Jeffrey W. Byrd
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.
Filmography
Film
- Seventeen Again (2000)
- Book of Love[3] (2002) (Also writer)
- King's Ransom (2005)
- A Beautiful Soul (2012)
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2001–04 | Soul Food | 5 episodes |
| 2015 | Single Ladies | 2 episodes |
| 2017 | The Quad | 2 episodes |
| Switched at Birth | Episode "Occupy Truth" | |
| Rebel | 2 episodes | |
| 2017–18 | Runaways | 2 episodes |
| 2018–20 | Dynasty | 7 episodes |
| 2018 | The Originals | Episode "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 | Episode "Rosetta" (Co-directed with Jen McGowan) |
| Tom Swift | Episode "...And Nine Inches of Danger" | |
| 2023-25 | Yellowjackets | 2 episodes |
| 2023 | Star Trek: Strange New Worlds | Episode "Under the Cloak of War" |
| 2024 | The Irrational | Episode "Bad Blood" |
| 2025-26 | Watson | 2 episodes |
| 2026 | The 'Burbs | 2 episodes |
References
- ↑ Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810863781.page 69
- 1 2 3 Jeff Byrd, FilmBug
- ↑ Foundas, Scott (2002-04-12). "Book of Love". Variety. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
External links
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
- American film director stubs