John W. Barnes

Biography

John Wadsworth Barnes (March 25, 1920 – June 27, 2000) was an American film director and producer. He was most active in the educational film industry, producing, directing and writing for Encyclopædia Britannica Films. In his career he worked on and helped create over 100 film projects. He produced the Academy Award nominated documentary The Living City. He wrote for a radio drama series, made experimental Bolex films, and produced the film To Live Together.

Directed

1. The Living City (1953) — Director
2. John Keats: His Life and Death (1973) — Director
3. Adventure in Venice (1974) — Director
4. Art, what is it? Why is it? (1963) — Director
5. The Painter (1975) — Director
6. Bip as a Skater (1975) — Director
7. The Art of Silence: The Cage (1975) — Director
8. The Art of Silence: Youth Maturity Old Age and Death (1975) — Director
9. The Civil War (1954) — Director
10. The Mask Maker (1975) — Director
11. To Live Together — Director
12. Look to the Land — Director
13. The American Revolution (1953) — Director
14. The Pilgrims (1954) — Director
15. The Portable Phonograph (1977) — Director
16. Roger Williams: Founder Of Rhode Island — Director
17. Chaucer's England (1958) — Director
18. The Bible as Literature: Part 1 - Saga and Story in the Old Testament (1973) — Director
19. Shaw vs. Shakespeare I: The Character of Caesar — Director
20. The Baltimore Plan (1953) — Director
21. The Bible as Literature: Part 2 - History, Poetry, and Drama in the Old Testament (1973) — Director
22. Michelangelo (1964) — Director
23. Captain John Smith: Founder of Virginia (1954) — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Bible as Literature: Part 1 - Saga and Story in the Old Testament (1973) — Narrator