FILM DIRECTOR

Barry Jenkins

1979 - Today

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Barry Jenkins (born November 19, 1979) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barry Jenkins has received more than 2,689,407 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Barry Jenkins is the 1,918th most popular film director (down from 1,691st in 2019), the 16,026th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,739th in 2019) and the 577th most popular American Film Director.

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  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Barry Jenkins ranks 1,918 out of 2,041Before her are Ellen Kuras, Louis Theroux, Byambasuren Davaa, William Malone, Peter Joseph, and Stephan Elliott. After her are Mark Duplass, Prabhu Deva, Wes Ball, Călin Peter Netzer, Gracia Querejeta, and S. Shankar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Barry Jenkins ranks 667Before her are Milan Dudić, Matej Mavrič, Giorgi Gogshelidze, Scott Porter, Íngrid Martz, and Ryūji Bando. After her are Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Thierry Gueorgiou, Nisha Ayub, David Kopp, Ryosuke Kijima, and Chen Yanqing.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barry Jenkins ranks 16,026 out of 20,380Before her are Martin O'Malley (1963), Regina Taylor (1960), Mary Mouser (1996), Dylan Ryder (1981), Scott Raynor (1978), and Brian McKnight (1969). After her are Mark Duplass (1976), Perez Hilton (1978), Karl Yune (1975), Havoc (1974), Carin Jennings-Gabarra (1965), and Dan Ayrault (1935).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Barry Jenkins ranks 577Before her are John Ridley (1964), Michael Dougherty (1974), Debra Granik (1963), Ellen Kuras (1959), William Malone (1953), and Peter Joseph (1978). After her are Mark Duplass (1976), Wes Ball (1980), Mark Dindal (1960), Chris Terrio (1976), Jenji Kohan (1969), and Jay Duplass (1973).