Biography
Barry Spikings (born 23 November 1939) is a British film producer who worked in Hollywood. Spikings is best known as a producer of the film The Deer Hunter (1978), which won five Academy Awards. Spikings was born in Boston, Lincolnshire. After leaving Boston Grammar School he joined the local newspaper, the Lincolnshire Standard, as a trainee reporter. Later he joined the Farmers' Weekly, where he won a Golden Ear award for a fifteen-minute film that he produced and directed himself.
Spikings then moved to the entertainment world. Initially, he promoted pop music festivals and later films.
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Filmography
all 12
Movies 12
Producer 11
self 1
Producer
Summer Crossing (2021)
Movie
Producer
Lone Survivor (2013)
Movie
5.95
Producer
Beyond Rangoon (1995)
Movie
Executive Producer
There Goes My Baby (1994)
Movie
Executive Producer
The Favor (1994)
Movie
6.17
Self / Executive Producer
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas (1991)
Movie
Executive Producer
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)
Movie
4.95
Producer
Texasville (1990)
Movie
Producer
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Movie
6
Executive Producer
Convoy (1978)
Movie
5.33
Producer
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
Movie
5.8
Producer
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.22
Based on 818 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1975
1978
1991
1995
2021
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Information
Known ForProduction
GenderMale
Birthday1939-11-23 (84 years old)
Birth PlaceBoston, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Picture
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