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Barry Jenkins (born November 19, 1979) is an American filmmaker. After making his filmmaking debut with the short film My Josephine (2003), he directed his first feature film Medicine for Melancholy (2008) for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature .
Barry Jenkins is a producer and director of acclaimed films such as Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk. Learn more about his life, career, and upcoming projects on IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content.
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Sep 6, 2016 · The director Barry Jenkins at a screening of his movie “Moonlight,” at the Telluride Film Festival last week. Credit... Vivien Killilea/Getty Images. I think there was an element of that. The ...
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May 27, 2024 · Barry Jenkins (born November 19, 1979, Miami, Florida, U.S.) is an American director, writer, and producer who is known for creating lyrical, empathetic films that centre on Black characters. Jenkins grew up in the economically distressed Liberty City neighbourhood of Miami. His father was absent from his life, and his mother struggled with ...
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Dec 8, 2018 · By David Sims. Barry Jenkins directs KiKi Layne (right) on the set of his film If Beale Street Could Talk. ( Tatum Mangus / Annapurna Pictures / The Atlantic) December 8, 2018. This interview ...
Mar 23, 2022 · In the content of it. The release of it. The making of it. No matter the shape of my always evolving life, I can’t shake it. Five years on, I’m not sure I want to. There are so many memories ...
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Nov 18, 2016 · Moonlight: Directed by Barry Jenkins. With Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan Sanderson, Alex R. Hibbert. A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.