Barry Jenkins
Birth Name:
Barry Jenkins
Birth Place:
Miami, Florida, United States
Profession
Producer, Director, Writer, Editor
Fast Facts
- Received the 2017 Tallahassee Film Festival Distinguished Achievement Award
- Was named one of TIME Magazine's 100 most influential people in 2017
- Graduated from Florida State University in 2003
- Before becoming a director, he worked as a carpenter
- Best known for directing the Oscar-winning film "Moonlight․"
- Co-founded the advertising studio Strike Anywhere, which specialized in producing commercials
- Once worked as an intern for Oprah Winfrey
- Raised $13,000 to produce his first film "Medicine for Melancholy․"
Awards
- 2008Gold Hugo - New Directors Competition:Nominated
- 2008Gotham Independent Film Award - Breakthrough Director:Nominated
- 2008Filmmaker Award - Best Narrative Feature:Nominated
- 2008Best Film - International Competition:Nominated
- 2009Independent Spirit Award - Best First Feature:Nominated
- 2009Someone to Watch AwardNominated
- 2009ICP Award - Best First Feature:Nominated
- 2009Marlon Riggs AwardWinner
- 2016AAFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016Audience Award - People's Choice Award:Winner
- 2016AFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
- 2016AFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016Breakthrough Artist AwardNominated
- 2016ACCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016ACCA - Best Director:Nominated
- 2016Best Film - Official Competition:Nominated
- 2016BFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016BFCC Award - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
- 2016CFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016CFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016Audience Choice Award - Best Narrative Feature:Winner
- 2016Critics Choice Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2016Critics Choice Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016DFWFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016DFWFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016DFCS Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016DFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2016DFCS Award - Breakthrough Artist:Nominated
- 2016Pauline Kael Breakout AwardWinner
- 2016FFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2016FFCC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016Golden Schmoes - Best Director of the Year:Nominated
- 2016Audience AwardWinner
- 2016Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Feature:Winner
- 2016Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2016Behind the Camera Award - Breakthrough Director:Winner
- 2016Halekulani Golden Orchid Award - Narrative Feature:Winner
- 2016IGN Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2016IFJA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2016ICP Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016ICP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016Sierra Award - Breakout Filmmaker of the Year:Winner
- 2016Sierra Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2016Sierra Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Nominated
- 2016LAFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016Best Film - International Competition:Nominated
- 2016Audience Award - U.S. Cinema:Winner
- 2016NBR Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016NMFC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2016NMFC Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016NYFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016NYFCO Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016NYFCO Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2016NTFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2016Audience Award - Honorable Mention - Centerpieces:Winner
- 2016PCC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016PCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016PFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2016PFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016SDFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2016SDFCS Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016SFFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016SFFCC Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Winner
- 2016SEFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016SEFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2016SLFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016SLFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2016TFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2016TFCA Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original:Nominated
- 2016Platform PrizeNominated
- 2016UFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016UFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2016VHS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016VFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016VVFP Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016VVFP Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2016WAFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2016WAFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2017Oscar - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2017Oscar - Best Achievement in Directing:Nominated
- 2017EDA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2017EDA Award - Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2017Amanda - Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske spillefilm):Nominated
- 2017BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay (Original):Nominated
- 2017Audience Choice - Best Feature Film:Winner
- 2017Black Reel - Outstanding Screenplay, Motion Picture:Winner
- 2017Black Reel - Outstanding Director, Motion Picture:Winner
- 2017COFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2017COFCA Award - Breakthrough Film Artist:Winner
- 2017COFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2017CIFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2017CIFCC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2017Chlotrudis Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2017DFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2017DFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2017DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film:Nominated
- 2017Dorian Award - Director of the Year:Winner
- 2017Dorian Award - Screenplay of the Year:Winner
- 2017DFCC - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2017Independent Spirit Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2017Independent Spirit Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2017Robert Altman AwardWinner
- 2017GAFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2017Breakthrough AwardNominated
- 2017GAFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2017Gold Derby Film Award - Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2017Gold Derby Film Award - Director:Nominated
- 2017Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2017Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2017HFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2017HFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2017HFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2017HFCS Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2017Image Award - Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film):Winner
- 2017Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film):Winner
- 2017ICS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2017ICS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2017Audience AwardWinner
- 2017MovieZone AwardNominated
- 2017INOCA - Best Director:Winner
- 2017INOCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2017INOCA TV - Best Directing for a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2017IFC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2017ALFS Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
- 2017ALFS Award - Screenwriter of the Year:Nominated
- 2017NSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2017NSFC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2017NCFCA Award - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated
- 2017NCFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2017OFCC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2017OFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2017OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Winner
- 2017OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2017OFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2017OFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2017Directors to WatchWinner
- 2017FIPRESCI Film of the YearNominated
- 2017Outstanding Director of the Year AwardWinner
- 2017Satellite Award - Best Screenplay, Original:Winner
- 2017Satellite Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2017SFCS Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
- 2017SFCS Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2017The Best Film - The 50 best films of 2017 in the UK:Nominated
- 2017USC Scripter Award - Film:Winner
- 2017WGA Award (Screen) - Best Original Screenplay:Winner
- 2018ASECAN Award - Best Foreign Film:Nominated
- 2018BFCC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2018Bodil - Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film):Nominated
- 2018CFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2018CinEuphoria - Top Ten of the Year - International Competition:Winner
- 2018CinEuphoria - Best Screenplay - International Competition:Nominated
- 2018CinEuphoria - Best Director - International Competition:Nominated
- 2018CinEuphoria - Best Film - International Competition:Winner
- 2018CinEuphoria - Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award:Winner
- 2018Robert - Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film):Nominated
- 2018FFCC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2018Audience AwardNominated
- 2018Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Feature:Nominated
- 2018GWNYFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2018GWNYFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2018Guldbagge - Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film):Nominated
- 2018Truly Moving Picture AwardWinner
- 2018IGN Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2018Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series:Nominated
- 2018LAOFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2018Audience Award - Best Film:Winner
- 2018Best Film - International Competition:Nominated
- 2018NBR Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2018OFCC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2018OAFFC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2018PFCC Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2018Critics Award - Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro):Winner
- 2018Audience Award - Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro):Winner
- 2018SFFCC Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Nominated
- 2018SFFCC Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2018SFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2018SFCS Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2018SLFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2018Grolsch People's Choice AwardNominated
- 2018Festival Award - Best Feature Film:Nominated
- 2018VHS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2018WAFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2018WAFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019Oscar - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019EDA Award - Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019AFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2019AFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2019ACCA - Best Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2019ACCA - Best Director:Nominated
- 2019ACCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2019BAFTA Film Award - Best Screenplay (Adapted):Nominated
- 2019Black Reel - Outstanding Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019Black Reel - Outstanding Director:Nominated
- 2019CIFCC Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019CIFCC Award - Best Independent Film:Winner
- 2019COFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019Critics Choice Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2019DFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019Dorian Award - Screenplay of the Year:Nominated
- 2019Dorian Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
- 2019Independent Spirit Award - Best Feature:Winner
- 2019Independent Spirit Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2019GAFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2019GAFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019Gold Derby Film Award - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2019Gold Derby Film Award - Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019Golden Globe - Best Screenplay - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2019HFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2019HFCS Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture (Film):Nominated
- 2019Image Award - Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture (Film):Nominated
- 2019ICS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019INOCA - Best Director:Nominated
- 2019INOCA - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019LEJA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2019LEJA Award - Best Picture:Nominated
- 2019LEJA Award - Best Achievement in Directing:Nominated
- 2019ALFS Award - Screenwriter of the Year:Nominated
- 2019NCFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2019NCFCA Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2019Odyssey Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2019Odyssey Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2019OFTA Film Award - Best Picture:Nominated
- 2019OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2019OFTA Film Award - Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium:Winner
- 2019OFCS Award - Best Adapted Screenplay:Winner
- 2019OFCS Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2019Satellite Award - Best Screenplay, Adapted:Nominated
- 2019Satellite Award - Best Director:Nominated
- 2019USC Scripter Award - Film:Nominated
- 2019WGA Award (Screen) - Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
- 2020Gold Derby Film Award - Adapted Screenplay of the Decade:Nominated
- 2020Gold Derby Film Award - Director of the Decade:Nominated
- 2021AAFCA Award - Best Director:Winner
- 2021Black Reel - Outstanding TV Movie/Limited Series:Nominated
- 2021Black Reel - Outstanding Directing, TV Movie/Limited Series:Nominated
- 2021Black Reel - Outstanding Writing, TV Movie/Limited Series:Nominated
- 2021Golden Frog - TV Series Competition:Nominated
- 2021Gotham Independent Film Award - Breakthrough Series - Longform:Nominated
- 2021Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series:Nominated
- 2021Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie:Nominated
- 2022BAFTA TV Award - International:Winner
- 2022British Independent Film Award - Best British Independent Film:Winner
- 2022DGA Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series:Winner
- 2022Independent Spirit Award - Best New Scripted Series:Nominated
- 2022Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Feature:Nominated
- 2022Image Award - Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series:Winner
- 2022PGA Award - Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television:Nominated
- 2022USC Scripter Award - Television:Nominated
- 2022WGA Award (TV) - Adapted Long Form:Nominated
- 2023BAFTA Scotland Award - Best Feature Film:Nominated
- 2023Windie - Best Independent Film:Nominated
- 2023Independent Spirit Award - Best First Feature:Winner
- 2023Gold Derby Film Award - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2023LEJA Award - Best Picture:Nominated
- 2023NDFS Award - Best Picture:Winner
- 2024CinEuphoria - Best Film - International Competition:Nominated
- 2024Independent Spirit Award - Best First Feature:Nominated
- 2024Gaudí Award - Best European Film (Millor Pel·lícula Europea):Nominated
- 2024Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series:Nominated
- 2025Black Reel - Outstanding Screenplay:Nominated
- 2025British Independent Film Award - Best International Independent Film, Sponsored by Champagne Taittinger:Nominated
- 2025Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Feature:Nominated
- 2025Image Award - Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2026Windie - Best Independent Film:Nominated
- 2026Independent Spirit Award - Best Feature:Nominated