Cape Town World Cinema Festival

John Barker

Director

John Barker

John Barker was born in Durban, South Africa and studied graphic design at the Durban Institute of Technology. John started filmmaking first as an editor for a year, then as a cameraman for four years, after which he was a runner in London on a morning show, and then a graphic designer for a year.

John has been directing for around five years. He began directing inserts for Channel O and extended into directing music videos, at the same time as writing and directing short films, including State (1996), Rasta Dogs (1998), Lick (1999), Africon Mon (2000) and The Last Days of Anna Van Storm (2004).

John has also worked on a few TV shows, including The Pure Monate Show, and is credited with Blu Cheez (2003), South Africa's first music mockumentary.

Bunny Chow (2006) is his first feature film.
Associated Films
Directors & Guests

The Department of Communications The Government of the Western Cape City of Cape Town National Film & Video Foundation Department of Arts & Culture SABC
 
Berlinale Talent Campus
Goteborg Film Festival
Department of Trade & Industry
Cape Film Commission
Good Hope FM
Goethe Institut
IDC Industrial Development Corporation
Italian Embassy
Knowledge Focus
Nu Metro
Ster Kinekor
Tempest Sixt
The French Embassy
Telkom Media
British Council
Hubert Bals Fund
Videovision Entertainment
Waterfront Studios
Sithengi, the Southern African International Film & Television Market Initiative
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