Strike Anywhere
Barry Jenkins is an award-winning filmmaker based in Oakland, CA. After graduating from Florida State University with a BA in English and a BFA in Film, he relocated to Los Angeles, where he worked as an assistant to director Darnell Martin on the Oprah Winfrey production Their Eyes Were Watching God. His feature film debut, Medicine for Melancholy, premiered at SXSW and was released in theaters by IFC Films and hailed as one of the best films of 2009 by A.O. Scott of the New York Times. Other projects include the shorts Tall Enough, A Young Couple, Remigration and Chlorophyl.