Steve Barron

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1956-05-04 (68 years old)

Place of Birth Dublin, Ireland

Also Known As 斯蒂夫·巴伦, Stephen Barron

Steve Barron

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Steven "Steve" Barron (born 4 May 1956) is a director and producer, best known for directing the films Coneheads (1993), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) and the innovative music videos for a-ha's "Take on Me" and Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean". He was born in Dublin, Ireland, the son of filmmaker Zelda Barron. He attended St Marylebone Grammar School. He appeared in the film if.... very briefly. He made his directorial debut in 1979 and directed many of the 1980s' most memorable music videos, including "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits, and "Take on Me" by a-ha. Barron only made eight music videos in the early 90s and made his last music video in 1993 for David Bowie's "As the World Falls Down". In 1984, he directed the science fiction comedy Electric Dreams, and then went on to direct several episodes of the television series The Storyteller before returning to the big screen, directing films such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1990, The Adventures of Pinocchio in 1996, Rat in 2000 and Mike Bassett: England Manager in 2001. Barron has also directed several award winning miniseries, such as Merlin (1998), Arabian Nights (2000) and Dreamkeeper (2003) for Hallmark Entertainment. In July 2010 it was revealed that Barron would make a return to music videos, directing the final video of a-ha, "Butterfly Butterfly (The Last Hurrah)". Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Baron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

2024
2023
2022
Murder in Provence

as Director

2019
Supervized

as Director

2016
The Durrells

as Director

2013
Delete

as Director

2012
Treasure Island

as Director

2006
Choking Man

as Director

2006
Best of Bowie

as Director

2003
Dreamkeeper

as Director

2001
Rat

as Director

2000
Arabian Nights

as Director

1998
Merlin

as Director

1993
Coneheads

as Director

1992
1988
The Storyteller

as Director

1986
Track Record

as Director

1985
Video AID

as Director

1984
Electric Dreams

as Director

Producer

2024
The Marlow Murder Club

as Executive Producer

2021
Around the World in 80 Days

as Executive Producer

2016
Brahman Naman

as Producer

2013
Delete

as Executive Producer

2005
Mike Bassett: Manager

as Executive Producer

2001
Rat

as Producer

1995
While You Were Sleeping

as Executive Producer

1994
The Specialist

as Executive Producer

1994
ReBoot

as Producer

Camera

1977
A Bridge Too Far

as Clapper Loader

1977
The Duellists

as Clapper Loader

Writer

2006
Choking Man

as Writer

1996

Creator

2012
Treasure Island

as Creator

1998
Merlin

as Creator