JOSLYN BARNES
Joslyn Barnes
Gender: Female
Known for: Production
Birthday: TBA
Place of Birth: Unknown
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.
Notable work
Filmography
Production
Executive Producer
TBA·
LandmarksProducer
2025·
Pooja, SirExecutive Producer
2025·
HarvestWriter, Producer
Executive Producer
2024·
Nickel BoysProducer, Screenplay
2023·
PresidentProducer
2022·
EamiProducer
2022·
Crane LanternProducer
2021·
GundaCo-Producer
2021·
MemoriaCo-Producer
Co-Producer
2021·
In Between DyingCo-Producer
2019·
Easter SnapProducer
2018·
CapernaumExecutive Producer
Producer
Producer
2017·
Sollers PointCo-Producer
2017·
Strong IslandProducer
2017·
This Is CongoExecutive Producer
2017·
That SummerProducer
2016·
Shadow WorldProducer
2016·
White SunProducer
2016·
CamerapersonConsulting Producer
Producer
2015·
Cemetery of SplendorCo-Producer
Executive Producer
Producer
2014·
Concerning ViolenceCo-Producer
Executive Producer
2012·
HighwayProducer
2012·
ShenandoahExecutive Producer
Producer
2011·
Dum Maaro DumExecutive Producer
Associate Producer
Executive Producer
Associate Producer
Producer
2008·
Salt of This SeaCo-Producer
2008·
Trouble the WaterExecutive Producer
2006·
BamakoExecutive Producer
2000·
BàttuWriter, Associate Producer
1990·
Touch of a StrangerWriter