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Barry Jenkins
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Barry Jenkins

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1979Born, Miami
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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…

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MoonlightDirectorTrue DetectiveExecutive Producer
Mufasa: The Lion KingDirector
AftersunProducer
If Beale Street Could TalkDirector

Filmography

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2026The Disciple: A Wu-Tang FableAdditional PhotographyMovie
2026The FenceExecutive ProducerMovie
2025Preparation for the Next LifeProducerMovie
2025Sorry, BabyProducerMovie
2025HarvestThanksMovie
2025I Wish You WouldExecutive ProducerMovie
2025Night BloomExecutive ProducerMovie
2024Mufasa: The Lion KingDirectorMovie
2024The Fire InsideWriter · ProducerMovie
2023All Dirt Roads Taste of SaltProducerMovie
2023Another Young CoupleDirectorMovie
2023Weapons and Their NamesAssociate ProducerMovie
2022AftersunProducerMovie
2021The Underground RailroadExecutive Producer · 10 episodes · Director · 10 episodes · Teleplay · 4 episodes · CreatorShow
2021The GazeDirectorMovie
2021NeighborsThanksMovie
2020Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysExecutive ProducerMovie
2020Charm City KingsStoryMovie
2019The Last Black Man in San FranciscoAssociate ProducerMovie
2018If Beale Street Could TalkDirector · Screenplay · ProducerMovie
2017Dear White PeopleDirector · 1 episodeShow
2016MoonlightDirector · ScreenplayMovie
2016ReaganThanksMovie
2014The High FiveProducerMovie
2014True DetectiveExecutive Producer · 6 episodesShow
2013King's GymDirectorMovie
2013Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the MultiverseStar King Zorzdon PxxaMovie
2013Sun Don't ShineThanksMovie
2011ChlorophylDirector · WriterMovie
2011RemigrationWriter · Producer · DirectorMovie
2009Tall EnoughDirector · WriterMovie
2009A Young CoupleDirectorMovie
2009One ShotDirectorMovie
2009Medicine for MelancholyDirector · WriterMovie
2003Little Brown BoyDirector · WriterMovie
2003My JosephineDirector · WriterMovie

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