Michael Jenkins (1946 – 4 March 2024) was an Australian writer, producer and film and television director.
[1][2] Jenkins was the creator of the crime drama television series Scales of Justice, Blue Murder and Wildside, all of which deal with corruption in the New South Wales police force.
[3] Jenkins was one of the most highly regarded Australian directors of the 1990s,[4] known for his distinctive, gritty style, particularly for his use of multiple hand-held cameras and semi-improvised dialogue.
[5] Jenkins garnered controversy in 2007, when he was announced as the director of The Wrong Girl, a film about the Sydney gang rapes in 2000, written with Nicholas Hammond.
[6][7][8] Jenkins was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2020, and died on 4 March 2024, at the age of 77.