RAN101.com THE OFFICIAL SITE OF  RAN BARKER

INFO ABOUT RAN Resume Bio and Press Contact Info Pictures Warner Bros FEATURE FILMS Cho Revolution Notorious C.H.O. Puzzled I'm The One That I Want Border to Border SHORT FILMS Apple Jack Fugly Starcrossed Buzzed Game Day Last Breeze of Summer TV SHOWS Life 360 West Wing ER Friends Other WB TV Shows MISC HBO Projects Actor Friends Acting Texas Tarleton State Univ. Make-A Wish Ran Chronicles My Favorite Movies & TV Humor Links Websites By Ran My Friends on Myspace.com	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.	BLOG WHAT'S  NEW http://twitter.com/Ran101 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) PLEASE GO SEE IT WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9 LAEMMLE THEATER 9036 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211 2008 Beverly Hill Film Festival OPENING NIGHT http://www. beverlyhillsfilmfestival. com/ Block 1 (7:30PM)
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