Barry Jenkins

Barry Jenkins

Director and producer. Born 19 November 1979 in Miami, Florida, USA.

9

Titles on Fi1m4 directing · 4 producing · 1 crew

78

Average Fi1m scoreas director · 4 titles

1

Oscar1 won · 2 nominated

Born

19 November 1979, Miami, Florida, USA

Active

2014–present

Frequently works with

Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner

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Barry Jenkins, producer, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada — Barry Jenkins, producer, at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, CanadaFrank Sun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

BARRY & CLAY - BARRY'S 30TH (2009) — BARRY & CLAY - BARRY'S 30TH (2009)Jared eberhardt from Los Angeles, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Barry Jenkins and Rachel Morrison at the premiere of "The Fire Inside" during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival — Barry Jenkins and Rachel Morrison at the premiere of "The Fire Inside" during the 2024 Toronto International Film FestivalFrank Sun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Barry Jenkins at a Q&A session for The Underground Railroad at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, California, United States (2024) — Barry Jenkins at a Q&A session for The Underground Railroad at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, California, United States (2024)hinnk, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Barry Jenkins — Barry JenkinsImage via TMDB

Speaking about his film Medicine for Melancholy at the Northwest Film Forum. Go see it! (2009) — Speaking about his film Medicine for Melancholy at the Northwest Film Forum. Go see it! (2009)yancy9, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photographs: Frank Sun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence); Jared eberhardt from Los Angeles, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence); Frank Sun, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence); hinnk, CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence); yancy9, CC BY 2.0 (licence). Stills courtesy of the studios via TMDB.