Barry Jenkins

American filmmaker Barry Jenkins was born in Miami, Florida and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in film from Florida State University. After creating his first independent film, Medicine for Melancholy, Jenkins continued writing scripts but also worked as a carpenter for some time and co-founded an advertising company before joining the writing team of an HBO drama. After the critical and commercial buzz of Moonlight, Jenkins has begun working on several other projects, including work for Netflix, as well as his own film adaptations of novels.

Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT de Madrid