Jeffrey W. Byrd
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American film producer
Jeffrey W. Byrd is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. Once a protégé of Spike Lee, Byrd started his film career by working on several of Lee's films[1] including Mo' Better Blues , Malcolm X and Jungle Fever .[2] Byrd directed more than one hundred music videos and numerous television commercials as well as feature films such as Jasper Texas , Seventeen Again and King's Ransom .[2] His film, A Beautiful Soul , was released in 2012.
Byrd is a native of Brooklyn, New York.[2]
Filmography
[edit ]Film
[edit ]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Seventeen Again | Director | Won the 2000 American Black Film Festival Best Work in Progress |
| 2002 | Book of Love | Director, Writer | Praised by Variety for characters he wrote and directed[3] |
| 2005 | King's Ransom | Director | |
| 2012 | A Beautiful Soul |
Television
[edit ]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–04 | Soul Food | Director | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | Single Ladies | 2 episodes | |
| 2017 | The Quad | ||
| Switched at Birth | "Occupy Truth" | ||
| Rebel | 2 episodes | ||
| 2017–18 | Runaways | ||
| 2018–20 | Dynasty | 7 episodes | |
| 2018 | The Originals | "Don't It Just Break Your Heart" | |
| Light as a Feather | 2 episodes | ||
| 2018–20 | Charmed | 3 episodes | |
| 2019 | Black Lightning | 2 episodes | |
| 2020–22 | Good Trouble | 3 episodes | |
| 2020–22 | The Flash | 4 episodes | |
| 2021 | Nancy Drew | 2 episodes | |
| 2021–22 | Our Kind of People | 4 episodes | |
| 2022 | Star Trek: Discovery | "Rosetta"; co-directed with Jen McGowan | |
| 2022 | Tom Swift | " ...And Nine Inches of Danger" | |
| 2023 | Yellowjackets | "Digestif" | |
| 2023 | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | "Under the Cloak of War" | |
| 2024 | The Irrational | "Bad Blood" |
References
[edit ]- ^ Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810863781.page 69
- ^ a b c Jeff Byrd, FilmBug
- ^ Foundas, Scott (2002年04月12日). "Book of Love". Variety. Retrieved 2020年12月25日.
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Categories:
- African-American film directors
- African-American film producers
- African-American screenwriters
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- Film producers from New York (state)
- American music video directors
- American male screenwriters
- Living people
- Filmmakers from Brooklyn
- Film directors from New York City
- 21st-century African-American people
- African-American male writers
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