- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 19, 1979
- Place of Birth
- Miami, Florida, USA
Barry Jenkins
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 C…
Filmography
movieThe Fence
2026 · Executive Producer
moviePreparation for the Next Life
2025 · Producer
movieSorry, Baby
2025 · Producer
movieI Wish You Would
2025 · Executive Producer
Night Bloom
movieNight Bloom
2025 · Executive Producer
movieMufasa: The Lion King
2024 · Director
movieThe Fire Inside
2024 · Writer, Producer
tvHollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieAll Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
2023 · Producer
movieAnother Young Couple
2023 · , Director
movieWeapons and Their Names
2023 · Associate Producer
movieAftersun
2022 · Producer
tvLIGHT & MAGIC
2022 · Self - Director, The Underground Railroad
tvThe Underground Railroad
2021 · Executive Producer, Director, Teleplay, Creator
movieThe Gaze
2021 · Director
movieNeighbors
2021 · Thanks
tvBottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020 · Self
movieNever Rarely Sometimes Always
2020 · Executive Producer
movieCharm City Kings
2020 · Story
movieIf Beale Street Could Talk
2018 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
tvBlack Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018 · Self
tvDear White People
2017 · Director
movieMoonlight
2016 · Director, Screenplay
Reagan
movieReagan
2016 · Thanks
tvClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
movieThe High Five
2014 · Producer
tvTrailblazer Honors
2014 · Self - Speaker
tvTrue Detective
2014 · Executive Producer
movieKing's Gym
2013 · Director
movieAdventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
2013 · Star King Zorzdon Pxxa
movieSun Don't Shine
2013 · Thanks
movieChlorophyl
2011 · Director, Writer
movieRemigration
2011 · Writer, Producer, Director
movieTall Enough
2009 · Director, Writer
movieA Young Couple
2009 · Director
movieOne Shot
2009 · Director
movieMedicine for Melancholy
2009 · Director, Writer
movieLittle Brown Boy
2003 · Director, Writer
movieMy Josephine
2003 · Director, Writer
tvThe Daily Show
1996 · Self
The Intuitionist
movieThe Intuitionist
— · Director, Writer
movieUntitled Alvin Ailey Project
— · Director, Executive Producer
Untitled Barry Jenkins 'Virunga' Adaptation
movieUntitled Barry Jenkins 'Virunga' Adaptation
— · Writer
The Natural Order
movieThe Natural Order
— · Director, Writer
Be My Baby
movieBe My Baby
— · Director