Filmography of Michael W. Barnard
90404 CHANGING - Producer/Director/DP/Writer
Independent Feature film about a vanishing Santa Monica neighborhood.
Stars Paulina Sahagun & Barry Shabaka Henley LightningBolt PIX.
OfficIal Selection 2007 Pan-African Film Festival
OfficIal Selection 2007 SAN FRANCISCO BLACK Film Festival
OFFICIAL Selection 2007 OAKLAND INT’L Film Festival
MR. MAYOR – THE LIFE & TIMES OF ALFONSO J. CERVANTES -
Director/Director of Photography/Editor
Independent Feature-length documentary about the influential former
Mayor of St. Louis. FusionActive Films.
OPENED 2006 ST LOUIS FILM FESTIVAL - AIRING ON PBS SEPT. 2008
CHIHULY RIVER OF GLASS - Producer/Director/DP/Editor
Award winning feature-length documentary shot in Finland, Ireland, Mexico, Seattle,
San Diego and Venice, Italy. Barnard Productions.
WINNER – SILVER MEDAL U.S. FILM FESTIVAL 1998
WINNER – GOLD MEDAL – 1999 AURORA AWARDS
AIRED FOR 2 YEARS ON SUNDANCE CHANNEL
AIRED ON BRAVO CANADA
…BRINGING THE LIGHT - Producer/Director/DP/Editor
Feature-length HD Documentary about the making of the new I.M. Pei hospital at UCLA. LightningBolt PIX. (Production completed)
HBO- OFF THE RECORD-RINGO STARR - DP plus Main Open Title Design/Editorial/DP
1 hour special talk show hosted by Dave Stewart. Broadcast in 2008.
ANGEL FIVE - Director
Live-Action video game/training scenario for the FBI.
Produced By Visual Purple
NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN – Director/Editor
Feature Film starring Ken Gilman and Priscilla Harris.
Released by Prism Entertainment.
“LOCK AND ROLL FOREVER” - Editor/Special Visual FX Sequences
Feature Film starring Japanese Ska band Oreskaband and High School Musical star
Lucas Gabeel. Directed by Chris Grismer for T&C Pictures.
“LEAP OF FAITH” – SPECIAL EFFECTS SEQUENCES -
Producer/Co-Director/Designer/ Editor
FX Sequences for CBS Movie with Anne Archer and Sam Neil.
CRIES OF SILENCE - Producer/Director of Photography/Co-Editor
Feature Film starring Kathleen York, Erin Buchanan & Karen Black -
Elysian Pictures Director-Avery Crounse
WINNER – BEST FILM 1997 GIFFONI INT’L FILM FESTIVAL
MAFU-THE JOURNEY HOME - Director/DP/Editor
Feature-length documentary shot in Machu Piccu & Lake Titicaca, Peru. Aruna Productions.
CHIHULY IN ACTION - Producer/Co-Director/Co-Editor
1/2 Hour television documentary. LightningBolt PIX.
WINNER – PLATINUM AWARD – 2000 AURORA AWARDS
WINNER – SILVER MEDAL – 2000 HOUSTON FILM FESTIVAL
SIMPLE SOLUTIONS - Producer/Director/DP/Editor
Public Service film about a new form of transit for LA – with Edward James Olmos. LightningBolt PIX.
WINNER – GOLD MEDAL – 2000 AURORA AWARDS
SECRETS OF THE SUN - Producer/Director/ DP/Editor
1-Hour documentary – shot in Rome, NY & Los Angeles.
Barnard Productions
AMGEN CAMBRIDGE-A SUCCESS STORY Producer/Director
1 Hour documentary about the building of a research facility in Cambridge, Mass.
LightningBolt PIX.
WINNER GOLD MEDAL – 2001 HOUSTON FILM FESTIVAL
BREATHING LIGHT -Producer/Director/ DP/Editor
1/2 Hour documentary. Aired on local PBS stations
Barnard Productions
BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE 1ST ANNUAL SAG AWARDS
Director/DP/Editor
1/2 Hour Documentary for Visualize Productions .
“COMICS ONLY” ROLL-INS – Director/Director of Photography
Numerous roll-in segments for 3 seasons of the Comedy Central series
hosted by Paul Provenza.
FORGIVENESS - DP/Line Producer
Feature-length documentary for Paulist Productions shot in England, France, Italy, So. Africa and the U.S.A.
RAISING THE ASHES – DP/Line Producer
Feature-length documentary -Shot on-location in Poland
Polonia Pictures. Director-Michael O’Keefe
WINNER – SILVER MEDAL CHICAGO 1997 FILM FESTIVAL
CHASING ROBERT -Director of Photography
Feature Film – Bad Penny Films. Shot in Chicago & LA
Director – Len Austrevich
THE MEDALLION -Add’l Unit DP
Jackie Chan feature – 2nd Unit/Main Titles Sequence
Produced by Bill Borden
TIGER CRUISE – 2nd Unit Producer/DP
2nd Unit, Title Seq. & Shipboard at-sea sequences onboard USS Nimitz.
Disney Channel Movie Produced by Bill Borden/Barry Rosenbush
THE INVISIBLE KID - Director of Photography
Feature Film – Elysian Pictures /United Artists -
Director-Avery Crounse
BODY LANGUAGE - 2nd Unit Director of Photography
Cable Feature – HBO Pictures
Producer – Bill Borden
NAVY SEALS -2nd Unit Camera
Feature Film Opening Sequence Paramount
2nd Unit Director- Bob Carmichael
VIVA VIETNAM! - Director of Photography
1-Hour Special – Comedy Central – Visualize
Shot on location in Vietnam. Director – Jerry Kramer.
ELVIS USA - Director of Photography
(Also directed the Opening & Closing Sequences.)
1-hour TNT Special directed by Jerry Kramer for Visualize.
THE OUTERMOST PLACE - Producer/Director/DP/editor
Short film about Thoreau, fisherman John Worthington Sr. and Lower Cape Cod.
Barnard Productions.
FIELD FILMS - Producer/Director/DP/Editor
A series of experimental 8mm &16mm films made in the 1960′s &70′s
Shown widely in museums, galleries, universities, film archives, etc.
COMMERCIALS- Photographed/Directed/DP’d/Edited many commercials
MUSIC VIDEOS - Directed and Produced many music videos during the mid-80′s with a wide variety of artists including Lionel Richie, Duke Jupiter, Rick James, Dennis Edwards, Sam Harris, Canned Heat, etc.