SIMON BARKER
FILM & TELEVISION EDITOR
www.simonbarker.tv E-mail sibark@mail.com mobile 07976 284555
CURRENT:
“50/50 HOUSE” (CHANNEL 4)
Four part series takes a look at the scientific innovations of the 1950s that changed the way we live.
Produced@ Wall To Wall Television. Series Producer Michael Douglas.
RECENT: 2010-12
“SPEED” (BBC)
BBC3s. Our Crime Series. The film looks at the consequences of young peoples addiction to speed.
Produced@Minnow Films. Directed by Dov Freedman.
“WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE” (NBC) Los Angeles.
Episodes. Martin Sheen, Blair Underwood, Marisa Tomei and Rita Wilson.
Produced@Shed Media US. Exec.Producer Al Edgington.
“REAGAN” 102 minute, feature documentary for HBO/BBC.
Winner CINE Golden Eagle 2011.
Reagan examines the enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern world - icon,
screen star, and two-term president Ronald Reagan.
Produced@Charlotte Street Films, NYC. Directed by Eugene Jarecki.
“FREAKONOMICS” 85 minute, feature documentary for MAGNOLIA PICTURES.
America's leading documentary makers Alex Gibney, Heidi Ewing, Eugene Jarecki and Morgan
Spurlock, collaborate on a film version of the hugely popular economics book Freakonomics. I was
Supervising Editor on “It’s (not always) A Wonderful Life.
Produced@Charlotte Street Films, NYC Directed by Eugene Jarecki.
"THE HUNT FOR BRITAIN'S SEX TRAFFICKERS'' (CHANNEL 4)
3x50 minute series.
Follows operation Pentameter 2 the largest ever crackdown on sex traffickers in UK history. These 3
programmes have unprecedented access to the police as they attempt to put an end to a growing crime.
PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY AMELIA HANN @ OCTOBER FILMS.
"THE GREAT CONTEMPORARY ART BUBBLE"(BBC)
90 minute, feature documentary.
A film, borne of sorrow as much as anger, casts a caustic spotlight on the gallerists, collectors and auction
houses dedicated to another art: speculating on and inflating the value of figures such as Jeff Koons and
Damien Hirst.
PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY BEN LEWIS @ BLTV
AWARD WINNING PROGRAMMES:
“REAGAN”(HBO/BBC)
Winner CINE Golden Eagle 2011
Reagan examines the enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern world - icon,
screen star, and two-term president Ronald Reagan.
PRODUCED BY CHARLOTTE STREET FILMS(NYC)
DIRECTED BY EUGENE JARECKI
Cutting Edge-"BABY BIBLE BASHERS"
Winner Golden Ace Award, Las Vegas Film Festival 2009
Baby Bible Basher's tells the extraordinary stories of three of the Lord's "chosen children", and their
relationships with God, their families and their congregations. Are these children the innocent conduits
of God's word, or has their childhood been sacrificed to satisfy zealous parents and congregations
hungry for miracles?
Dir. AMELIA HANN.
PRODUCED @ FIRECRACKER FILMS.
"MY BRILLIANT BRAIN."
Winner. World Television Awards 2008
Best Science Documentary
A compelling three part documentary that with the help of 3D graphics explores the incredible inner
workings of the human brain. The programmes look at a group of remarkable people and poses
questions about the origins of genius: are these extraordinary abilities genetic, developed or acquired
by accident?
Dir. KURT TONDORFF.
PRODUCED @ WINDFALL FILMS.
"MOUNTAIN." presented by, GRIFF RHYS JONES.
Winner, Scottish BAFTA Best Factual Entertainment Programme 2007
Griff starts his mountainous tour of Great Britain in the formidable Highlands of North West Scotland.
This bleak and beautiful region is one of the most remote areas of Great Britain. Follow in his footsteps
and find out more about the peaks and the people he encounters.
DIRECTED BY RUPERT SMITH,EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HAMISH BARBER
PRODUCED @ IWC MEDIA.
"THE SEARCH FOR MALLORY & IRVINE."
Winner Canal Plus award for best documentary 2002.
Finalist, BAFTA best cinematography 2000.
BBC nomination, BAFTA & RTS best documentary 2000.
In the spring of 1924 a British expedition set out to conquer the as yet unclimbed peak of Mount
Everest. Two of the expeditions climbers, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine were last seen, 6 /800
metres below the summit. Was Everest scaled 29 years before Hilary and Tensing?
PRODUCED & DIRECTED @ BBC BRISTOL BY PETER FIRSTBROOK.
"THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER."
Winner. Best Human Rights Film. Amsterdam. 2002
Nominated for Best Picture; Amnesty International Media Awards 2002.
Henry Kissinger. Nobel Laureate. And the most famous American diplomat, in history. This 80minute,
film investigates charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
PRODUCED BY ALEX GIBNEY @ JIGSAW/THINK TANK N.Y.C
DIRECTED BY EUGENE JARECKI
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ROY ACKERMAN
"A BABY TO SAVE OUR SON." 60 minutes.
BBC Nominated, BAFTA Best Current Affairs Documentary, 2003.
Tells the story of, Jason and Michelle Whitaker, and their seriously ill son, Charlie. Their only hope of
finding a cure for Charlie and saving his life is to use a controversial gene technology--produce a baby
that is a perfect genetic match for Charlie and harvest stem cells from the baby's umbilical cord. We
follow the Whitaker's two-year journey through a minefield of emotions and ethical issues, from one
continent to another, as they prepare to create one baby to save another.
DIRECTED BY RACHEL COUGHLAN.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER EDWINA VARDEY.
"BIG GIRL LITTLE GIRL"
Best Short Film – Miami Film Festival 2004
Best Directing – Strasbourg Film Festival 2004
7 year old Lucy is in love with her uncle, and finds herself fighting for his attention in a big girl’s
world.
DIRECTED BY AMELIA HANN.
"MINDREADERS" EQUINOX
Winner of 2 B.M.A. Silver Awards.
The film explores what the autistic mind can tell us about why male and female relationships so often
end in divorce.
PRODUCED @ ILLUMINATIONS TELEVISION.
DIRECTED BY JEREMY TAYLOR.
DRAMA CREDITS:
“THE VISIT” Starring Celia Imrie & Hattie Morahan
The film studies a complex relationship between mother and daughter.
DIRECTED BY AMELIA HANN. PRODUCED @ IRIS PICTURES LTD/LOOSE CANNON
PRODUCTIONS.
"BIG GIRL LITTLE GIRL"
Best Short Film, Miami Film Festival 2004
Best Directing, Strasbourg Film Festival 2004
7 year old Lucy is in love with her uncle, and finds herself fighting for his attention in a big girl’s
world.
DIRECTED BY AMELIA HANN.
"THE OPPONENT." Starring Erika Eleniak.
A tightly woven tale of fear, passion and self-respect, THE OPPONENT finds love in the most unlikely
of places. Patty , a victim of domestic abuse, meets her match in Tommy, a former boxing hopeful
looking for a new star to put in the ring. But he never could have imagined it would be Patty.
PRODUCED BY THINK TANK N.Y.C. DIRECTED BY EUGENE JARECKI.
BBC CREDITS:
"THE MYSTERY OF THE TEENAGE PREGNANCY PACT." 60 minute.
Unravelling the strange circumstances in which 18 American schoolgirls became pregnant at the same
time in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY JAMES QUINN @ OCTOBER FILMS
"MOUNTAIN." presented by, GRIFF RHYS JONES.
Winner. Scottish BAFTA; Best Factual Entertainment Programme 2007.
Griff starts his mountainous tour of Great Britain in the formidable Highlands of North West Scotland.
This bleak and beautiful region is one of the most remote areas of Great Britain. Follow in his footsteps
and find out more about the peaks and the people he encounters.
DIRECTED BY RUPERT SMITH
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER HAMISH BARBER
PRODUCED @ IWC MEDIA
"BIN LADEN: DEAD OR ALIVE" 60 minute.
Tracing the CIA's interest in Bin Laden through the mid 90's to present day. Using both archive and
reconstruction to illustrate events, we interview both CIA operatives and Special Forces teams who
were on the ground in Afghanistan.
DIRECTED BY MARK EVEREST
EXEC. PRODUCER ROY ACKERMAN @ DIVERSE
"THE TRIALS OF HENRY KISSINGER." 84 minute.
Winner. Best Human Rights Film; Amsterdam 2002.
Nominated for Best Picture, Amnesty International Media Awards 2002.
Henry Kissinger. Nobel Laureate. And the most famous American diplomat in history. The film
investigates charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
PRODUCED BY ALEX GIBNEY @ JIGSAW/THINK TANK N.Y.C
DIRECTED BY EUGENE JARECKI
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ROY ACKERMAN
"THE SEARCH FOR MALLORY & IRVINE." 60 minute.
Winner. Canal Plus Award: for Best Documentary 2002.
Finalist. BAFTA: Best Cinematography 2000.
BBC Nomination. BAFTA. & RTS. Best Documentary, 2000.
In the spring of 1924 a British expedition set out to conquer the as yet unclimbed peak of mount
Everest. Two of the expeditions climbers, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine were last seen, 6 /800
metres below the summit. Was Everest scaled 29 years before Hilary and Tensing?
PRODUCED & DIRECTED @ BBC BRISTOL BY PETER FIRSTBROOK.
"ULTIMATE ROCK CLIMB" 60 minute.
WATCHDOG's Julia Bradbury led by Tim Emmett one of the worlds top rock climbers, attempts to
scale three of Britains toughest rock faces.
DIRECTED BY PAUL COPELAND. EXEC PRODUCER SARAH SWINGLER.
PRODUCED @ DARLOW SMITHSON PRODUCTIONS.
"A BABY TO SAVE OUR SON." 60 minute.
BBC Nominated, BAFTA Best Current Affairs Documentary 2003.
Tells the story of , Jason and Michelle Whitaker, and their seriously ill son, Charlie. Their only hope
of finding a cure for Charlie and saving his life is to use a controversial gene technology--produce a
baby that is a perfect genetic match for Charlie and harvest stem cells from the baby's umbilical cord.
We follow the Whitaker's two-year journey through a minefield of emotions and ethical issues, from
one continent to another, as they prepare to create one baby to save another
DIRECTED BY RACHEL COUGHLAN.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER EDWINA VARDEY.
"BLOOD BROTHERS."
-The Story of Britain’s First Designer Baby. 60 minute.
Following on from Baby to Save Our Son, this film charts the Whittaker families struggle from the
beginning in 1999 to find a cure for their son, through to Charlies treatment in the summer of 2004.
Dir Rachel Coughlan Exec Producer Edwina Vardey
"THE 4 MINUTE MILE." 60 minutes.
A film to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roger Bannister's record breaking sub 4 minute mile.
DIRECTED BY CARL HINDMARCH @ LION TELEVISION.
"DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD" 12x60 minute films.
The dramatic reconstructions; of the assassination of Martin Luther King and the release of Nelson
Mandela.
PRODUCED BY LION TELEVISION.
DIRECTED BY SRIK NARAYANAN.
"ICEDOGS." 6x30 minute
Modern day explorer/adventurer, Benedict Allen, visits Eastern Siberia, one of the worlds most remote
and inhospitable environments.
Learning from the local Chukchi Indians he hopes to lead a dog team across 1500 miles of the most
hostile terrain known to man.
PRODUCED BY JOHN HESLING
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BOB LONG
"WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Colin Jackson" 60 minutes.
Olympic hurdler Jackson; traces his roots back through Jamaica
and Panama to Africa.
Series Producer Lucy Carter
Directed by Jackie Osei-Tutu @ WALL TO WALL TV
"PIPE DREAMS." 60 minutes.
Follows one mans journey back to the Venezuelan Amazon to honour a promise he’d made 7 years
earlier to a young Yanomami tribesman to take him on holiday to Britain.
PRODUCED @ CAFÉ PRODUCTIONS. DIRECTED BY DAVID GOODALE
"QUEST FOR THE CARIB CANOE." 60 minutes.
The small and marginalised remaining Caribs of Dominica set out on
a voyage to re-discover their heritage and raise awareness to their plight; by sailing a traditional 500
year old canoe back to their South American homeland in Guyana.
PRODUCED @ THINK TANK N.Y.C.
PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY EUGENE JARECKI
"HARLEY STREET." 8x30 minute.
Examines life on the world’s most famous medical street.
Exec Producer Narhinder Minhas @ DIVERSE.
CHANNEL 4 CREDITS:
CUTTING EDGE -"JESS: BRITAIN'S YOUNGEST SLEEPWALKER?''
Three and a half year old Jess, has a condition that has baffled every doctor she has seen so far. For the
last two and a half years she has been living a double life: during the day she is a bright and happy girl
but at night she is "different". Then, Jess spends hours sitting in a trance, acting out elaborate scenes.
She describes the "friends" who visit her, who keep her awake, who hit her and who won't go away.
PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY AMELIA HANN @ BLAST FILMS.
CUTTING EDGE - "BABY BIBLE BASHERS"
Born again Christians or Evangelists as they like to be known are on the increase across the globe. This
film looks at the roles 3 child preachers and their families are having on a religion that some say is the
fastest growing on the planet.
PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY AMELIA HANN.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MARK SOLDINGER.
PRODUCED @ FIRECRACKER FILMS
"THE FAKES TRADE" 2x60 minute
Two-part series examining the global industry of fake goods and how luxury brands are struggling to
fight back, taking a journey from the sweatshops of China to Bond Street boutiques. The brands helped
turned counterfeiting into the world's biggest and fastest-rising criminal industry by outsourcing
production to China, a country with a centuries-old tradition of copying. Chinese counterfeit syndicates
now make and distribute fakes throughout Britain, but only the foot soldiers ever get caught.
DIRECTED BY NICK HORNBY
EXEC PRODUCED @ BLAST FILMS ED COULTHARD/GRANT McKEE
UNREPORTED WORLD - "GUINEA BISSAU''
The tiny West African state of Guinea Bissau was, until recently known only for being the 5th poorest
country in the world. But in the last 2 years Colombian drug cartels have begun using the country to
warehouse vast quantities of cocaine bound for Western Europe. The UN estimates that 2.5 tonnes is
being flown in per day. Reporter Kate Seelye seeks to uncover the scale of the problem and the
potential threat this poses to Europe.
PRODUCER DIRECTOR EDWARD WATTS. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER EAMONN MATTHEWS.
PRODUCED @ QUICKSILVER MEDIA.
"TRAVELS WITH A GRINGO"
Sean Langhan in Latin America.
Sean travels to Latin America to look at the affect globalisation is having on this vast Continent.
PRODUCED @ MENTORN BY BEN SUMMERS.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GEORGE CAREY.
"THE UNTEACHABLES"
4x1 hour films
A group of badly behaved 14 year olds with over 50 school exclusions between them are sent on a
series of innovative study camps, held by some of the best educationalists in the country, to determine
if they are beyond repair.
SERIES PRODUCER. SALLIE CLEMENT.
DIRECTOR PHILIPPA ROSS.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER. CHARLES FURNEAUX.
PRODUCED @ TALKBACKTHAMES.
"GRAND DESIGNS."
DIRECTED BY DAVID GOODALE @ TALKBACKTHAMES.
"CHILDBIRTH"
30 minutes
Editor of The Erotic Review Rowan Pelling, takes a look at childbirth in the UK today.
PRODUCED BY HOWARD ANDERSON @ MENTORN.
"FORBIDDEN FRUIT "
3x50 minute documentaries tracing the history of interracial sex in Britain.
PRODUCED @ DIVERSE LIMITED. DIRECTED BY HELEN LITTLEBOY.
"PLANET OF FIRE"
2 hour special following volcano hunters around the world as they study at first hand the worlds great
volcanos’.
PRODUCED @ PIONEER PRODUCTIONS. DIRECTED BY PATRICK FLEMING. EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER. STUART CARTER.
"WRECKS OF CONDOR REEF" ENDS OF THE EARTH
Charts the progress of two shipwreck detectives, hoping to find wrecks off the coast of Cambodia.
PRODUCED @ INCA. DIRECTED BY JEREMY TAYLOR.
"MINDREADERS" EQUINOX
The film explores what the autistic mind can tell us about why male and female relationships so often
end in divorce. Winner of 2 B.M.A. Silver Awards.
PRODUCED @ ILLUMINATIONS TELEVISION. DIRECTED BY JEREMY TAYLOR.
ANIMALS WORLD - LIONS
Looking at the world from a lions point of view. Part of a three film series screened autumn 99.
PRODUCED @ WALL TO WALL TELEVISION.
DIRECTED BY ALEXANDRA BEASLEY.
"EMPIRES OF STONE"
3x 50 minute documentaries using dramatic reconstruction and state of the art 3D graphics to show
how why and when "The Colosseum, The Acropolis and The Great Wall Of China were built.
SERIES PRODUCER @ OCTOBER FILMS, ADAM BULLMORE
DIRECTED BY PATRICK FLEMING.
"TIME TEAM."
The 7th series of this highly acclaimed archaeological programme. Presented by Tony Robinson.
PRODUCED @ VIDEOTEXT. DIRECTED BY MICHAEL DOUGLAS. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER.
PHILIP CLARKE.
"THE GIRLIE SHOW"
The first series of this infamous late night ground breaker.
PRODUCED @ RAPIDO TELEVISION.
"EUROTRASH"
A quirky late night look at our European neighbours.
PRODUCED @ RAPIDO TELEVISION. SERIES PRODUCER. JOHN GODFREY.
"NIGHTS OUT AT THE EMPIRE."
The 1st, and 2nd series, highlighting Sunday nights at London’s Hackney Empire. As well as editing, I
directed and vision mixed the outside broadcasts for the 2nd series.
PRODUCED @ CAFÉ PRODUCTIONS. SERIES PRODUCER. NEIL DAVIES.
CHANNEL 5 CREDITS
MARY MAGDALENE -"SAINT OR SINNER"
Recorded in the Bible as the first person to see Christ after the Resurrection, Mary’s exact role in
Christianity has long been debated. This film examines the scant details of her life and questions the
theory that she was deliberately sidelined by the Christian Church in order to protect the male
hierarchy..
Directed by MARTIN KEMP @ CTVC
"MY BRILLIANT BRAIN."
Winner. World Television Awards, Best Science Documentary
A compelling three part documentary that with the help of 3D graphics explores the incredible inner
workings of the human brain. The programmes look at a group of remarkable people and poses
questions about the origins of genius: are these extraordinary abilities genetic, developed or acquired
by accident
Dir. KURT TONDORFF.
PRODUCED @ WINDFALL FILMS.
"IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD."
Tony Benn looks at the history of Democracy.
Dir. Srik Narayanan.
Produced @ Mentorn.
"MISSION TO THE DEEP."
8 x 30 minute films locating, diving & studying some of histories great shipwrecks.
PRODUCED @ MAVERICK BY BETHAN CORNEY & MARTIN HEAD.
DISCOVERY/TLC CREDITS:
“COLLIDING LIVES.” 90 minute, drama documentary for Discovery/TLC.
A film to mark the 10 year, anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Centre.
Produced @ Darlow Smithson Directed by James Quinn.
"FIRE-THE NATURE OF THE BEAST."
The film examines the uneasy peace that exists between man and one of our most deadly predators.
PRODUCED @ OPTOMEN TELEVISION. DIRECTED BY PATRICK FLEMING.
"SECRETS OF THE GREAT WALL."
A scientific/dramatic look at one of mankind’s greatest achievements "The Great Wall of China" and
how? And why it was built?
PRODUCED @ OCTOBER FILMS. DIRECTED BY PATRICK FLEMING."
HIDDEN HISTORIES"
A series of 6 half-hour docu-dramas examining relationships between historical events and recent
paranormal activity.
PRODUCED @ CAFÉ PRODUCTIONS. DIRECTED BY EDDIE BABBAGE & ALEXANDRA
BEASLEY.
"GHOSTHUNTERS"
A series of 10 half-hour programmes examining the paranormal.
PRODUCED @ INCA. DIRECTED BY EDDIE BABBAGE.
"HEADHUNTERS"
Documentary looking at headhunting .A forbidden rite; that as we enter the 21st century is alarmingly,
still with us.
PRODUCED BY ANDRE SINGER @ CAFÉ PRODUCTIONS.
DIRECTED BY TOM SHEAHAN.
SIMON BARKER
FILM & TELEVISION EDITOR
www.simonbarker.tv E-mail sibark@mail.com mobile 07976 284555