Director Barry Jenkins is a lot of things. An Oscar-winning filmmaker, writer, and television auteur. A former Time 100 most influential person in the world. A respected director whose work in films ...

A lot of strange things happened in 2020, it's fair to say. But one of the many unexpected things to come out of that year was Barry Jenkins stepping in as the director of a Lion King prequel based ...

Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins knows a thing or two about the 305 life, and now he’s the leader of the pack in Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King.” Barry Jenkins: “You know, it’s interesting. When ...

CHICAGO -- "Mufasa: The Lion King" roars into theaters this week, and it is expected to be a holiday blockbuster. Director Barry Jenkins and songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda told ABC7 Chicago's Hosea ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Over the four years he’s spent working on “Mufasa: The Lion King,” Barry Jenkins estimates that he’s been asked why he wanted to make it at least 400 times. The question of why Jenkins ...

NEW YORK — Over the four years he’s spent working on “Mufasa: The Lion King,” Barry Jenkins estimates that he’s been asked why he wanted to make it at least 400 times. The question of why Jenkins, the ...