His management confirmed his death through his partner Amanda Robson.
Jenkins began his career as a reporter before moving into production at Australias public broadcaster, the ABC.
Heartbreak Highfollowed a group of Australian teenagers at the multi-cultural Hartley High in the suburbs of Sydney.
The cast of the original ‘Heartbreak High’, which Michael Jenkins co-created in 1994Fremantle
The reboot launched in 2022 and won an International Emmy.
It was renewed for a second season, which launches on Netflix in April.
Jenkins was a script consultant on the reboot.
He often talked of making a Ned Kelly film, told through the eyes of Joe Byrne.
Wouldve loved to have seen that.
