Howard Barish is president and CEO of Kandoo Films, an

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nominated, Emmy award winning entertainment company known for its producing partnership with

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. Barish and Kandoo's most recognized project to date, ''

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'', is a 2016 American documentary from

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directed by DuVernay. Centered on race in the United States criminal justice system, the critically lauded film is titled after the

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, which outlawed slavery (unless as punishment for a crime). It argues that slavery is being effectively perpetuated through mass incarceration. Produced by DuVernay, Spencer Averick and Barish, 13th was nominated for an

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at the 89th Oscars. Winner of four

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(Emmy) awards, a BAFTA award, a NAACP Image Award and an

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(AAFCA) award for best documentary, it also won best documentary and best director in the TV/Streaming categories, as well as best political documentary at the first annual Critics' Choice Documentary Awards. Originally from Toronto, Canada, Barish gained extensive production experience in the thriving Canadian film and television industry as a First Assistant Director on feature films, television mini-series, made-for-television movies, pilots and nearly 100 episodes of various network television series. After relocating to Los Angeles in 1991, he launched Kandoo Films, Inc., a production and film distribution company that specializes in creating entertainment content for theatrical, television, digital, and multi-media platforms. As founder of Kandoo, Barish has been responsible for producing image and branding campaigns for

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, and

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Television Networks, as well as promos, sizzle reels, and thousands of hours of short-form content and long-form programming for numerous companies. Barish first began collaborating with DuVernay on the films '' Middle of Nowhere'' and ''

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'', with ''Middle'' winning the Best Director Prize at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, a

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and the 2013

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. Barish has also served as a producer for an ESPN '' 30 for 30'' film showcasing tennis great

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, ''Hello Beautiful: Interludes with

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'', and Fox's history-making webisode series, ''24INSIDE''. Barish's executive producer credits include ''

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''’s reality series ''The Entertainer''; the documentary film ''Glitter Girls'', and feature films ''Fizzy Business'' and ''Still Punching the Clown''.

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