Age: 46
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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 creative collaborator and a member of The Chopstars collective. 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. Jenkins received an Oscar nomination for Best Director and jointly won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay with Tarell Alvin McCraney. He became the fourth Black person nominated for Best Director and the second to direct a Best Picture winner. He released his third directorial feature If Beale Street Could Talk 2018, to critical praise and earned nominations for his screenplay at the Academy Awards and Golden Globes. He is also known for his work in television. In 2017, Jenkins directed "Chapter V" of the Netflix series Dear White People. In 2021, he created and directed the Amazon Video limited series The Underground Railroad, based on the novel of the same name. The series received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie nomination and won a Peabody Award. In 2017, Jenkins was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Jenkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Barry Jenkins
Director
for Director in Junior M.A.F.I.A.: Masters of the Game
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Experience the untold story of one of hip-hop’s most influential collectives with Junior M.A.F.I.A.: Masters of the Game, a gritty, deeply personal biopic miniseries chronicling the meteoric rise, trials, and legacy of the Bedford-Stuyvesant group that forever changed the rap game. Set in the golden era of 1990s hip-hop, the series opens with a young Christopher Wallace—better known as The Notorious B.I.G.—navigating fame in Brooklyn while assembling a crew of raw talent. Mentoring a group of friends and neighborhood hopefuls, B.I.G. transforms Junior M.A.F.I.A. into a powerhouse collective, fostering stars like the unapologetic and game-changing Lil' Kim. The miniseries will take viewers behind the scenes of the group's breakout success with Conspiracy, detailing the creation of iconic tracks like “Player’s Anthem” and “Get Money.” Through gripping performances, viewers will feel the triumphs of their early fame, the personal and creative dynamics between members, and the shadow cast by the untimely death of their mentor, Biggie Smalls.
