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| name = Gary Barber | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957}} | birth_place = | birth_name = | other_names = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | residence = | nationality = South Africa | education = B.S. University of the Witwatersrand | occupation = Media executive | known_for = CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer(2010-2018) Co-founder of Spyglass Entertainment | networth = | children = 3 | spouse = | parents = | family = | website = }} Gary Barber (born 1957) is a South African-born American film producer. Barber was the chairman and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1] He is also co-founder of Spyglass Entertainment. Life and careerBarber was born to a Jewish family[1] in Johannesburg.[2][3] He was educated at King David School, Linksfield, in Johannesburg, South Africa. He then received an Accounting degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.[4][5] Afterwards he worked as a Chartered Accountant and Certified Public Accountant in South Africa and the United States, both with Price Waterhouse.[4] In 1982 the horse racing fan won a trip to the Arlington Million race in Illinois.[5] In the same year he moved to the States, where his brother Cecil Barber was living since 1979. In the mid-1980s Barber became a US citizen.[2] In 1998 he and Roger Birnbaum founded Spyglass Entertainment in Los Angeles.[4] His highest-grossing film as producer was The Tourist (2010), which grossed close to US$280 million at the worldwide box office.[6] In December 2010, Barber became Chief Executive Officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[4] Under his leadership MGM together with Eon Productions and Sony Pictures financed the successful James Bond film Skyfall, which grossed US$1,1 billion. MGM then also financed An Unexpected Journey (2012), 21 Jump Street (2012) and Witch Hunters (2013). MGM then finally moved forward with remakes of RoboCop and Poltergeist.[7][8] On March 2018, Gary Barber was ousted from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, after 5 months of renewing his contract with the studio to 2022, and received $260M as a settlement.[9][10] Barber is also a Thoroughbred racehorse owner. His horse, The Deputy, owned in partnership with Team Valor, won the 2000 running of the Grade II Santa Catalina Stakes and the Grade I Santa Anita Derby at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. In 2006 another of his horses, Becrux, also owned in partnership with Team Valor, won the Grade I Woodbine Mile at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Canada.[11] In 2014, his filly Lexie Lou won the Queen's Plate and was named the Canadian Horse of the Year.[12] Barber has three daughters and lives in Los Angeles.[5] Filmography as a producer
References1. ^Portland Press Herald: "A ‘Ben-Hur’ for our time" by Steven Zeitchik August 21, 2016 | Downey and Burnett are staunch Catholics; Ridley is also a devout Christian, Huston and Bekmambetov, who was raised in a communist country, are more secular; Daniel and MGM principal Gary Barber are Jewish 2. ^1 Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Owner Profiles — 2013 {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116095230/http://www.dmtc.com/season/sourcebook/ownerbiographies.pdf |date=2014-01-16 }}, dmtc.com, 14 January 2014. 3. ^Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Kevin Tsujihara, kentuckyderby.com, 14 January 2014. 4. ^1 2 3 4 mgm.com Gary Barber: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer bei mgm.comm; retrieved, 14 January 2014. 5. ^1 2 Gary Barber bei arlingtonpark.com; retrieved, 14 January 2014. 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tourist.htm |title=The Tourist (2010) |publisher=Box Office Mojo |date=March 10, 2011 |accessdate=September 28, 2013}} 7. ^"MGM Looks Ahead with 'Mr. Mom', 'Idolmaker'", Variety, February 17, 2011 8. ^MGM Finally Comes Back from the Dead with Five Projects including Remakes of "RoboCop" and "Poltergeist", Collider.com, February 18, 2011. 9. ^[https://variety.com/2018/film/news/gary-barber-leaving-mgm-chairman-1202731059 MGM Shakeup: Gary Barber Out as CEO], variety.com, Mar 19, 2018. 10. ^[https://deadline.com/2018/06/mgm-gary-barber-settlement-agreement-1202408686 Big $260M Payout For MGM’s Former Chairman/CEO Gary Barber In Official Resolution With Company], deadline.com, June 14, 2018. 11. ^{{cite web|title=Owner Statistics: Gary Barber|url=http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=People&searchType=O&eID=874007&rbt=TB|website=www.equibase.com|accessdate=8 July 2016}} 12. ^{{cite web|last1=Shinar|first1=Jack|title=Lexie Lou Adapts to Turf in Wonder Where Win|url=http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/112625/lexie-lou-adapts-to-turf-in-wonder-where-w|website=bloodhorse.com|accessdate=8 July 2016}} External links
9 : 1957 births|American film producers|American racehorse owners and breeders|American film studio executives|American people of South African-Jewish descent|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer executives|Living people|University of the Witwatersrand alumni|South African emigrants to the United States |
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