Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins

Known for: Directing
Biography: 1979-11-19 (45 years old)

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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Filmography

all 43

Movies 35

Producer 16

Director 14

TV Shows 8

self 6

Writer 2

Creator / Executive Producer / Director / Teleplay
The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad (2021)

TV
Director / Screenplay / Producer
If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

Movie
5.75
Director / Screenplay
Moonlight

Moonlight (2016)

Movie
9
Executive Producer
True Detective

True Detective (2014)

TV
6.31
Director / Writer
Chlorophyl

Chlorophyl (2011)

Movie
Writer / Producer / Director
Remigration

Remigration (2011)

Movie
Director / Writer
Tall Enough

Tall Enough (2009)

Movie
Director / Writer
My Josephine

My Josephine (2003)

Movie
Director / Executive Producer
Untitled Alvin Ailey Project

Untitled Alvin Ailey Project

Movie
Director / Writer
The Intuitionist

The Intuitionist

Movie
Executive Producer
Night Bloom

Night Bloom

Movie
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Information

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1979-11-19 (45 years old)

Birth Place
Miami, United States

Spouse
Lulu Wang

Citizenships
United States

Residences
Los Angeles, United States

Awards
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, Time 100, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

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