Joslyn Barnes

Joslyn Barnes

Known for
Production

Biography

Joslyn Barnes is a film producer and writer. Known for Bamako (2006), The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011), Cemetery of Splendour (2015), White Sun (2016), Zama (2017), Strong Island (2017) for which she received an Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking and an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature nomination, and Hale County This Morning, This Evening (2018) for which she received an Oscar nomination again for Best Documentary Feature. Barnes also produced and co-wrote the 2024 drama Nickel Boys (adapted from Colson Whitehead's titular novel), along with co-writer and director RaMell Ross, and was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joslyn Barnes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography

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Last Days

Last Days

Movie · Producer

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Jenjira's Magnificent Dream poster

Jenjira's Magnificent Dream

Movie · Co-Producer

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The Story of Documentary Film

The Story of Documentary Film

TV · Executive Producer · 16 eps

2026
Our Land poster

Our Land

Movie · Producer

2026
Edward Said: Between Worlds poster

Edward Said: Between Worlds

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Bardi poster

Bardi

Movie · Executive Producer

2026
Conbody vs Everybody poster

Conbody vs Everybody

TV · Executive Producer · 5 eps

2025
Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other poster

Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Harvest poster

Harvest

Movie · Producer

2025
Pooja, Sir poster

Pooja, Sir

Movie · Executive Producer

2025
Powwow People poster

Powwow People

Movie · Consulting Producer

2025
Trillion poster

Trillion

Movie · Producer

2024
Nickel Boys poster

Nickel Boys

Movie · Producer

2023
President poster

President

Movie · Producer

2022
Crane Lantern poster

Crane Lantern

Movie · Producer

2022
Eami poster

Eami

Movie · Producer

2021
In Between Dying poster

In Between Dying

Movie · Co-Producer

2021
Prayers for the Stolen poster

Prayers for the Stolen

Movie · Co-Producer

2021
Memoria poster

Memoria

Movie · Co-Producer

2021
Gunda poster

Gunda

Movie · Co-Producer

2019
Easter Snap poster

Easter Snap

Movie · Producer

2018
Hale County This Morning, This Evening poster

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Movie · Producer

2018
Angels Are Made of Light poster

Angels Are Made of Light

Movie · Producer

2018
Capernaum poster

Capernaum

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
That Summer poster

That Summer

Movie · Producer

2017
This Is Congo poster

This Is Congo

Movie · Executive Producer

2017
Strong Island poster

Strong Island

Movie · Producer

2017
Sollers Point poster

Sollers Point

Movie · Co-Producer

2016
Cameraperson poster

Cameraperson

Movie · Consulting Producer

2016
White Sun poster

White Sun

Movie · Producer

2016
Shadow World poster

Shadow World

Movie · Producer

2015
The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes poster

The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes

Movie · Executive Producer

2015
Cemetery of Splendor poster

Cemetery of Splendor

Movie · Co-Producer

2015
This Changes Everything poster

This Changes Everything

Movie · Producer

2014
Concerning Violence poster

Concerning Violence

Movie · Co-Producer

2014
The Narrow Frame of Midnight poster

The Narrow Frame of Midnight

Movie · Producer

2013
For Those Who Can Tell No Tales poster

For Those Who Can Tell No Tales

Movie · Executive Producer

2012
Shenandoah poster

Shenandoah

Movie · Executive Producer

2012
Highway poster

Highway

Movie · Producer

2011
Dum Maaro Dum poster

Dum Maaro Dum

Movie · Executive Producer

2011
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 poster

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

Movie · Producer

2010
The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan poster

The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan

Movie · Executive Producer

2010
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives poster

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Movie · Associate Producer

2009
Soundtrack for a Revolution poster

Soundtrack for a Revolution

Movie · Producer

2009
The Time That Remains poster

The Time That Remains

Movie · Associate Producer

2008
Trouble the Water poster

Trouble the Water

Movie · Executive Producer

2008
Salt of This Sea poster

Salt of This Sea

Movie · Co-Producer

2007
Bamako poster

Bamako

Movie · Executive Producer

2000
Bàttu poster

Bàttu

Movie · Associate Producer