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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 project, A Beautiful Soul, was in post-production and scheduled for release in 2012.

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

Filmography

Filmography

film	role	notes
Seventeen Again	Director	Won the 2000 American Black Film Festival Best Work in Progress
King's Ransom	Director
Book of Love	Director, Writer	Praised by Variety for characters he wrote and directed[3]

References

External links

• Jeffrey W. Byrd at IMDb

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