Barry Jenkins
Directing
Born: 1979-11-19 · Miami, Florida, USA
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
🎬 Movies (30)
The Fence
2026
Executive Producer
I Wish You Would
2025
Executive Producer
Sorry, Baby
2025
Producer
Night Bloom
2025
Executive Producer
Preparation for the Next Life
2025
Producer
The Fire Inside
2024
Producer
Mufasa: The Lion King
2024
Director
Another Young Couple
2023
Director
Weapons and Their Names
2023
Associate Producer
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
2023
Producer
Aftersun
2022
Producer
The Gaze
2021
Director
Neighbors
2021
Thanks
Charm City Kings
2020
Story
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
2020
Executive Producer
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
Director
Moonlight
2016
Director
Reagan
2016
Thanks
The High Five
2014
Producer
Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse
2013
Star King Zorzdon Pxxa
Sun Don't Shine
2013
Thanks
King's Gym
2013
Director
Chlorophyl
2011
Director
Remigration
2011
Director
Medicine for Melancholy
2009
Director
A Young Couple
2009
Director
Tall Enough
2009
Director
One Shot
2009
Director
My Josephine
2003
Director
Little Brown Boy
2003
Director
📺 TV Shows (10)
Hollywood Black
2024
Self (archive footage)
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022
Self - Director, The Underground Railroad
The Underground Railroad
2021
Director
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020
Self
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
2018
Self
Dear White People
2017
Director
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Self
Trailblazer Honors
2014
Self - Speaker
True Detective
2014
Executive Producer
The Daily Show
1996
Self