Barry Jenkins

Personal Info

Known For:
Directing

Birthday:
November 19, 1979

Place of Birth:
Miami, Florida, USA

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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.

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Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2023 Another Young Couple
2013 Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse Star King Zorzdon Pxxa
Year TV Show Role
2022 LIGHT & MAGIC Self - Director, The Underground Railroad
2020 Bottomless Brunch at Colman's Self
2018 Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' Self
2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Self
2014 Trailblazer Honors Self - Speaker
1996 The Daily Show Self
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