
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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Acting (2 movies)
Directing (14 movies)

Medicine for Melancholy
2009

The Gaze
2021

A Young Couple
2009

My Josephine
2003

Little Brown Boy
2003

Tall Enough
2009

Moonlight
2016
Chlorophyl
2011

One Shot
2009

King's Gym
2013

Another Young Couple
2023

If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
Remigration
2011

Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| My Josephine | 2003 | Writer |
| Little Brown Boy | 2003 | Writer |
| Medicine for Melancholy | 2009 | Writer |
| Tall Enough | 2009 | Writer |
| Remigration | 2011 | Writer |
| Remigration | 2011 | Producer |
| Chlorophyl | 2011 | Writer |
| The High Five | 2014 | Producer |
| Moonlight | 2016 | Screenplay |
| If Beale Street Could Talk | 2018 | Screenplay |
| If Beale Street Could Talk | 2018 | Producer |
| Never Rarely Sometimes Always | 2020 | Executive Producer |
| Aftersun | 2022 | Producer |
| All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt | 2023 | Producer |
| The Fire Inside | 2024 | Producer |
| The Fire Inside | 2024 | Writer |
| Night Bloom | 2025 | Executive Producer |
| I Wish You Would | 2025 | Executive Producer |
| Sorry, Baby | 2025 | Producer |
| Preparation for the Next Life | 2025 | Producer |
| The Fence | 2026 | Executive Producer |
