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]
| 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 |
| 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 | "Rosetta"; co-directed with Jen McGowan | ||
| 2022 | Tom Swift | " ...And Nine Inches of Danger" | |
| 2023 | Yellowjackets | "Digestif" | |
| 2023 | "Under the Cloak of War" | ||
| 2024 | The Irrational | "Bad Blood" |