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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 including Mo' Better Blues, Malcolm X and Jungle Fever. 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. His film, A Beautiful Soul, was released in 2012.

Byrd is a native of Brooklyn, New York.

Filmography

Filmography
Year Film 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
2005 King's Ransom Director
2012 A Beautiful Soul Director
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