--- description: Barry Jenkins is on the TIME 100 2017 list. Kathryn Bigelow wrote about the director. title: Barry Jenkins by Kathryn Bigelow: TIME 100 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd906f8de2e3ba0f8/6988c3387cdbacbdd9d57f10/time-100-2017-barry-jenkins.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 20, 2017 # Barry Jenkins by Kathryn Bigelow  Photograph by Rudy Waks—Modds/CPi Barry Jenkins is one of the rare artists who are willing to look into the deeper places of themselves and society in order to provide a lens through which we may discover the humanity at our core. And he has come to the attention of the world at precisely the right moment, just when we most need someone to give voice to those who have not been heard. From his first feature, _Medicine for Melancholy_, to _Moonlight_, which he wrote and directed, each film tells an important and timely story that brings you into its world. He not only knows where he is coming from, but he has the gift of being able to show you that place and make you understand it—from capturing the literal colors of a city to the deep untold anguish of a young boy searching for his place. _Bigelow is an Oscar-winning director whose next film,_ Detroit_, opens Aug. 4_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/4736189/barry-jenkins/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/4736189/barry-jenkins/"},"headline":"Barry Jenkins","datePublished":"2017-04-20T04:48:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:22:25.143Z","description":"Barry Jenkins is on the TIME 100 2017 list. Kathryn Bigelow wrote about the director.","url":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/4736189/barry-jenkins/","keywords":["TIME 100"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd906f8de2e3ba0f8/6988c3387cdbacbdd9d57f10/time-100-2017-barry-jenkins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd906f8de2e3ba0f8/6988c3387cdbacbdd9d57f10/time-100-2017-barry-jenkins.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/4736189/barry-jenkins/","name":"Barry Jenkins"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"See All the TIME 100 Honorees in One Minute","description":"The TIME 100 honorees include actors, musicians, politicians, business leaders, activists and scientists, and together make a portrait of influence in 2017.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/zZCdrcRA/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2017-04-20T10:30:45.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zZCdrcRA.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/4736189/barry-jenkins/","duration":"PT56S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/2017-time-100/4736189/barry-jenkins/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```