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Greg Barker is an American filmmaker and producer. In 2011, ''
The New York Times
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'' described Barker as “a filmmaker of artistic and political consequence.”
Previous films include ''
Sergio'' (short-listed in 2010 for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, winner of the Best Editing Award at the
2009 Sundance Film Festival)
''Ghosts of Rwanda''(winner of the 2004
DuPont Columbia award and The
Robert F. Kennedy Award for International Reporting); ''
Manhunt: The Search for Bin Laden'' (Grand Jury Prize Sundance Film Festival 2013, Winner of Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special and Outstanding Cinematography for Nonfiction Programming); and ''
The Final Year'' (Toronto International Film Festival 2017).
Life and career
A native Californian, Barker earned a BA in economics from
George Washington University
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and a MSc in International Relations from The
London School of Economics
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He lived in London for most of his adult life, and became a freelance journalist and war correspondent, working with organizations such as
CNN
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Reuters
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. He turned to filmmaking in 1998, and made a string of international films for the flagship
PBS
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television series
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Frontline
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Front line, front lines or variants may also refer to:
Books and publications
* ''Front Lines'' (novel), young adult historical novel by American author Michael Grant
* ''Frontlines ...
. Barker spent seven years researching the
Rwandan genocide
The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed Hutu ...
, which resulted in the feature-length Frontline documentar
Ghosts of Rwanda which won numerous awards and established his reputation.
In 1998, Barker began working closely with the feature documentary producers
John Battsek
John Battsek is a British film producer of documentary films. Battsek co-founded Passion Pictures, a two-time Oscar-winning and four-time Oscar nominated independent production company.
In 2020, Battsek departed Passion Pictures to launch cre ...
of
Passion Pictures
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Film production
The company's core business is in commercial and anim ...
and
Julie Goldman
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of
Motto Pictures
Motto Pictures is a documentary production company based in Brooklyn, New York
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. Together they have made ''Sergio'', ''Koran By Heart'', ''
Manhunt
Manhunt may refer to:
Search processes
* Manhunt (law enforcement), a search for a dangerous fugitive
* Manhunt (military), a search for a high-value target by special operations forces or intelligence agencies
Social organisations
* Manhun ...
'', ''Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma, and
The Final Year'' all of which Barker directed for
HBO Documentary Films
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.
He directed his first narrative feature ''
Sergio'' (2020) for Netflix. It premieres at Sundance Film Festival 2020.
Barker now lives in California and is married to the sopran
Harriet Fraser
Filmography (as director)
* ''The Survival of Saddam'' (2000)
* ''
The Commanding Heights
''The Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy'' is a book by Daniel Yergin and Joseph Stanislaw first published as ''The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World'' in ...
'' (2001)
* ''Campaign Against Terror'' (2002)
* ''Ghosts of Rwanda'' (2004)
* ''The Age of AIDS'' (2006)
* ''Showdown with Iran'' (2007)
* ''
Sergio'' (2009)
* ''Koran By Heart'' (2011)
* ''
Manhunt
Manhunt may refer to:
Search processes
* Manhunt (law enforcement), a search for a dangerous fugitive
* Manhunt (military), a search for a high-value target by special operations forces or intelligence agencies
Social organisations
* Manhun ...
'' (2013)
* ''
We Are the Giant'' (2014)
* ''Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma'' (2016)
* ''
The Final Year'' (2017)
* ''Legion of Brothers'' (2017)
* ''
Sergio'' (2020)
* ''The Longest War'' (2020)
* ''
White Coat Rebels'' (2021)
References
* John Anderson (January 19, 2009
"Sergio" ''Variety'' Retrieved 18 March 2010
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NYTimes
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Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan (; born October 27, 1946) is an American retired film critic, author, and lecturer in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California. He was a film critic for the ''Los Angeles Times'' from 1991 ...
(January 17, 2009
"Greg Barker's 'Sergo" ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' Retrieved 18 March 2010
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External links
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Greg Barker WebsiteSilverbridge Productions
Barker's production company
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Living people
American documentary filmmakers
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences alumni
Alumni of the London School of Economics
Year of birth missing (living people)
C-SPAN people