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Barry Jenkins
Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 19, 1979 (45 years)
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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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.
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Barry Jenkins Filmography
| 2025 | The Fence · as Executive Producer |
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| 2021 | The Underground Railroad (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Never Rarely Sometimes Always · as Executive Producer |
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| 2014 | True Detective (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2012 | 30 for 30 Shorts (TV Series) · as Co-Producer |
| 2010 | Futurestates (TV Series) |
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| 2021 | The Underground Railroad (TV Series) |
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| 2017 | Dear White People (TV Series) |
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| 2010 | Futurestates (TV Series) |
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| 2018 | If Beale Street Could Talk · as Screenplay |
| 2016 | Moonlight · as Screenplay |
| 2010 | Futurestates (TV Series) |
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| 2022 | Brad Pitt: More Than a Pretty Face · as Self |
| 2022 | LIGHT & MAGIC (TV Series) · as Self - Director, The Underground Railroad |
| 2020 | Bottomless Brunch at Colman's (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | 2020 Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2019 | The Oscars · as Self - Nominee |
| 2019 | 34th Film Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2019 | Desus & Mero (2019) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | 2019 EE British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2018 | Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2017 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2017 | The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2017 · as Self - Winner |
| 2016 | Quotidien (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2015 | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | IMDb on the Scene - Interviews (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2013 | RTL Late Night (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | These Amazing Shadows · as Self |
| 2009 | The 2009 Independent Spirit Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | E! Live from the Red Carpet (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1973 | Fantástico (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self - Interviewee |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2003 | Little Brown Boy · as Basketball Player |
| 1979 | SAG Foundation Conversations (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2021 | The Underground Railroad (TV Series) · as Teleplay |
| 2020 | Charm City Kings · as Story |
| 2019 | The Last Black Man in San Francisco · as Associate Producer: Kickstarter |