Jennifer Kroot is an American filmmaker whose films include the documentaries It Came From Kuchar (2009) and To Be Takei (2014).
Kroot studied filmmaking at the San Francisco Art Institute, where she met George Kuchar.
[1] Kuchar's "influence helped shape her films, such as the campy sci-fi satire Sirens of the 23rd Century.
Featuring interviews from Guy Maddin, John Waters, Atom Egoyan, Wane Wang and Buck Henry, It Came from Kuchar "crams a true cornucopia of excerpts from the prolific brothers’ output," which includes their early 8mm films from the 1950s and 1960s, as well as their 16mm classic, The Corruption of the Damned.
[8] Featuring interviews with Laura Linney, Ian McKellen, Olympia Dukakis, Jonathan Groff, Neil Gaiman, Amy Tan, and Jewell Gomez, The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin premiered at the 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award in the Documentary Spotlight section.