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Barry Jenkins is an award-winning writer and director based in San Francisco. He is best known for writing and directing the 2016 film Moonlight, which won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The website ‘They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?’ lists Moonlight as the 22nd most acclaimed film of the 21st century. In 2022, Sight and Sound crowned Moonlight the 60th greatest film of all time based on responses from 1,639 critics. His following film, ‘If Beale Street Could Talk,’ was also met with critical acclaim and was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning one. His feature film debut, Medicine for Melancholy, was released in theaters by IFC Films and hailed as one of the best films of 2009 by A.O. Scott of The New York Times. Filmmaker also named Jenkins one of their “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” Other projects include the shorts Tall Enough and A Young Couple, and the television series ‘The Underground Railroad.’

Mufasa: The Lion King ( 2024) | IMDb: 0

Adventure , Animation , Family

Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.

Starring:

Aaron Pierre , Luci Bravo , Kelvin Harrison Jr. , Tiffany Boone , Billy Eichner , John Kani

Directed by:

Barry Jenkins

Produced by:

Mark Ceryak , Peter M. Tobyansen , Francine Maisler

If Beale Street Could Talk ( 2018) | IMDb: 7.1

Drama , Romance

After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

Starring:

KiKi Layne , Stephan James , Regina King , Teyonah Parris , Colman Domingo , Ethan Barrett

Directed by:

Soren Miltich , Barry Jenkins , Michael Armand Crupi

Produced by:

Adele Romanski , Lauren B. Taylor , Mark Ceryak

Moonlight ( 2016) | IMDb: 7.4

Drama

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

Starring:

Trevante Rhodes , André Holland , Janelle Monáe , Ashton Sanders , Jharrel Jerome , Alex Hibbert

Directed by:

Laura Pinto , Stephen P. Del Prete , Roger Mendoza

Produced by:

Pedro M. Guillen , Ruben Malaret , Tarell Alvin McCraney

Barry Jenkins Movies: Top 3 Performances by a Successful Director

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