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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 21

TV Involvements: 0


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Biography

Ulysses Jenkins was born in 1946, in Los Angeles, California. He studied painting and drawing as an undergraduate at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and later received an MFA in intermedia-video and performance art from Otis Art Institute (now known as Otis College of Art and Design). Prior to enrolling at Otis, from 1970-72 Jenkins worked with the Los Angeles County Probation Department, teaching art to nondelinquent youth, and in 1989, taught video through a gang-intervention program in Oakland. Jenkins is the recipient of numerous awards, including individual artist fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts, and named first place in experimental video by the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1990 and 92. His work has been included in major exhibitions, including America is Hard to See (2015), at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Now Dig this!: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980 (2012), at the Hammer Museum, and California Video (2008) at the Getty Center. Jenkins is currently Associate Professor in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts and an affiliate professor in the African American Studies program at the University of California, Irvine.

Most Famous Work

Dream City
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Dream City

(1983) Writer
King David
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King David

(1978) Director
In The Midnight Hour
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In The Midnight Hour

(2024) Director
Mass of Images
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Mass of Images

(1978) Director
Z-Grass
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Z-Grass

(1983) Director
Remnants of the Watts Festival
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Cake Walk
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Cake Walk

(1983) Director
Inconsequential Doggereal
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Inconsequential Doggereal

(1981) Director

Acting

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2007 N/A
1983 N/A
1978 N/A
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Directing

Camera

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1983 Camera Operator
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Editing

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1983 Editor
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Production

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1983 Producer
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Writing

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1983 Writer
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