Barry Jenkins
Director, producer, and writer *Barry Jenkins *has received sweeping critical acclaim for his films, which notably depict black and queer experience through a nuanced and expressive lens.\xa0His 2016 film\xa0Moonlight\xa0received the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture \u2014 Drama. Jenkins\xa0is currently in production on\xa0The Underground Railroad,\xa0a series based on Colson Whitehead\u2019s novel of the same name, and his forthcoming film, an adaptation of James Baldwin\u2019s novel\xa0If Beale Street Could Talk,\xa0will be released in late November.