Dallas Jenkins

In April 2022, Jenkins apologized for a marketing campaign that deliberately defaced 48 of the 70 national billboards promoting The Chosen.

In 2021, Jenkins directed a Christmas special episode of The Chosen, which was released in 1,700 cinemas for ten days.

The Chosen is a 2018 television drama based on the life of Jesus Christ, created, directed and co-written by Jenkins.

Jenkins is a former member of the Executive Leadership Team at Harvest Bible Chapel where he served as the Executive Director of Vertical Church Media. Vertical Church Films, a branch of Harvest Bible Chapel, partnered with Blumhouse Productions and WWE Films to produce the Jenkins’ directed The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, a 2017 faith-based film with a reported $2 million budget.

In 2017, Jenkins directed The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, a 2017 American Christian comedy-drama. The movie featured Brett Dalton (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), comedian Anjelah Johnson, D.B. Sweeney (The Cutting Edge), Neil Flynn (The Middle), and wrestling legend Shawn Michaels. The Hollywood Reporter said of the film "This genial religious-themed dramedy is refreshingly lacking in preachiness." However, it was not considered a box office success. Box Office Mojo reports the film made $2,308,355 gross worldwide.

Vertical Church Films was launched in 2012 to produce Christian feature films. The ministry has produced four films: The Ride in 2012, Once We Were Slaves (retitled The Two Thieves) in 2014, The Resurrection of Gavin Stone in 2017, and The Shepherd in 2017. The Shepherd later became the pilot episode for Jenkins’ new TV show, The Chosen.

In 2010, Jenkins directed What If…, a film about a businessman who is shown by an angel what his life could have become if he had followed God's calling for his life. It starred Kevin Sorbo, Kristy Swanson, John Ratzenberger, and Disney star Debby Ryan. Box Office Mojo reports the film made $814,906 domestically. It was successful internationally and continues to be successful via DVD and streaming.

After producing Hometown Legend and directing two short films, Jenkins's feature-length directorial debut was Midnight Clear in 2006. The film, which starred Stephen Baldwin and was distributed by Lionsgate, was based on a short story written by his father, Jerry Jenkins.

At the age of 25, Jenkins and his mother started a production company, Jenkins Entertainment, together. Their first film was Hometown Legend, a faith-based film which was distributed by Warner Brothers in 2000.

Jenkins’ father is Jerry B. Jenkins, a Christian novelist best known for the Left Behind series, one of the highest selling book series of all time, selling over 60 million copies. In 1997, Jenkins graduated from University of Northwestern-St. Paul, where he met his wife, Amanda.

Dallas Jenkins (born July 25, 1975) is an American film and television director, writer and film producer. He is best known as the creator, director and co-writer of The Chosen, the first multi-season series about the life of Jesus of Nazareth, and the most successful media crowd-fund of all time.