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RAN101.com THE OFFICIAL SITE OF RAN BARKER
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My name is Ran Barker and I grew up on my families Farm / Ranch in West Texas, just outside the small town of Hodges, Texas (Population 27). I attended Hawley High (senior class was only 40 people) 1981 - 1985, I attended Tarleton State University/ Texas A&M University in Stephenville, Texas. I was a member of the PLOWBOYS, KAPPA ALPHA ORDER, SENATE, SEC, TCAB, GREEK COUNCIL and WHO'S WHO. In 1985, I graduated from Tarleton State University/Texas A&M and moved to Dallas where I went to work for an Architectural Graphic Design Company and began to pursued an acting career. In the next few years I appeared in over 100 national commercials, feature films and TV series including "DALLAS" - I was more of a glorified extra and not a leading character but I had fun. In 1989, I moved to Los Angeles to study acting/filmmaking at UCLA and AFI and joined Warner Bros. as Department head of Corporate Services. When Warner Bros bought back the Burbank Studios, I was in charge of relocating the entire Corporate Staff onto the new Warner Bros lot. In 1990, I met up with my high school friend Marilyn Webber, who was attending AFI as a screenwriter. She asked me to work on her short film "Last Breeze of Summer". The short film went on to grab an Oscar Nomination. In 1994, I became the Administrator of TV, working with ER, FRIENDS, LIVING SINGLE, SUDDENLY SUSAN, & 30 other shows. While working as Administrator of TV, I produced my first feature film "Border to Border" with a newly created production company "Stage 15 Productions" formed by myself and 5 other WB employees. “BORDER” went on to win the NY Int'l Independent Film Festival and the Las Vegas Int'l Film Festival. In 1998, I went to work with JOHN WELLS PRODUCTIONS and worked with productions, ER, TRINITY, WEST WING, ADVERSARIES & THIRD WATCH. In 1999, I left Warner Bros to worked on independent features "I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT", "PUZZLED", "NOTORIOUS C.H.O.", CHO REVOLUTION and the awarding winning shorts "GAME DAY" and "FUGLY" In 2002, I was the Line Producer of the short "APPLE JACK", which won "Best Film" at the Los Angeles Int'l Short Film Festival in 2003, a top ten finalist award for Project Greenlight and was a top 10 finalist for an Oscar Nomination in 2003. In 2003, I returned to Warner Bros. to work in Technical Operations for Feature Films and TV and currently writing and producing my own projects on the side.
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BLOG WHAT'S NEW March 2009
Here is the poop on my disability
issues April 9 2008 My Buddy, Thomas Whelan has a film in the BEVERLY HILLS FILM FESTIVAL - Go see " THE ART OF TRAVEL" TONIGHT (4-9-08)
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