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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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2026The FenceExecutive ProducerMovie
2025Preparation for the Next LifeProducerMovie
2025Sorry, BabyProducerMovie
2025I Wish You WouldExecutive ProducerMovie
2025Night BloomExecutive ProducerMovie
2024The Fire InsideProducerMovie
2023All Dirt Roads Taste of SaltProducerMovie
2023Weapons and Their NamesAssociate ProducerMovie
2022AftersunProducerMovie
2021The Underground RailroadExecutive Producer · 10 episodesShow
2020Never Rarely Sometimes AlwaysExecutive ProducerMovie
2019The Last Black Man in San FranciscoAssociate ProducerMovie
2018If Beale Street Could TalkProducerMovie
2014The High FiveProducerMovie
2014True DetectiveExecutive Producer · 6 episodesShow
2011RemigrationProducerMovie

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