FILM DIRECTOR

Barry Jenkins

1979 - Today

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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. He is also a member of The Chopstars collective as a creative collaborator. Following an eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking, Jenkins directed and co-wrote the LGBTQ-themed independent drama Moonlight (2016), which won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barry Jenkins is the 864th most popular film director (up from 1,919th in 2019), the 6,133rd most popular biography from United States (up from 16,024th in 2019) and the 225th most popular American Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Barry Jenkins ranks 864 out of 2,041. Before her are Hamilton Luske, Gleb Panfilov, Shinichirō Watanabe, Catherine Hardwicke, Joe Wright, and Alain Cavalier. After her are Steno, Willis H. O'Brien, Raoul Coutard, Ralph Nelson, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, and Ari Folman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Barry Jenkins ranks 82. Before her are Peter Leko, Jennifer Carpenter, Kristanna Loken, JoAnna Garcia, Dan Balan, and Ali Carter. After her are Matisyahu, Alexander Frei, Rosario Dawson, James Blake, Grafite, and Edi Gathegi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barry Jenkins ranks 6,133 out of 20,380. Before her are Sally Kellerman (1937), Robert Henri (1865), Lewis Terman (1877), Otis Bowen (1918), Dexter Holland (1965), and Jacob Perkins (1766). After her are Jamie Gillis (1943), George Herbig (1920), Stephen J. Cannell (1941), Willis H. O'Brien (1886), Alice Hamilton (1869), and Omarosa Manigault Newman (1974).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Barry Jenkins ranks 225. Before her are Stuart Gordon (1947), William Cameron Menzies (1896), Tate Taylor (1969), Kevin Smith (1970), Hamilton Luske (1903), and Catherine Hardwicke (1955). After her are Willis H. O'Brien (1886), Ralph Nelson (1916), Antoine Fuqua (1966), Todd Haynes (1961), Charles Shyer (1951), and Mary Lambert (1951).

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