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In 1998 he and [[Roger Birnbaum]] founded [[Spyglass Entertainment]] in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="MGM" /> His highest grossing film as producer was ''[[The Tourist (2010 film)|The Tourist]]'' (2010), which grossed close to US$280 million at the worldwide box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tourist.htm |title=The Tourist (2010) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date=March 10, 2011 |accessdate=September 28, 2013}}</ref> |
In 1998 he and [[Roger Birnbaum]] founded [[Spyglass Entertainment]] in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="MGM" /> His highest grossing film as producer was ''[[The Tourist (2010 film)|The Tourist]]'' (2010), which grossed close to US$280 million at the worldwide box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tourist.htm |title=The Tourist (2010) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date=March 10, 2011 |accessdate=September 28, 2013}}</ref> |
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In December 2010 Barber became [[Chief Executive Officer]] of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]].<ref name="MGM" /> Under his leadership MGM together with [[Eon Productions]] and [[Sony Pictures]] financed the successful James Bond film ''[[Skyfall]]'', which grossed US$1,1 billion. MGM then also financed ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' (2012), ''[[21 Jump Street (film)|21 Jump Street]]'' (2012) and ''[[Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters]]'' (2013). MGM then finally moved forward with remakes of ''[[RoboCop]]'' and ''[[Poltergeist (1982 film)|Poltergeist]]''.<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032494?refcatid=4076 "MGM Looks Ahead with 'Mr. Mom', 'Idolmaker'"], ''Variety'', February 17, 2011</ref><ref>[http://collider.com/mgm-robocop-poltergeist-remake/76899 MGM Finally Comes Back from the Dead with Five Projects including Remakes of "RoboCop" and "Poltergeist"], ''Collider.com'', February 18, 2011.</ref> |
In December 2010, Barber became [[Chief Executive Officer]] of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]].<ref name="MGM" /> Under his leadership MGM together with [[Eon Productions]] and [[Sony Pictures]] financed the successful James Bond film ''[[Skyfall]]'', which grossed US$1,1 billion. MGM then also financed ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' (2012), ''[[21 Jump Street (film)|21 Jump Street]]'' (2012) and ''[[Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters]]'' (2013). MGM then finally moved forward with remakes of ''[[RoboCop]]'' and ''[[Poltergeist (1982 film)|Poltergeist]]''.<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032494?refcatid=4076 "MGM Looks Ahead with 'Mr. Mom', 'Idolmaker'"], ''Variety'', February 17, 2011</ref><ref>[http://collider.com/mgm-robocop-poltergeist-remake/76899 MGM Finally Comes Back from the Dead with Five Projects including Remakes of "RoboCop" and "Poltergeist"], ''Collider.com'', February 18, 2011.</ref> On March 2018, Gary Barber was ousted from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and received $260M for his contribution as CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. <ref>[https://variety.com/2018/film/news/gary-barber-leaving-mgm-chairman-1202731059 MGM Shakeup: Gary Barber Out as CEO], ''variety.com'', Mar 19, 2018.</ref><ref>[https://deadline.com/2018/06/mgm-gary-barber-settlement-agreement-1202408686 Big $260M Payout For MGM’s Former Chairman/CEO Gary Barber In Official Resolution With Company], ''deadline.com'', June 14, 2018.</ref> |
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Barber is also a [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]] owner. His horse, The Deputy, owned in partnership with [[Team Valor]], won the 2000 running of the [[Graded stakes race|Grade II]] [[Robert B. Lewis Stakes|Santa Catalina Stakes]] and the Grade I [[Santa Anita Derby]] at [[Santa Anita Park]] in [[Arcadia, California]]. In 2006 another of his horses, [[Becrux (horse)|Becrux]], also owned in partnership with Team Valor, won the Grade I [[Woodbine Mile]] at [[Woodbine Racetrack]] in Toronto, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=Owner Statistics: Gary Barber|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=People&searchType=O&eID=874007&rbt=TB|website=www.equibase.com|accessdate=8 July 2016}}</ref> In 2014, his [[Filly (horseracing)|filly]] [[Lexie Lou]] won the [[Queen's Plate]] and was named the [[Canadian Horse of the Year]].<ref name=WonderWhere>{{cite web|last1=Shinar|first1=Jack|title=Lexie Lou Adapts to Turf in Wonder Where Win|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/112625/lexie-lou-adapts-to-turf-in-wonder-where-w|website=bloodhorse.com|accessdate=8 July 2016}}</ref> |
Barber is also a [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]] owner. His horse, The Deputy, owned in partnership with [[Team Valor]], won the 2000 running of the [[Graded stakes race|Grade II]] [[Robert B. Lewis Stakes|Santa Catalina Stakes]] and the Grade I [[Santa Anita Derby]] at [[Santa Anita Park]] in [[Arcadia, California]]. In 2006 another of his horses, [[Becrux (horse)|Becrux]], also owned in partnership with Team Valor, won the Grade I [[Woodbine Mile]] at [[Woodbine Racetrack]] in Toronto, Canada.<ref>{{cite web|title=Owner Statistics: Gary Barber|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=People&searchType=O&eID=874007&rbt=TB|website=www.equibase.com|accessdate=8 July 2016}}</ref> In 2014, his [[Filly (horseracing)|filly]] [[Lexie Lou]] won the [[Queen's Plate]] and was named the [[Canadian Horse of the Year]].<ref name=WonderWhere>{{cite web|last1=Shinar|first1=Jack|title=Lexie Lou Adapts to Turf in Wonder Where Win|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/112625/lexie-lou-adapts-to-turf-in-wonder-where-w|website=bloodhorse.com|accessdate=8 July 2016}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:32, 11 October 2018
Gary Barber | |
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| Born | 1957 (age 66–67) |
| Nationality | South Africa |
| Education | B.S. University of the Witwatersrand |
| Occupation | Media executive |
| Known for | CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
(2010-2018) Co-founder of Spyglass Entertainment |
| Children | 3 |
Gary Barber (born 1957) is a South African-born American film producer. Barber was the chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1] He is also co-founder of Spyglass Entertainment.
Life and career
Barber was born to a Jewish family[2] in Johannesburg.[3][4] He was educated at King David School, Linksfield, in Johannesburg, South Africa. He then received an Accounting degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.[1][5] Afterwards he worked as a Chartered Accountant and Certified Public Accountant in South Africa and the United States, both with Price Waterhouse.[1]
In 1982 the horse racing fan won a trip to the Arlington Million race in Illinois.[5] In the same year he moved to the States, where his brother Cecil Barber was living since 1979. In the mid-1980s Barber became a US citizen.[3]
In 1998 he and Roger Birnbaum founded Spyglass Entertainment in Los Angeles.[1] His highest grossing film as producer was The Tourist (2010), which grossed close to US$280 million at the worldwide box office.[6]
In December 2010, Barber became Chief Executive Officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1] Under his leadership MGM together with Eon Productions and Sony Pictures financed the successful James Bond film Skyfall, which grossed US$1,1 billion. MGM then also financed The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), 21 Jump Street (2012) and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013). MGM then finally moved forward with remakes of RoboCop and Poltergeist.[7][8] On March 2018, Gary Barber was ousted from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and received $260M for his contribution as CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. [9][10]
Barber is also a Thoroughbred racehorse owner. His horse, The Deputy, owned in partnership with Team Valor, won the 2000 running of the Grade II Santa Catalina Stakes and the Grade I Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. In 2006 another of his horses, Becrux, also owned in partnership with Team Valor, won the Grade I Woodbine Mile at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada.[11] In 2014, his filly Lexie Lou won the Queen's Plate and was named the Canadian Horse of the Year.[12]
Barber has three daughters and lives in Los Angeles.[5]
Filmography as a producer
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Midnight Crossing | executive producer |
| 1989 | Communion | executive producer |
| 1990 | Howling V: The Rebirth | executive producer |
| Young Guns II | executive producer | |
| Pacific Heights | executive producer | |
| 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | executive producer |
| 1992 | Freejack | executive producer |
| White Sands | executive producer | |
| Stay Tuned | executive producer | |
| 1993 | The Crush | executive producer |
| True Romance | producer | |
| 1994 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective | executive producer |
| Major League II | executive producer | |
| Chasers | executive producer | |
| Trial by Jury | executive producer | |
| Imaginary Crimes | executive producer | |
| Silent Fall | executive producer | |
| 1995 | Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls | executive producer |
| 1996 | Two If by Sea | executive producer |
| Big Bully | executive producer | |
| Diabolique | executive producer | |
| Bad Moon | executive producer | |
| 1997 | Wild America | executive producer |
| Incognito | executive producer | |
| 1998 | Major League: Back to the Minors | executive producer |
| Wrongfully Accused | executive producer | |
| 1999 | The King and I | executive producer |
| 2000 | Keeping the Faith | executive producer |
| Shanghai Noon | executive producer | |
| Unbreakable | executive producer | |
| 2001 | Out Cold | executive producer |
| 2002 | The Count of Monte Cristo | producer |
| Dragonfly | producer | |
| Reign of Fire | producer | |
| Abandon | producer | |
| 2003 | Criminology 101 | executive producer |
| The Recruit | producer | |
| Shanghai Knights | producer | |
| Bruce Almighty | executive producer | |
| Seabiscuit | executive producer | |
| One Love | executive producer | |
| 2004 | Connie and Carla | producer |
| Mr. 3000 | producer | |
| 2005 | The Pacifier | producer |
| The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | producer | |
| The Legend of Zorro | executive producer | |
| Memoirs of a Geisha | executive producer | |
| 2006 | Eight Below | executive producer |
| Stay Alive | executive producer | |
| Stick It | executive producer | |
| 2007 | The Lookout | producer |
| The Invisible | producer | |
| Evan Almighty | producer | |
| Underdog | producer | |
| Balls of Fury | producer | |
| 2008 | 27 Dresses | producer |
| Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins | executive producer | |
| The Ruins | executive producer | |
| The Happening | executive producer | |
| The Love Guru | executive producer | |
| Wanted | executive producer | |
| Ghost Town | executive producer | |
| Flash of Genius | producer | |
| Four Christmases | producer | |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | executive producer |
| Invictus | executive producer | |
| 2010 | Leap Year | producer |
| Dinner for Schmucks | executive producer | |
| The Tourist | producer | |
| 2011 | No Strings Attached | executive producer |
| Footloose | executive producer | |
| 2012 | The Vow | producer |
| 2013 | G.I. Joe: Retaliation | executive producer |
| 2014 | RoboCop | producer (uncredited) |
External links
References
- ^ a b c d e mgm.com Gary Barber: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer bei mgm.comm; retrieved, 14 January 2014.
- ^ Portland Press Herald: "A ‘Ben-Hur’ for our time" by Steven Zeitchik August 21, 2016 | Downey and Burnett are staunch Catholics; Ridley is also a devout Christian, Huston and Bekmambetov, who was raised in a communist country, are more secular; Daniel and MGM principal Gary Barber are Jewish
- ^ a b Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Owner Profiles — 2013 Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine, dmtc.com, 14 January 2014.
- ^ Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Kevin Tsujihara, kentuckyderby.com, 14 January 2014.
- ^ a b c Gary Barber bei arlingtonpark.com; retrieved, 14 January 2014.
- ^ "The Tourist (2010)". Box Office Mojo. March 10, 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
- ^ "MGM Looks Ahead with 'Mr. Mom', 'Idolmaker'", Variety, February 17, 2011
- ^ MGM Finally Comes Back from the Dead with Five Projects including Remakes of "RoboCop" and "Poltergeist", Collider.com, February 18, 2011.
- ^ MGM Shakeup: Gary Barber Out as CEO, variety.com, Mar 19, 2018.
- ^ Big $260M Payout For MGM’s Former Chairman/CEO Gary Barber In Official Resolution With Company, deadline.com, June 14, 2018.
- ^ "Owner Statistics: Gary Barber". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ Shinar, Jack. "Lexie Lou Adapts to Turf in Wonder Where Win". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 8 July 2016.