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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 Martian Manhunter: Son of Mars
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Mars was once divided between green and white Martians, but they achieved peace after J'onn J'onzz, a Manhunter officer and the best among them, represented Mars in a peace treaty along side Protex, the representative of the white Martians. J'onn has a wife named M'yri'ah and a daughter named K'hym. He also has a twin brother, Ma'alefa'ak, who has a strong hatred for Martians because he lacks the telepathic abilities innate to their kind. While on a mission, J'onn learns of a deadly virus on Mars spreading through telepathic communication. He returns home, just to witnesses his family die. In that moment, J'onn is unintentionally teleported by Dr. Saul Erdel to Earth in Middleton, Colorado on the year 1963. J'onn establishes a psychic link with Erdel, who dies shortly afterward due to old age. Stranded on Earth, J'onn learns about humanity and is inspired by Martin Luther King's speech, he takes on the appearance of a black man, the identity of John Jones and becomes a detective, befriending detective Diane Meade, who discovers his secret but decides to help him. In the 80s, John gets approached by another Martian, M'gann M'orzz, who reveals Ma'alefa'ak spread the virus. J'onn confronted his brother with M'gann's help, defeating him and adopting M'gann as his niece. They stayed together until the present day. As heroes emerged, J'onn disguised himself and went around the country observing the others waiting for when to intervene.
