Variety’s Coverage of ‘Switching Time’

Producer Aaron Magnani is developing a movie project from Dr. Richard Baer’s  “Switching Time: A Doctor’s Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities.”

Jen Kleiner, the director of “Nina Quebrada,” is writing the script.

The book, published in 2007 by Crown, centers on a female patient Baer treated who created 17 different versions of herself — men, women, young boys, a toddler, nurturing, prim, licentious — to survive. The Chicago psychiatrist eventually learned that the patient had been a victim of sexual abuse.

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Interview with actress Yvette Yates in Script Magazine.

“Interviewer: What's it like being directed by a female director?

Yvette: One of my first films as the lead was as Nina Quebrada (Broken Girl) that garnered attention in the festival circuit and was directed by AFI’s Jen Kleiner. It was such a dark subject matter, dealing with human trafficking, and she made sure I was in the safest of environments physically and mentally, meaning checking I was comfortable with the situations. When I had to emotionally go to a certain place, she'd allow me to go there at my pace, and just the same, to come down from it.”

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TheWrap’s Coverage of ‘Switching Time’

Producer Aaron Magnani has optioned the screen rights to Dr. Richard Baer’s bestselling non-fiction book “Switching Time: A Doctor’s Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities,” TheWrap has learned.

Screenwriter Jen Kleiner will adapt the psychiatrist’s book as a psychological drama that will be produced by Aaron Magnani Productions.

“Switching Time” is based on a real-life case of multiple personality disorder. The book chronicles Baer’s gripping account of treating a woman who created 17 different personalities in order to deal with emotional trauma stemming from abuse she suffered in the past. 

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Interview with IWantHerJob.com’s Brianne Burrows

“Jen Kleiner was just five years old when she realized her calling was in show business — specifically, the art of movie-making.A desire to gain on set experience is how Jen accidentally discovered her career in fashion, too. And it was through both careers that Jen’s career zig-zagged into a resume that boasts five different titles for her ongoing work.”

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CineStory Foundation 2019 TV Original Division Semifinalist

For ‘Ahead of the Threat’ by Ryan Gavan & Jen Kleiner.

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CineStory Foundation 2016 Feature Screenwriting Semifinalist

For ‘Switching Time’ by Jen Kleiner.

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CineStory Foundation 2014 Feature Screenwriting Semifinalist

For ‘One Big Happy Family’ by Jen Kleiner.

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Named one of NAPW’s VIP Professional Women of Excellence 2014

At this year’s National Networking Conference, Jen was named “VIP Professional Woman of Excellence 2014”  for the western region of the United States by the National Association of Professional Women.

With over 500,000 members, the NAPW is the largest networking organization of female professionals in the country. Hundreds of qualified women applied for the award but only 5 were chosen, each from different regions of the US.