Gary Barber

Gary Barber (born 1957) is a South African and American film producer. Barber was the chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He is also co-founder of Spyglass Media Group.

Biography

Barber was born to a Jewish family[1] in Johannesburg, South Africa.[2][3] He was educated at King David School, Linksfield, in Johannesburg. He then received an accounting degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, also in Johannesburg.[4][5] He later worked as a Chartered Accountant and Certified Public Accountant in South Africa and the United States, both with Price Waterhouse.[4]

In 1982, he won a trip to the Arlington Million horse race in Illinois.[5] In the same year, he moved to the United States, where his brother Cecil had been living since 1979. In the mid-1980s, Barber became a U.S. citizen.[2] In 1998, he and Roger Birnbaum founded Spyglass Entertainment in Los Angeles.[4] 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 (MGM).[4] 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 moved forward with remakes of RoboCop and Poltergeist.[7][8] In March 2018, Barber was ousted from MGM, coming five months after the renewal of his contract with the studio to 2022; he received a $260M settlement.[9][10]

Barber has three daughters and lives in Los Angeles.[5]

Filmography

Executive Producer

Producer

Special thanks

• Midnight Crossing (1988)
• Communion (1989)
• Howling V: The Rebirth (1990)
• Young Guns II (1990)
• Pacific Heights (1990)
• Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
• Freejack (1992)
• White Sands (1992)
• Stay Tuned (1992)
• The Crush (1993)
• True Romance (1993)
• Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)
• Major League II (1994)
• Chasers (1994)
• Trial by Jury (1994)
• Imaginary Crimes (1994)
• Silent Fall (1994)
• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
• Two If by Sea (1996)
• Big Bully (1996)
• Diabolique (1996)
• Bad Moon (1996)
• Wild America (1997)
• Incognito (1998)
• Major League: Back to the Minors (1998)
• Wrongfully Accused (1998)
• The King and I (1999)
• Keeping the Faith (2000)
• Shanghai Noon (2000)
• Unbreakable (2000)
• Out Cold (2001)
• Criminology 101 (2003)
• Bruce Almighty (2003)
• Seabiscuit (2003)
• One Love (2003)
• The Ranch (2004)
• Weekends (2004)
• The Legend of Zorro (2005)
• Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
• Eight Below (2006)
• Stay Alive (2006)
• Stick It (2006)
• Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)
• The Ruins (2008)
• The Happening (2008)
• The Love Guru (2008)
• Wanted (2008)
• Ghost Town (2008)
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
• Invictus (2009)
• Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
• No Strings Attached (2011)
• Footloose (2011)
• G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
• Glass (2019)
• Scream (2022)
• Hellraiser (2022)
• Scream VI (2023)
• The Boys in the Boat (2023)
• Spy Kids: Armageddon (2023)

• The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
• Dragonfly (2002)
• Reign of Fire (2002)
• Abandon (2002)
• The Recruit (2003)
• Shanghai Knights (2003)
• Connie and Carla (2004)
• Mr. 3000 (2004)
• The Pacifier (2005)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
• The Lookout (2007)
• The Invisible (2007)
• Evan Almighty (2007)
• Underdog (2007)
• Balls of Fury (2007)
• 27 Dresses (2008)
• Flash of Genius (2008)
• Four Christmases (2008)
• Leap Year (2010)
• The Tourist (2010)
• The Vow (2012)
• RoboCop (2014) (Uncredited)

• The Unholy (1988)

External links

• Gary Barber Bio