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.

Byrd is a native of Brooklyn, New York.[2]

Filmography

Film

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

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"
2023-25 Yellowjackets 2 episodes
2023 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds "Under the Cloak of War"
2024 The Irrational "Bad Blood"
2025 Watson "My Life's Work Part 1"

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810863781.page 69
  2. ^ a b c Jeff Byrd, FilmBug
  3. ^ Foundas, Scott (2002-04-12). "Book of Love". Variety. Retrieved 2020-12-25.


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