Ulysses Jenkins

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-01-01 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Ulysses Jenkins

Biography

Ulysses Jenkins was born in 1946, in Los Angeles, California. He studied painting and drawing as an undergraduate at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and later received an MFA in intermedia-video and performance art from Otis Art Institute (now known as Otis College of Art and Design). Prior to enrolling at Otis, from 1970-72 Jenkins worked with the Los Angeles County Probation Department, teaching art to nondelinquent youth, and in 1989, taught video through a gang-intervention program in Oakland. Jenkins is the recipient of numerous awards, including individual artist fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts, and na...

Production

1983

Z-Grass

as Director

2006

Planet X

as Director

1990

1989

Self Divination

as Director

2007

1983

Cake Walk

as Director

1991

The Nomadics

as Director

1979

1985

2010

1978

King David

as Director

1978

Mass of Images

as Director

1983

Dream City

as Director

1983

Dream City

as Camera Operator

1983

Dream City

as Writer

1983

Dream City

as Producer

1983

Dream City

as Editor

2000

Vulnerable

as Director

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