Biography and filmography

Joslyn Barnes

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.

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Movies (48)

Bardi

Bardi

2026 · Executive Producer

Edward Said: Between Worlds

Edward Said: Between Worlds

2026 · Executive Producer

Our Land

Our Land

2026 · Producer

Trillion

Trillion

2025 · Producer

Powwow People

Powwow People

2025 · Consulting Producer

Pooja, Sir

Pooja, Sir

2025 · Executive Producer

La Cosecha

La Cosecha

2025 · Producer, Screenplay

Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other

Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other

2025 · Executive Producer

Los chicos de la Nickel

Los chicos de la Nickel

2024 · Producer, Screenplay

President

President

2023 · Producer

Eami

Eami

2022 · Producer

Crane Lantern

Crane Lantern

2022 · Producer

Memoria

Memoria

2021 · Co-Producer

Prayers for the Stolen

Prayers for the Stolen

2021 · Co-Producer

In Between Dying

In Between Dying

2021 · Co-Producer

Gunda

Gunda

2021 · Co-Producer

Easter Snap

Easter Snap

2019 · Producer

Capernaum

Capernaum

2018 · Executive Producer

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

Hale County This Morning, This Evening

2018 · Producer

Angels Are Made of Light

Angels Are Made of Light

2018 · Producer

Sollers Point

Sollers Point

2017 · Co-Producer

That Summer

That Summer

2017 · Producer

This Is Congo

This Is Congo

2017 · Executive Producer

Strong Island

Strong Island

2017 · Producer

White Sun

White Sun

2016 · Producer

Shadow World

Shadow World

2016 · Producer

Cameraperson

Cameraperson

2016 · Consulting Producer

This Changes Everything

This Changes Everything

2015 · Producer

Cemetery of Splendor

Cemetery of Splendor

2015 · Co-Producer

The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes

The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes

2015 · Executive Producer

The Narrow Frame of Midnight

The Narrow Frame of Midnight

2014 · Producer

Concerning Violence

Concerning Violence

2014 · Co-Producer

For Those Who Can Tell No Tales

For Those Who Can Tell No Tales

2013 · Executive Producer

Shenandoah

Shenandoah

2012 · Executive Producer

Highway

Highway

2012 · Producer

Dum Maaro Dum

Dum Maaro Dum

2011 · Executive Producer

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975

2011 · Producer

The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan

The Disappearance of McKinley Nolan

2010 · Executive Producer

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

2010 · Associate Producer

The Time That Remains

The Time That Remains

2009 · Associate Producer

Soundtrack for a Revolution

Soundtrack for a Revolution

2009 · Producer

Salt of This Sea

Salt of This Sea

2008 · Co-Producer

Trouble the Water

Trouble the Water

2008 · Executive Producer

Bamako

Bamako

2007 · Executive Producer

Bàttu

Bàttu

2000 · Writer, Associate Producer

Touch of a Stranger

Touch of a Stranger

1990 · Writer

Last Days

Last Days

· Producer

Jenjira's Magnificent Dream

Jenjira's Magnificent Dream

· Co-Producer

TV shows (2)