Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins (born November 19, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. After making his filmmaking debut with the short film My Josephine, Jenkins garnered positive notices for the independent feature Medicine for Melancholy (2008), receiving an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature among other award nominations. Following an eight-year hiatus from filmmaking, Jenkins directed and co-wrote the LGBT-themed independent drama Moonlight (2016) which garnered universal critical acclaim and won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama. Jenkins received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and jointly won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay with Tarell Alvin McCraney. For Moonlight, Jenkins became the fourth black person to be nominated for Best Director and the second black person to direct a Best Picture winner. He released his third feature If Beale Street Could Talk in 2018 to critical praise. Read more on Wikipedia.

Gallery