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Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins

Director · Born 1979-11-19 · Miami, Florida, USA

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Biography

Barry Jenkins (born November 19, 1979) is an American filmmaker. After making his filmmaking debut with the short film My Josephine (2003), he directed his first feature film, Medicine for Melancholy (2008), for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature. He is also a creative collaborator and a member of The Chopstars collective. Following an eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking, Jenkins directed and co-wrote the LGBTQ-themed independent drama Moonlight (2016), which won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Jenkins received an Oscar nomination for Best Director and jointly won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay with Tarell Alvin McCraney. He became the fourth Black person nominated for Best Director and the second to direct a Best Picture winner. He released his third directorial feature If Beale Street Could Talk 2018, to critical praise and earned nominations for his screenplay at the Academy Awards and Golden Globes. He is also known for his work in television. In 2017, Jenkins directed "Chapter V" of the Netflix series Dear White People. In 2021, he created and directed the Amazon Video limited…

Directed

  1. Moonlight (2016) — Director
  2. Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) — Director
  3. If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) — Director
  4. Dear White People (2017) — Director
  5. The Underground Railroad (2021) — Director
  6. Medicine for Melancholy (2009) — Director
  7. My Josephine (2003) — Director
  8. A Young Couple (2009) — Director
  9. Tall Enough (2009) — Director
  10. Little Brown Boy (2003) — Director
  11. The Gaze (2021) — Director
  12. Chlorophyl (2011) — Director
  13. Another Young Couple (2023) — Director
  14. King's Gym (2013) — Director
  15. Remigration (2011) — Director
  16. One Shot (2009) — Director
  17. The Intuitionist — Director
  18. Untitled Alvin Ailey Project — Director
  19. The Natural Order — Director
  20. Be My Baby — Director

Also appeared in

  1. The Daily Show (1996) — Self
  2. LIGHT & MAGIC (2022) — Self - Director, The Underground Railroad
  3. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) — Self
  4. Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse (2013) — Star King Zorzdon Pxxa
  5. Hollywood Black (2024) — Self (archive footage)
  6. Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (2018) — Self
  7. Another Young Couple (2023)
  8. Trailblazer Honors (2014) — Self - Speaker
  9. Bottomless Brunch at Colman's (2020) — Self