Known For
Directing
Born
Nov 19, 1979
Place of Birth
Miami, Florida, USA
Credits
45 titles
Barry Jenkins
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 series The Underground Railroad, based on the novel of the same name. The series received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie nomination and won a Peabody Award. In 2017, Jenkins was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Jenkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
The Fence
Executive Producer
Preparation for the Next Life
Producer
Sorry, Baby
Producer
I Wish You Would
Executive Producer
Night Bloom
Executive Producer
Mufasa: The Lion King
Director
The Fire Inside
Writer
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Producer
Another Young Couple
Weapons and Their Names
Associate Producer
Aftersun
Producer
LIGHT & MAGIC
Self - Director, The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad
Executive Producer
The Gaze
Director
Neighbors
Thanks
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Self
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Executive Producer
Charm City Kings
Story
If Beale Street Could Talk
Director
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Self
Dear White People
Director
Moonlight
Director
Reagan
Thanks
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
The High Five
Producer
Trailblazer Honors
Self - Speaker
True Detective
Executive Producer
King's Gym
Director
Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
Star King Zorzdon Pxxa
Sun Don't Shine
Thanks
Chlorophyl
Director
Remigration
Writer
Tall Enough
Director
A Young Couple
Director
One Shot
Director
Medicine for Melancholy
Director
Little Brown Boy
Director
My Josephine
Director
The Daily Show
Self
Untitled Barry Jenkins 'Virunga' Adaptation
Writer
The Natural Order
Director
Be My Baby
Director
The Intuitionist
Director
Untitled Alvin Ailey Project
Director