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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 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 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.
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Mar 23, 2022 · Moonlight: Barry Jenkins Reflects on His Oscar Winner Five Years Later. On the five-year anniversary of his surprise best-picture win, the director remembers the making of his masterpiece. By...
Sep 6, 2016 · Told in three chapters, divided among three lead actors, “Moonlight” is about Chiron, a young man growing up, as Mr. Jenkins did, in a poor section of Miami.
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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.
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Dec 8, 2018 · Two years after his paradigm-shifting Oscar success with Moonlight, the director Barry Jenkins is making a triumphant return with If Beale Street Could Talk, a delicate but devastating...
