RAN BARKER                                                                  Page 1 of  2

360 NORTH HOLLYWOOD WAY, #104

BURBANK, CA 91505

http://Ran101.com                             (818) 954-0005 (not a WB number)                           Ran_Barker@yahoo.com            


Mastering

Warner Bros. Feature and TV Mastering

Sept 2003 to present

 

Producer

“BORDER TO BORDER”,  BUZZED”, FUGLY

Jan. 1998 to Sept 2003

Line Producer

APPLE JACK”,  PUZZLED”, “SEA DEVILS”,   “THE VAULT”

(Details -See page 2 ) 
Associate Producer

“CHO REVOLUTION”, “TOYOTA Short Film”,  NOTORIOUS C.H.O.”

UPM

 “CHO REVOLUTION”,   I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT”

 

 

 

 

Signatory Representative          

Directors Guild of America  (Short Term)   Los Angeles, CA

Feb. 2002 to Dec. 2002

Coordinate Film Production Companies through the signup process including Security Agreements, Adherence Letters, payroll deposits and other documents required to become signatory

 

 

 

Project Manager

Cue Tech       TV Academy North Hollywood

Mar. 2000 to Nov. 2001

Formatted teleprompting scripts for Award Show, Music Videos and film/TV productions.  Clients: VH1 Awards, Latin Grammy’s, *NSYNC, Hilary Clinton, MTV Awards, Farm Club, Movie Surfers, Angel Awards, Emmy pre-show and others.   Coordinated teleprompting crews . Also responsible for new clients.

 

 

 

Special Projects

Warner Bros.       John Wells Productions       Burbank, CA   .                      ER,  WEST WING,  TRINITY,   THIRD WATCH

Feb. 1998 to May 1999

Track and report daily progress directly to Executives and coordinate all communications to/from the production staff.   Coordinate production set up and Special events.  Create and maintain daily E.F.C's (Estimated Final Costs) reports, production reports and oversee distribution of all materials.  Managed support staff

 

 

 

Administrator of  TV

Warner Bros.  TV  (WBTV)          Burbank, CA

Aug.1995 to Dec.1998

Administrate day-to-day operations and maintenance of all WBTV Production and Executive offices.  Act as liaison with various on-lot departments to coordinate appropriate space allocations, furniture, equipment, telephones, computer hardware and software. Verified accuracy of invoices, code and approve.  Assisted with coordination of Special Events.  Managed Facilities for independent producers and Departments such as Main Production and shows: ER,  Friends,  Lois & Clark,  Suddenly Susan,  Jamie Foxx,  Chicago Sons,  Living Single and others

 

 

 

Department Head

Warner Bros.    WB Corporate Svcs.   Burbank, CA

Dec. 1989 to Aug. 1995

Administrate day-to-day operations and maintenance to the Senior Financial Officers and their staff. Responsibilities included: management of office space for over 400 personnel; coordinated all in-house moves (including space planning, purchasing of all furniture and equipment; coordination with Telecommunications and Information Systems Departments and supervision of relocation crews); scheduled and tracked costs of projects (i.e.- new construction, remodeling, staff relocation); acted as liaison to building management, outside vendors, construction coordinators.  Managed staff.

 

 

 

Project Manager

ASI/Dallas             (Architectural Graphics) Dallas, TX

1985 to 1989

Responsible for purchasing raw materials and finished product, drafted manufacturing specifications and presented submittals to Architects.  Acted as liaison between contractors and Architects.  Projects include Cooks Children's Hospital, American Airlines, Lincoln Property Company.    Maintained and serviced accounts of over 3,000 established clients

 

 

 

President & EMCEE

Special Event -  Tarleton State University    Stephenville, TX

1982 to 1984

Served as Board Chairman, governed over booking, promoting, scheduling and coordinating such events as concerts for the Go-Gos, A Flock of Seagulls and David Brenner.  Served as concert host and EMCEE

 

 

 

EDUCATION

Tarleton State University/Texas A&M

BBA Business

 

Film Actors Lab/AFI

Acting

 

UCLA

Film

 

 

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

Word, Front Page, Access, Excel, MS DOS, Swish, PC and Mac

 


PRODUCTION CREDITS

Associate Producer   UPM/1st AD  CHO REVOLUTION   (2004)   Feature film starring Margaret Cho CHO/TAUSSIG Prod
Line Producer

APPLE JACK   (2003)   35mm short film from the Creator of  “THE IRON GIANT” 

Tranquility Pictures
Producer

BUZZED (2003) Director Mark Whiting   (Top 10 Project Greenlight Finalist 2002)

TRANQUILITY Pictures
Associate Producer   UPM/1st AD TOYOTA Short Film   (2002) CHO/TAUSSIG Prod.
Associate Producer   UPM/1st AD

NOTORIOUS C.H.O.   (2002) Feature film starring Margaret Cho  

CHO/TAUSSIG Prod.
Line Producer      PUZZLED   (2001)  35mm feature film starring Mariah O'Brien,  Jordon Ladd, Bryce Johnson, Glenn Badyna,  Sullivan Sullivan & Dana Ashbrook

PUZZLED Prod.

Line Producer     

SEA DEVILS     (2001) 35mm Feature Drama - Development and Pre-production

Blue Marlin Prod-      Warner Bros

Unit Production Manager

I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT- (2000)  35mm feature starring Margaret Cho (4-camera shoot)

CHO/TAUSSIG Prod.

Co-Producer

FUGLY  (2000)   Video Short -Comedy  starring Neil Mather 

OFFICIAL SELECTION- METHODFEST

Turnover Prod

Co-Producer THE VAULT  (2000) 35mm Feature comedy-Development & Pre-prod

Blue Marlin Prod-      Warner Bros

Producer/Executive Partner/UPM

BORDER TO BORDER  (1998)  35mm Feature comedy   http://stage15.com               Distribution: Independent Artist    Winner: NY Int'l and Las Vegas Int'l Film Festivals

Stage 15 Prod

1st  A.D.      

"CHO REVOLUTION"          

CHO/TAUSSIG Prod.

1st  A.D.      

"STARCROSSED"

Lorene Machado Prod

1st  A.D.

“BUZZED”

TRANQUILITY Pictures

1st  A.D.      

"NOTORIOUS C.H.O"                                                  

CHO/TAUSSIG Prod.

1st  A.D.      

"LIFE 360"                                                                          

PBS Productions

1st  A.D.      

"DINNER WITH FRIENDS"

HBO Prod.-PROMOS

1st  A.D.      

"61" Billy Crystal Project                                                   

HBO Prod.-PROMOS

1st  A.D.      

"STRANGER INSIDE"                                                   

HBO Prod.-PROMOS

1st  A.D.      

"FUGLY"                                                                          

TURNOVER Pictures

2nd A.D.

"APPLE JACK"

TRANQUILITY Pictures

2nd A.D.

"PUZZLED"                                                                       

Puzzled Productions

2nd A.D.

"GAME DAY" HDVID short film                                      

USC/SONY

2nd A.D.

"BORDER TO BORDER"                                              

Stage 15 Productions

2nd A.D.

"SUNBIRD Commercial"                                                    

JAM Productions

Intern/2nd  2nd A.D.

“ADVENTURES OF BRISCO COUNTY”   (1994)

Warner Bros. TV

 

 

 

Development

Developed  3 Independent Projects   (1999)

M2 Prod- WB

 

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