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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.
May 27, 2024 · Barry Jenkins, American director, writer, and producer who was known for creating lyrical, empathetic films that center on Black characters. His best-known movie, Moonlight, won the Oscar for best picture and for screenplay.
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Aug 26, 2022 · Director Barry Jenkins’ debut feature, MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY, is a product of the same DIY ethos & by-any-means-necessary attitude that define the mumblecore movement, but its thematic sophistication and acute focus on social justice sets it apart.
Feb 25, 2022 · “Moonlight” won Best Picture at the Oscars, and a host of other awards. And it made Barry Jenkins one of the most celebrated young directors out there.
Barry Jenkins was born on 19 November 1979 in Miami, Florida, USA. He is a producer and director, known for If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), Moonlight (2016) and Aftersun (2022).
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May 14, 2021 · Barry Jenkins discusses Moonlight, his by turns epic and intimate modern classic about a young gay man growing up against a backdrop of poverty, violence and drugs in Miami.
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Sep 6, 2016 · Based on a play by Tarell Alvin McCraney, the film is poetic and poignant, at once a reality check about the state of black America and an intensely personal, almost dreamy, meditation on desire,...
