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,”[1] and Variety said “Barker turns his biopic into a thriller...and creates riveting cinema.”[2]
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.
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| Film | Year | Production Company | Awards/Nominations/Festivals | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergio | 2009 | Passion Pictures, John Battsek & 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 |
Filmmaker Greg Barker Pays Homage to Humanitarian Sergio Vieira de Mello Venice Magazine
Greg Barker, “Sergio”: Politics, War, and Moral Complexity Indiewire
Meet the Artists: Greg Barker You Tube