Barrie M. Osborne at the New York Premier of The Fellowship of the Ring
Barrie M. Osborne is an American movie producer, executive producer, production manager and film director. He is an alumnus of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota and he currently resides in Wellington, New Zealand.
Biography[]
He was born on February 7th, 1944 in New York City, and began his film career in 1976.
Osborne's most notable work as a movie producer is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2004), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Picture alongside Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. He has been nominated to three Oscars and won one, Best Picture for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. In the extended editions of the films, Osborne gives commentary throughout documentary shorts such as Weta Digital and Visualizing the Story.
Osborne is currently 77 years old.
Documentary appearances[]
- The Lord of the Rings film trilogy appendices
- Part One: From Book to Vision > From Book to Script and Designing and Building Middle-earth
- Part Two: From Vision to Reality > Visual Effects > Weta Digital and Scale
- Part Two: From Vsion to Reality > Post Production: Putting it All Together
- Part Four: The Battle for Middle-earth Begins > Visual Effects > Weta Digital
- Part Four: The Battle for Middle-earth Begins > Editorial: Refining the Story, The Soundscapes of Middle-earth, and "The Battle for Helm's Deep is Over..."
- Part Five: The War of the Ring > Designing and Building Middle-earth > Big-atures
- Part Five: The War of the Ring > Home of the Horse-lords and New Zealand as Middle-earth
- Part Six: The Passing of an Age > Cameras in Middle-earth and The End of All Things
