
Biography
Barry Jenkins 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 member of the Chopstars collective as a creative collaborator.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2017
- Time 100 · 2017
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award — Best Director · 2016
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2019 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Director · 2017 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2017 · nominated
Filmography22 titles

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

True Detective

Light & Magic

Charm City Kings

Aftersun

Moonlight

Mufasa: The Lion King

The Fire Inside

The Underground Railroad

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

Sorry, Baby

If Beale Street Could Talk

The Daily Show

The Fence

Medicine for Melancholy

Harvest

Preparation for the Next Life

Dear White People

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Sun Don't Shine

Hollywood Black