Barry Jenkins
Born 11/19/1979
(44 years old)
Liberty, Miami, Florida, USA
Biography
American filmmaker Barry Jenkins was born in Miami, Florida and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in film from Florida State University. After creating his first independent film, Medicine for Melancholy, Jenkins continued writing scripts but also worked as a carpenter for some time and co-founded an advertising company before joining the writing team of an HBO drama. After the critical and commercial buzz of Moonlight, Jenkins has begun working on several other projects, including work for Netflix, as well as his own film adaptations of novels.
Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT de Madrid
Director
| Movies | |
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| 2024 |
Mufasa: The Lion King |
| 2021 |
The Gaze |
| 2018 |
If Beale Street Could Talk |
| 2016 |
Moonlight |
| 2008 |
Medicine for Melancholy |
| Series | ||
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| 2021 |
The Underground Railroad |
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Chapter 10: Mabel (E10) |
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Chapter 9: Indiana Winter (E09) |
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Chapter 8: Indiana Autumn (E08) |
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| more episodes (7) | ||
| 2017 |
Dear White People |
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Chapter V (S01E05) |
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| 2010 |
Futurestates |
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| Music videos | |
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| 2013 |
All the Time |
| Short | |
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| 2011 |
Chlorophyl |
Remigration |
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| 2009 |
A Young Couple |
Tall Enough |
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| 2003 |
Little Brown Boy |
My Josephine |
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Screenwriter
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
The Fire Inside |
| 2018 |
If Beale Street Could Talk |
| 2016 |
Moonlight |
| 2008 |
Medicine for Melancholy |
| Series | |
|---|---|
| 2021 |
The Underground Railroad |
Chapter 10: Mabel (E10) |
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Chapter 9: Indiana Winter (E09) |
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Chapter 6: Tennessee - Proverbs (E06) |
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Chapter 1: Georgia (E01) |
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| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2011 |
Chlorophyl |
Remigration |
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| 2009 |
A Young Couple |
Tall Enough |
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| 2003 |
Little Brown Boy |
My Josephine |
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Producer
| Movies | |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
The Fire Inside |
| 2023 |
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt |
| 2022 |
Aftersun |
| 2018 |
If Beale Street Could Talk |
| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2011 |
Remigration |
Actor
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2022 |
Light & Magic (series) |
Gang of Outsiders (E01) |
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| 2018 |
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (series) |
Black is the New Hollywood (E03) |
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Legends and Pioneers (E01) |
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| Short | |
|---|---|
| 2003 |
Little Brown Boy |
Performer
Editor
| Short | |
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| 2009 |
A Young Couple |