Barrie M. Osborne

Barrie M. Osborne (born February 7, 1944) is an American movie producer, executive producer, production manager and director.

Osborne was born in New York City, New York, the son of Hertha Schwarz and William Osborne.^[1] He is an alumnus of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota and currently lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

Osborne's most notable work is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King for which he was the recipient of the Academy Award for Best Picture, which he shares with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh.

Osborne has recently got the backing of AlNoor Holdings, a Qatar media company for the production of a $200 million feature film about the Prophet Mohammed.

Filmography

Producer

• Kojak (1973) (unit manager)
• Apocalypse Now (1979) (production manager) (as Barry Osborne)
• Cutter's Way (1981) (associate producer) (unit production manager)
  • ... aka Cutter and Bone
• The Big Chill (1983) (associate producer) (unit production manager) (as Barrie Osborne)
• Octopussy (1983) (production manager)
• The Cotton Club (1984) (line producer)
• Fandango (1985) (associate producer) (unit production manager)
• Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) (executive producer) (unit production manager)
• Child's Play (1988) (executive producer)
• Dick Tracy (1990) (executive producer)
• Kinderspiele (1992) (executive producer)
  • ... aka Child's Play
• Wilder Napalm (1993) (executive producer) (unit production manager)
• Rapa Nui (1994) (executive producer)
• China Moon (1994) (producer)
• The Fan (1996) (executive producer)
• Face/Off (1997) (producer)
• The Matrix (1999) (executive producer)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (producer)
• The Last Place on Earth (2002) (producer)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) (producer)
• The Long and Short of It (2003) (executive in charge of production)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (producer)
• Little Fish (2005) (executive producer)
• The Waterhorse (2007) (producer)
• The Warrior's Way (2010) (producer)
• The Prophet (2011) (producer)

Other

• American Hot Wax (1978) (second assistant director)
• The China Syndrome (1979) (second assistant director)
• Dick Tracy (1990) (second unit director)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) (additional second unit director)

References

External links

• Barrie M. Osborne at the Internet Movie Database