Greg Barker
Encyclopedia
Greg Barker is director and producer of the documentary feature Sergio, which was shortlisted for a 2010 Academy Award. LA Times critic Kenneth Turan
described Sergio as “a documentary of exceptional power,” and Variety
said “Barker turns his biopic into a thriller...and creates riveting cinema.”
A former Freelance Journalist and war correspondent, Barker spent most of his adult life overseas working with organizations such as CNN
, BBC
and Reuters
, before recently returning to his native California. He’s worked in over 50 countries across six continents, and made a string of international films for the flagship Public Broadcasting Service
(PBS) television series Frontline, including the feature-length Ghosts of Rwanda, seven years in the making, which won numerous awards.
He has an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics
, and was on the jury for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival
.
Greg Barker, “Sergio”: Politics, War, and Moral Complexity Indiewire
Meet the Artists: Greg Barker You Tube
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan is an American film critic and Lecturer in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California.-Background:...
described Sergio as “a documentary of exceptional power,” and Variety
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
said “Barker turns his biopic into a thriller...and creates riveting cinema.”
A former Freelance Journalist and war correspondent, Barker spent most of his adult life overseas working with organizations such as CNN
CNN
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, BBC
BBC
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and Reuters
Reuters
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, before recently returning to his native California. He’s worked in over 50 countries across six continents, and made a string of international films for the flagship Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
(PBS) television series Frontline, including the feature-length Ghosts of Rwanda, seven years in the making, which won numerous awards.
He has an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics
London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
, and was on the jury for the 2010 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
.
Filmography
| Film | Year | Production Company | Awards/Nominations/Festivals | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergio | 2009 | Passion Pictures, John Battsek John Battsek -Biography:John Battsek is a UK documentary filmmaker. His most famous is One Day in September , the Oscar-winning feature-length documentary about the tragic events of the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. At the 2007 Sundance Film Festival he launched three new feature documentaries, , , and , securing... & Silverbridge Productions and Shelia Nevins for HBO |
Sundance Film Festival (Editing award), London Film Festival, Rio International Film Festival, Melbourne Film Festival, Hot Docs Toronto, International Documentary Festival Amsterdam. | |
| Showdown with Iran | 2007 | Silverbridge Productions for FRONTLINE/PBS | Unprecedented access to Iranian regime’s hardliners | |
| The Age of Aids | 2006 | Silverbridge Productions for FRONTLINE/PBS | DuPont Columbia Award, Robert F. Kennedy Award for International Reporting | Filmed in twelve countries |
| Ghosts of Rwanda | 2004 | Silverbridge Productions for FRONTLINE/PBS | Dupont Columbia Award, Robert F. Kennedy Award for International Reporting, Emmy nomination for Best Documentary | |
| Campaign Against Terror | 2002 | Invision Productions for FRONTLINE/PBS | Covert story of how the Taliban were overthrown...and why bin Laden got away | |
| The Commanding Heights | 2001 | Invision Productions for FRONTLINE/PBS | 3 Emmy Nominations | Epic documentary series on the promise & perils of globalization |
| The Survival of Saddam | 2000 | Invision Productions for FRONTLINE/PBS | Secret history of CIA’s attempts to depose Saddam in the 1990s, and why they failed | |
Reviews and Interviews
Filmmaker Greg Barker Pays Homage to Humanitarian Sergio Vieira de Mello Venice MagazineGreg Barker, “Sergio”: Politics, War, and Moral Complexity Indiewire
IndieWire
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Meet the Artists: Greg Barker You Tube
External links
- Sergio website Website for Barker's film Sergio
- Silverbridge Productions website Website for Barker's production company