Lincoln O'Barry

Lincoln O'barry
Born Lincoln O'Barry
23 February 1972 (1972-02-23) (age 40)
Nationality  United States
Occupation Executive Producer, Director, Documentary Filmmaker, Activist

Lincoln O'Barry (born February 23, 1972) is an American Director , Producer and animal rights activist. O'Barry came to prominence on the Animal Planet series Blood Dolphins. He is the son of Ric O'Barry, former Flipper dolphin trainer and the founder of the Ric O'Barry Dolphin Project. O'Barry is associated with Save Japan Dolphins and the Earth Island Institute.

Activism

O'Barry starred in and acted as Director and Executive Producer on the television series Blood Dolphins. O'Barry also acted as a Documentary Assistant for The Cove.

Personal life

Lincoln O'Barry, cofounder and president of BayRock Media, grew up in a unique environment — surrounded by dolphins. Unbeknownst to him as a child, most kids did not have dolphins in their backyard. Born and raised in Coconut Grove, Fla., Lincoln spent most of his childhood in or around the ocean. He spent the first four years of his life at the original Dolphin Project headquarters where his father Richard O'Barry cared for dolphins he eventually released from captivity. Ric was the original trainer for the Flipper television series but is now world-renowned for his work against the captivity of dolphins. Now, Lincoln is following in his father's footsteps. Lincoln's first visit to Japan came at the age of five while his father produced a series of "Celebrate the Whale" concerts throughout the country. It was on this trip that the family made its first visit to Taiji, the birthplace of Japanese whaling, and also the site of the Academy Award-winning film, The Cove, where thousands of dolphins are slaughtered each year. The goal of both father and son is to end this slaughter. Lincoln, 37, works with his father on the re-release of captive dolphins in such places as Colombia, Japan, Nicaragua and the United States. Lincoln volunteers for The Dolphin Project an organization that aims to free captive dolphins and to educate people throughout the world about the plight of dolphins in captivity. For a great deal of his life, Lincoln has been in front of or behind the camera working with news and documentary teams around the globe.

External links

Lincoln O'Barry at the Internet Movie Database