revealed he had "battled depression, and it took time to just say that out loud",[37] adding in an interview with Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen that while at MTV he was embarrassed and had turned down an offer to speak at the 2013 National Conference on Mental Health at the White House.

[37] In 2014, while only attaining a high school degree, Andrew received an honorary doctorate from Quinnipiac University for his “quest to uncover stories that beg to be told.”.