Hollywood Black
2024 · TV Show
as Self (archive footage)
Barry Jenkins
1979-11-19
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Miami, Florida, USA
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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
Another Young Couple
2023 · Movie
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022 · TV Show
as Self - Director, The Underground Railroad
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020 · TV Show
as Self
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018 · TV Show
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · TV Show
as Self
Trailblazer Honors
2014 · TV Show
as Self - Speaker
Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
2013 · Movie
as Star King Zorzdon Pxxa
The Daily Show
1996 · TV Show
as Self
Crew Credits
The Fence
2026 · Movie
Executive Producer
I Wish You Would
2025 · Movie
Executive Producer
Sorry, Baby
2025 · Movie
Producer
No image
Night Bloom
2025 · Movie
Executive Producer
Preparation for the Next Life
2025 · Movie
Producer
The Fire Inside
2024 · Movie
Producer, Writer
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024 · Movie
Director
Weapons and Their Names
2023 · Movie
Associate Producer
Another Young Couple
2023 · Movie
Director
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
2023 · Movie
Producer
Aftersun
2022 · Movie
Producer
The Gaze
2021 · Movie
Director
Neighbors
2021 · Movie
Thanks
The Underground Railroad
2021 · TV Show
Executive Producer, Director, Teleplay, Creator
Charm City Kings
2020 · Movie
Story
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
2020 · Movie
Executive Producer
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018 · Movie
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Dear White People
2017 · TV Show
Director
Moonlight
2016 · Movie
Director, Screenplay
No image
Reagan
2016 · Movie
Thanks
The High Five
2014 · Movie
Producer
True Detective
2014 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Sun Don't Shine
2013 · Movie
Thanks
King's Gym
2013 · Movie
Director
Chlorophyl
2011 · Movie
Writer, Director
Remigration
2011 · Movie
Writer, Producer, Director
Medicine for Melancholy
2009 · Movie
Director, Writer
A Young Couple
2009 · Movie
Director
Tall Enough
2009 · Movie
Director, Writer
One Shot
2009 · Movie
Director
My Josephine
2003 · Movie
Director, Writer
Little Brown Boy
2003 · Movie
Director, Writer
No image
The Intuitionist
· Movie
Director, Writer
Untitled Alvin Ailey Project
· Movie
Director, Executive Producer
No image
Untitled Barry Jenkins 'Virunga' Adaptation
· Movie
Writer
No image
The Natural Order
· Movie
Director, Writer
No image
Be My Baby
· Movie
Director
