She was hired on a few big-budget Hollywood films to help the writers flesh out their female characters, most notably Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Konner was a big fan of the film and so jumped at the opportunity when HBO offered her the role of supervising Dunham for her new series Girls.
They also started a production company together called A Casual Romance, with the intent of addressing the gender imbalance in TV and film.
[18] At the time, the reason for this sudden decision was not made public but in January 2022 Dunham told Hollywood Reporter that midway through production on Camping, she had left to enter rehab.
When asked if the "timing was more than coincidental" with the split coming after her rehab stint, Dunham responded, "I think my recovery played a part in the break with Jenni insofar as it showed me that I needed to pause and clear the slate.
"[19] In January 2015, Dunham and Konner released a documentary for HBO about Hilary Knight, the illustrator of the children's books Eloise.
[21] The pair started the project with the intention of giving a platform to young female voices to discuss feminist issues.
The newsletter features political essays, personal stories, interviews, artwork and even an advice column from Dunham and Konner themselves called "Letters to Lenny.
[26] In October 2018, it was announced the website would be shutting down,[27][28] reportedly due to a decline in subscribers and a failure to build momentum on other platforms.