Born in Dublin Ireland, Steve Barron started in films as a camera assistant on epic productions such as Richard Donner's SUPERMAN, Richard Attenborough's A BRIDGE TOO FAR and Ridley Scott's THE DUELIST.
A pioneer of the music video industry, Steve got his start directing such influential bands as the "The Jam", "Human League", and "Adam and the Ants." Eventually, he would go on to direct some of the popular videos in history, including the award winning videos 'Billie-Jean' by Michael Jackson, Dire Straits' 'Money for Nothing' and A-Ha's 'Take On Me' among others.
His first feature film ELECTRIC DREAMS was released in 1984 which he followed with a number of years directing television in the US and UK. Steve's second feature stunned the movie industry by becoming the first independent feature to break the 100 million-dollar theatrical barrier in the U.S. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
In 1993 Steve directed the Dan Ackroyd feature CONEHEADS for Paramount and was Executive Producer on the Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone picture THE SPEACIALIST, and the highly successful WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING.
In autumn 1998, Steve directed "Merlin," a $30 million television mini-series produced by Hallmark for NBC in America. Merlin attracted a great cast including Sam Neill, Helena Bonham-Carter, Miranda Richardson, Isabella Rossellini, Martin Short and Rutger Hauer. Following the mini-series Steve went on to direct "Arabian Nights" on ABC network. Photographed in Turkey and Morocco it stars Mili Avital, Alan Bates, Jason Scott Lee, John Leguizamo and Rufus Sewell. This project brought Steve 5 more Emmy nominations and a US national television critics nomination.
In October 2000 Steve's feature RAT had it's theatrical release from Univeral in the UK to rave reviews. Steve's next comedy was MIKE BASSETT: ENGLAND MANAGER a spoof documentary feature film starring Ricky Tomlinson as the national soccer coach. The film had a wide UK theatrical release in November 2001, earning $6m and charting at number three in it's first four weeks.
Summer 2002 was spent shooting a $24m American Indian mini-series epic for ABC and Hallmark. 'Dreamkeeper' is the first high-profile, big scale attempt to bring to life the myth's and legends of the Native American people. Tribes all across the United States were consulted and ninety-five speaking roles all cast with Native people. The production won Steve a Gold Award for directorial achievement at the Chicago International TV Festival and an Emmy for best visual effects.
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