{"id":27533,"date":"2026-07-10T18:45:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=barry-jenkins"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:45:44","slug":"barry-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=barry-jenkins","title":{"rendered":"Barry Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Barry Jenkins\u00a0(born November 19, 1979) is an American filmmaker. After making his filmmaking debut with the short film\u00a0My Josephine\u00a0(2003), he directed his first feature film, Medicine for Melancholy\u00a0(2008), for which he received an\u00a0Independent Spirit Award\u00a0nomination for\u00a0Best First Feature. He is also a creative collaborator and a member of\u00a0The Chopstars\u00a0collective.<\/p>\n<p>Following an eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking, Jenkins directed and co-wrote the LGBTQ-themed independent drama\u00a0Moonlight (2016), which won\u00a0numerous accolades, including the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Picture. Jenkins received an\u00a0Oscar\u00a0nomination for\u00a0Best Director\u00a0and jointly won the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay\u00a0with\u00a0Tarell Alvin McCraney.\u00a0He became\u00a0the fourth Black person nominated for Best Director and the second to direct a Best Picture winner. He released his third directorial feature If Beale Street Could Talk 2018, to critical praise and earned nominations for his screenplay at the Academy Awards and\u00a0Golden Globes.<\/p>\n<p>He is also known for his work in television. In 2017, Jenkins directed &#8220;Chapter V&#8221; of the\u00a0Netflix\u00a0series\u00a0Dear White People. 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