Jenkins, 37, told Peter Travers that because the film hit home so much, he tried to make it for an audience of two, himself and McCraney. Barry Jenkins and Peter Travers at the ABC News studios in ...

Director Barry Jenkins is best known for films like Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk. On NPR's Wild Card, he opens up about where he felt the safest as a kid.

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 ...

When Barry Jenkins was growing up, in Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood, he would listen to teachers talk about the Underground Railroad. And like most children, he would picture “Black folks ...

Barry Jenkins knows full well the traumatizing effect of film and TV depictions of the inhumanity of slavery.. But the director of Oscar-winning 2016 film "Moonlight" found compelling reasons to ...

Barry Jenkins wants to get personal. In his latest film, “If Beale Street Could Talk,” the Oscar-winning director uses close-ups so the audience can stare directly into the eyes of his characters.

The Oscar-winning artist behind “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Moonlight” grapples with the spotlight, with advice from Denzel Washington and Ta-Nehisi Coates.

This story about “The Underground Railroad,” its creator Barry Jenkins, and stars Thuso Mbedu and William Jackson Harper first appeared in the Limited Series & TV Movies issue of TheWrap’s ...

Mufasa’s Barry Jenkins Is Married! Director Reveals He Tied the Knot with Filmmaker Lulu Wang: ‘Feels Good’ (Exclusive) Expats' Lulu Wang and Boyfriend Barry Jenkins 'Offer Fresh Eyes' To ...

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.