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Barry Jenkins
Directing Moonlight, an intimate coming-of-age film that won Best Picture.
Moonlight · If Beale Street Could Talk
- Born
- 19 November 1979
- Birthplace
- Miami, Florida, United States
More people
Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins is an American filmmaker whose work explores identity, family and emotional lives through carefully observed encounters.
Early life
Miami childhood
Grew up in Liberty City in a household affected by poverty and addiction.
Film education
Studied at Florida State University.
Career
- 2008
First feature
Directed Medicine for Melancholy.
- 2016–2017
Moonlight
Won Best Picture and shared the adapted-screenplay Oscar.
- 2018 onward
Further adaptations
Made If Beale Street Could Talk and The Underground Railroad.
Selected work
Moonlight
Followed a Black boy into adulthood across three periods.
If Beale Street Could Talk
Adapted James Baldwin’s novel about love and wrongful accusation.
The Underground Railroad
Adapted Colson Whitehead’s novel for television.
Beyond directing
Producing
Supported other filmmakers through his production work.
Creative circle
Has maintained collaborations formed during film school.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Academy Awards: 2017 ceremony ↗Photo: Jian Maldonado. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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