Barry Jenkins
Directing
November 19, 1979 (46 years old)
Miami, Florida, USA
9
Acting Credits
16
Directed
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 Moonligh...
Known For
Filmography
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
3
Another Young Couple
2023
5.5
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
as Self - Director, The Underground Railroad
7.9
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020
as Self
10
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018
as Self
6.3
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
as Self
6.2
Trailblazer Honors
2014
as Self - Speaker
7.5
Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
2013
as Star King Zorzdon Pxxa
5.8
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
6.4