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]