Barry Jenkins
Directing Born Nov 19, 1979 Miami, Florida, USA 65 credits
Biography
Barry Jenkins works in directing. Born November 19, 1979 in Miami, Florida, USA. Archytele tracks 65 screen credits across canonical film and television databases.
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Career timeline
The Fence · Executive Producer
Sorry, Baby · ProducerPreparation for the Next Life · ProducerHarvest · ThanksI Wish You Would · Executive ProducerNight Bloom · Executive Producer
Mufasa: The Lion King · DirectorHollywood BlackThe Fire Inside · ProducerThe Fire Inside · Writer
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt · ProducerWeapons and Their Names · Associate ProducerAnother Young CoupleAnother Young Couple · Director
Aftersun · ProducerLIGHT & MAGIC
The Underground Railroad · Executive ProducerThe Underground Railroad · DirectorThe Underground Railroad · TeleplayThe Underground Railroad · CreatorThe Gaze · Director
Bottomless Brunch at Colman'sCharm City Kings · StoryNever Rarely Sometimes Always · Executive Producer
The Last Black Man in San Francisco · Associate Producer
If Beale Street Could Talk · DirectorIf Beale Street Could Talk · ScreenplayIf Beale Street Could Talk · ProducerBlack Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
Dear White People · Director
Moonlight · DirectorMoonlight · ScreenplayReagan · Thanks
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
True Detective · Executive ProducerTrailblazer HonorsThe High Five · Producer
Sun Don't Shine · ThanksAdventures of Christopher Bosh in the MultiverseKing's Gym · Director
Remigration · WriterRemigration · ProducerRemigration · DirectorChlorophyl · WriterChlorophyl · Director
Medicine for Melancholy · DirectorMedicine for Melancholy · WriterA Young Couple · DirectorTall Enough · DirectorTall Enough · Writer
My Josephine · DirectorMy Josephine · WriterLittle Brown Boy · DirectorLittle Brown Boy · Writer
The Daily Show
Full Filmography
65 titles- The Fence (2026) Executive Producer
- Sorry, Baby (2025) Producer
- Preparation for the Next Life (2025) Producer
- Harvest (2025) Thanks
- I Wish You Would (2025) Executive Producer
- Night Bloom (2025) Executive Producer
- Mufasa: The Lion King (2024) Director
- Hollywood Black (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- The Fire Inside (2024) Producer
- The Fire Inside (2024) Writer
- All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt (2023) Producer
- Weapons and Their Names (2023) Associate Producer
- Another Young Couple (2023)
- Another Young Couple (2023) Director
- Aftersun (2022) Producer
- LIGHT & MAGIC (2022) as Self - Director, The Underground Railroad
- The Underground Railroad (2021) Executive Producer
- The Underground Railroad (2021) Director
- The Underground Railroad (2021) Teleplay
- The Underground Railroad (2021) Creator
- The Gaze (2021) Director
- Neighbors (2021) Thanks
- Bottomless Brunch at Colman's (2020) as Self
- Charm City Kings (2020) Story
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) Executive Producer
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) Associate Producer
- If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Director
- If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Screenplay
- If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Producer
- Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (2018) as Self
- Dear White People (2017) Director
- Moonlight (2016) Director
- Moonlight (2016) Screenplay
- Reagan (2016) Thanks
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self
- True Detective (2014) Executive Producer
- Trailblazer Honors (2014) as Self - Speaker
- The High Five (2014) Producer
- Sun Don't Shine (2013) Thanks
- Adventures of Christopher Bosh in the Multiverse (2013) as Star King Zorzdon Pxxa
- King's Gym (2013) Director
- Remigration (2011) Writer
- Remigration (2011) Producer
- Remigration (2011) Director
- Chlorophyl (2011) Writer
- Chlorophyl (2011) Director
- Medicine for Melancholy (2009) Director
- Medicine for Melancholy (2009) Writer
- A Young Couple (2009) Director
- Tall Enough (2009) Director
- Tall Enough (2009) Writer
- One Shot (2009) Director
- My Josephine (2003) Director
- My Josephine (2003) Writer
- Little Brown Boy (2003) Director
- Little Brown Boy (2003) Writer
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- Untitled Barry Jenkins 'Virunga' Adaptation Writer
- Untitled Alvin Ailey Project Director
- Untitled Alvin Ailey Project Executive Producer
- Be My Baby Director
- The Natural Order Director
- The Natural Order Writer
- The Intuitionist Director
- The Intuitionist Writer
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Barry Jenkins best known for?
Barry Jenkins is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including The Fence (2026), Sorry, Baby (2025), Mufasa: The Lion King (2024), Aftersun (2022).
When and where was Barry Jenkins born?
Barry Jenkins was born on November 19, 1979 in Miami, Florida, USA.
How many credits does Barry Jenkins have?
Barry Jenkins has accumulated over 65 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1996 to 2026.
What is Barry Jenkins's background in cinema and television?
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. He is also a creative colla...
Barry Jenkins by the numbers
65credits
52films
13TV series
1996–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- Trailblazer Honors (2014) as Self - Speaker — aged about 34
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self — aged about 16
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self — aged about 35
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