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Barry JenkinsΒ (born November 19, 1979) is an American filmmaker. After making his filmmaking debut with the short filmΒ My JosephineΒ (2003), he directed his first feature film, Medicine for MelancholyΒ (2008), for which he received anΒ Independent Spirit AwardΒ nomination forΒ Best First Feature. He is also a creative collaborator and a member ofΒ The ChopstarsΒ collective.
Following an eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking, Jenkins directed and co-wrote the LGBTQ-themed independent dramaΒ Moonlight (2016), which wonΒ numerous accolades, including theΒ Academy Award for Best Picture. Jenkins received anΒ OscarΒ nomination forΒ Best DirectorΒ and jointly won theΒ Academy Award for Best Adapted ScreenplayΒ withΒ Tarell Alvin McCraney.Β He becameΒ the 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 andΒ Golden Globes.
He is also known for his work in television. In 2017, Jenkins directed "Chapter V" of theΒ NetflixΒ seriesΒ Dear White People. In 2021, he created and directed theΒ Amazon VideoΒ limited seriesΒ The Underground Railroad,Β based on theΒ novelΒ of the same name. The series received aΒ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or MovieΒ nomination and won aΒ Peabody Award. In 2017, Jenkins was included on the annualΒ TimeΒ 100Β list of the most influential people in the world.
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