Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins is an award-winning writer and director based in San Francisco. He is best known for writing and directing the 2016 film Moonlight, which won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The website ‘They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?’ lists Moonlight as the 22nd most acclaimed film of the 21st century. In 2022, Sight and Sound crowned Moonlight the 60th greatest film of all time based on responses from 1,639 critics. His following film, ‘If Beale Street Could Talk,’ was also met with critical acclaim and was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one. His feature film debut, Medicine for Melancholy, was released in theaters by IFC Films and hailed as one of the best films of 2009 by A.O. Scott of The New York Times. Filmmaker also named Jenkins one of their “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” Other projects include the shorts Tall Enough and A Young Couple, and the television series ‘The Underground Railroad.’
Another Young Couple
as uncreditedAnother Young Couple — borne out of a camera test for If Beale Street Could Talk, James and I...
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Barry Jenkins' Criterion Closet Visit
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The Daily Show
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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as SelfSome of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of...
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Trailblazer Honors
as SpeakerOne-hour annual event that celebrates leaders at the forefront of LGBTQ equality.
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Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
as SelfA unique portrait of how art and activism for black people in film are indivisible from race and...
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