# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-jenkins-q26821227
# Generated: 2026-08-16T01:12:08.010Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-jenkins-q26821227"
name: "Barry Jenkins"
slug: "barry-jenkins-q26821227"
description: "Barry Jenkins 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."
tagline: "American writer and director (born 1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barry_Jenkins_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1979-11-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump