List of awards and nominations received by Barry Jenkins

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Barry Jenkins awards and nominations

Barry Jenkins in 2009
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 1 3 BAFTA Awards 1 4 Critics' Choice Movie Awards 1 3 Golden Globe Awards 0 3 Independent Spirit Awards 5 8 NAACP Image Award 3 7 Satellite Awards 1 4
Totals [a]
Wins	92
Nominations	142
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

This is a list of awards and nominations received by American filmmaker Barry Jenkins.

Jenkins is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer known for his feature films, Moonlight (2016), an adaptation of the Tarell Alvin McCraney play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) an adaptation of James Baldwin's acclaimed novel of the same name. He is also known for the direction "Episode V" of the Netflix series Dear White People and for direction the Amazon Prime Video limited series The Underground Railroad (2021) based on the Colson Whitehead novel of the same name, for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special and won the BAFTA TV Award for Best International Programme.

He has received three Academy Award nominations, winning Best Adapted Screenplay for Moonlight (2016). He also received nominations from the British Academy Film Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, and the Directors Guild of America.

For his work of Moonlight, Jenkins became the first black filmmaker to ever sweep "The Big Four" critics awards for directing category ( LA , NBR , NY , NSFC ).

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Best Director	Moonlight	Nominated	[1]
	Best Adapted Screenplay		Won
2019		If Beale Street Could Talk	Nominated	[2]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Best Film Original Screenplay Writing	Moonlight	Nominated	[3]
2019	Best Film Screenplay Adaptation Writing	If Beale Street Could Talk	Nominated	[4]
2022	Best Television International Programme	The Underground Railroad	Won	[5]
2023	Outstanding British Film	Aftersun	Nominated

Directors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Outstanding Directing – Feature Film	Moonlight	Nominated	[6]
2022	Outstanding Directing – Miniseries or TV Film	The Underground Railroad	Won	[7]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Best Director	Moonlight	Nominated	[8]
	Best Screenplay		Nominated
2019		If Beale Street Could Talk	Nominated

Primetime Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2021	Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series	The Underground Railroad	Nominated	[9]
	Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie		Nominated

Writers Guild of America Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2017	Best Original Screenplay	Moonlight	Won	[10]
2019	Best Adapted Screenplay	If Beale Street Could Talk	Nominated	[11]
2022	Best Television Long Form – Adapted	The Underground Railroad	Nominated	[12]

Other awards and nominations

Black Reel Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2017	Outstanding Director	Moonlight	Won	[13]
	Outstanding Screenplay, Adapted or Original		Won
2019	Outstanding Director	If Beale Street Could Talk	Nominated	[14]
	Outstanding Screenplay, Adapted or Original		Nominated
2021	Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series	The Underground Railroad	Nominated	[15]
	Outstanding Directing, TV Movie/Limited Series		Nominated
	Outstanding Writing, TV Movie/Limited Series		Nominated

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2016	Best Director	Moonlight	Nominated	[16]
	Best Original Screenplay		Nominated
2019	Best Adapted Screenplay	If Beale Street Could Talk	Won	[17]

Critics' Choice Television Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2022	Best Limited Series	The Underground Railroad	Nominated	[18]

Gotham Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2021	Breakthrough Series – Long Format	The Underground Railroad	Nominated	[19]

Independent Spirit Award

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2008	Best First Feature	Medicine for Melancholy	Nominated	[20]
	Someone to Watch Award		Nominated
2016	Best Director	Moonlight	Won	[21]
	Best Screenplay		Won
	Robert Altman Award		Won
2019	Best Feature	If Beale Street Could Talk	Won	[22]
	Best Director		Won
2022	Best New Scripted Series	The Underground Railroad	Nominated	[23]

NAACP Image Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2016	Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture	Moonlight	Won	[24]
	Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture		Won
2017	Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series	Dear White People – "Chapter 5"	Nominated	[25]
2019	Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture	If Beale Street Could Talk	Nominated	[26]
	Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture		Nominated
2022	Outstanding Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special	The Underground Railroad	Nominated	[27]
	Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series		Won

Satellite Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2017	Best Director	Moonlight	Nominated	[28]
	Best Original Screenplay		Won
2019	Best Director	If Beale Street Could Talk	Nominated	[29]
	Best Adapted Screenplay		Nominated

Critics awards

Critics' Awards
Year	Work	Category	Result	Ref.
African-American Film Critics Association Awards
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Won	[30]
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Won	[31]
		Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay	Won
2019	If Beale Street Could Talk		Nominated	[32]
Amanda Award
2017	Moonlight	Best Foreign Feature Film	Nominated	[33]
ASECAN Award
2018	Moonlight	Best Foreign Feature Film	Nominated	[34]
Atlantic Film Festival
2016	Moonlight	People's Choice Award - Film	Won	[35]
Austin Film Critics Association Awards
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Won	[36]
		Best Original Screenplay	Won
		Breakthrough Artist Award	Nominated
2019	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Director	Won	[37]
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Won
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Nominated	[38]
		Best Original Screenplay	Nominated
2019	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Motion Picturer	Nominated
		Best Director	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Won
Bali International Film Festival
2017	Moonlight	Best Feature Film	Won	[39]
Black Film Critics Circle Awards
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Won	[40]
		Best Original Screenplay	Won
2018	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Adapted Screenplay	Won	[41]
Bodil Awards
2018	Moonlight	Best American Film	Nominated	[42]
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
2017	Moonlight	Breakthrough Film Artist	Won	[43]
		Best Director	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Won
Chicago Film Critics Awards
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Won	[44]
		Best Original Screenplay	Nominated
2018	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Adapted Screenplay	Won	[45]
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film
2017	Moonlight	Best Director	Won
Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film
2017	Moonlight	Best Director	Won
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Won
		Best Screenplay	Nominated
Denver Film Critics Society
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Won
		Best Original Screenplay	Won
2019	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Adapted Screenplay	Nominated
Detroit Film Critics Society
2016	Moonlight	Breakthrough Film Director	Nominated	[46]
		Best Director	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Nominated
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
2018	Moonlight	Best Screenplay	Nominated
Dorian Awards
2017	Moonlight	Wilde Artist of the Year	Nominated	[47]
		Director of the Year	Won
		Screenplay of the Year	Won
2019	If Beale Street Could Talk	Director of the Year	Nominated
		Screenplay of the Year	Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards
2016	Moonlight	Breakthrough Film Director	Won	[48]
		Best Director	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Nominated
2018	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Adapted Screenplay	Nominated	[49]
Georgia Film Critics Association
2017	Moonlight	Breakthrough Film Artist	Won	[50]
		Best Director	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Won
2019	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Director	Nominated	[51]
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Nominated
Gold Derby Awards
2017	Moonlight	Best Director	Nominated	[52]
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Won
2019	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Motion Picture	Nominated	[53]
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Nominated
Gotham Awards
2008	Medicine for Melancholy	Breakthrough Director	Nominated
2016	Moonlight	Best Feature	Won	[54]
		Best Film - Audience Award	Won
2018	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Feature	Nominated	[55]
		Best Film - Audience Award	Nominated
Hawaii Film Critics Society
2017	Moonlight	Best Director	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Nominated
Houston Film Critics Society
2017	Moonlight	Best Director	Nominated	[56]
		Best Screenplay	Nominated
2019	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Director	Nominated	[57]
		Best Screenplay	Nominated
Indiana Film Journalists Association
2016	Moonlight	Best Adapted Screenplay	Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
2016	Moonlight	Breakthrough Film Artist	Won
		Best Director	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Won
London Film Critics' Circle
2017	Moonlight	Director of the Year	Nominated
		Screenwriter of the Year	Nominated
2019	If Beale Street Could Talk		Nominated	[58]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
2008	Medicine for Melancholy	Best Narrative Feature	Nominated
2017	Moonlight	Best Director	Won
National Board of Review
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Won
2018	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Adapted Screenplay	Won
National Society of Film Critics
2017	Moonlight	Best Director	Won
		Best Screenplay	Nominated
New York Film Critics Online Awards
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Won
North Carolina Film Critics Association
2017	Moonlight	Best Director	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Nominated
2019	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Director	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Won
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
2017	Moonlight	Best Director	Nominated	[59]
		Best Original Screenplay	Nominated
2018	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Adapted Screenplay	Nominated
Online Film & Television Association Awards
2013	The Big Bang Theory	Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Nominated	[60]
2017	Moonlight	Best Director	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Won
2019	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Director	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Won
Palm Springs International Film Festival
2017	Moonlight	Directors to Watch	Won
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Awards
2018	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Director	Won	[61]
San Diego Film Critics Society
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Nominated
		Best Original Screenplay	Nominated
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
2008	Medicine for Melancholy	Marlon Riggs Award	Won
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Won
		Best Original Screenplay	Won
2018	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Director	Nominated	[62]
		Best Original Screenplay	Nominated
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
2017	Moonlight	Outstanding Director	Won
St. Louis Film Critics Association
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Nominated	[63]
		Best Original Screenplay	Nominated
2018	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Adapted Screenplay	Nominated
Toronto Film Critics Association
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Nominated
		Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original	Nominated
Toronto International Film Festival
2018	If Beale Street Could Talk	People's Choice Award	Won	[64]
Utah Film Critics Award
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Won
		Best Screenplay	Won
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
2016	Moonlight	Best Director	Nominated	[65]
		Best Original Screenplay	Nominated
2016	If Beale Street Could Talk	Best Director	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Nominated

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External links

• Barry Jenkins at IMDb