Barry Jenkins
Born: 1979-11-19 in Miami, Florida, USA
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2026
- The Fence ... (Executive Producer)
2025
- Sorry, Baby ... (Producer)
- Preparation for the Next Life ... (Producer)
- Night Bloom ... (Executive Producer)
- I Wish You Would ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- Mufasa: The Lion King ... (Director)
- The Fire Inside ... (Writer)
2023
- All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt ... (Producer)
- Weapons and Their Names ... (Associate Producer)
- Another Young Couple
2022
- Aftersun ... (Producer)
- LIGHT & MAGIC as Self - Director, The Underground Railroad
2021
- The Gaze ... (Director)
- The Underground Railroad ... (Executive Producer)
- Neighbors ... (Thanks)
2020
- Charm City Kings ... (Story)
- Bottomless Brunch at Colman's as Self
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always ... (Executive Producer)
2018
- If Beale Street Could Talk ... (Director)
- Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' as Self
2017
- Dear White People ... (Director)
2015
2014
- True Detective ... (Executive Producer)
- Trailblazer Honors as Self - Speaker
- The High Five ... (Producer)
2013
- Sun Don't Shine ... (Thanks)
- Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse as Star King Zorzdon Pxxa
- King's Gym ... (Director)
2011
- Remigration ... (Writer)
- Chlorophyl ... (Director)
2009
- Medicine for Melancholy ... (Director)
- Tall Enough ... (Director)
- One Shot ... (Director)
- A Young Couple ... (Director)
2003
- My Josephine ... (Director)
- Little Brown Boy ... (Director)
1996
- The Daily Show as Self