Biography
BARRY NAVIDI - PRODUCER As a producer, friend, and confidant to some of the greatest legends of world cinema, Barry Navidi has been privileged to work with John Huston, Lauren Bacall, Robert Mitchum, Michael Caine, Paul Scofield, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, John Hurt, Sean Connery, Jeremy Irons, Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Chastain, and many others. Barry Navidi graduated in 1985 from The London Film School, receiving a Postgraduate Degree in the Technique and the Art of Filmmaking. While in film school Navidi forged a long and lasting friendship with Danny Huston, which led to a professional and personal relationship with the entire Huston family. In 1987, Navidi produced John Huston's last film as an actor, "Mister Corbett's Ghost" financed by John Paul Getty, Jr. and directed by Danny Huston. The same year Navidi served as production consultant on "Mr. North", starring Angelica Huston, Lauren Bacall and Robert Mitchum and finally, he worked on the production of John Huston's last directorial effort, "The Dead,"(1988) starring Angelica Huston, based on the story by James Joyce. In 1990, Navidi moved to Los Angeles, where during the next four years he developed and packaged a number of film projects at Columbia Pictures, Paramount, Universal, Fox and Warner Bros. In 1993 he met Marlon Brando and worked as a production consultant, on the production of "Don Juan DeMarco" (1994), "The Island of Dr. Moreau" (1996), as producer on "Divine Rapture" (1996), and again as production consultant on "Free Money" (1998) and "The Score" (2001); all films starring Marlon Brando. In 2001, Navidi co-produced, with Debra Winger, "Big Bad Love," a film directed by Arliss Howard, starring Debra Winger and Rosanna Arquette. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001. In 2004, Navidi produced the critically acclaimed adaptation of William Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice" starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes. The film premiered both at the Venice International Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival in 2004, and, subsequently, had a Royal Premiere in London in the presence of HRH Prince Charles benefiting The Prince's Trust. In 2008 Navidi produced "Wilde Salomé" based on Oscar Wilde's play 'Salomé" starring Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain, directed by Al Pacino. The film launched the career and ensuing stardom of Jessica Chastain, premiering at both the Venice International Film Festival and Dublin Film Festival in 2012. The film version of the play "Salomé" also produced by Navidi was completed in 2013 and premiered in 2014 at the British Film Institute, London. Barry Navidi and Al Pacino, as producing partners, have a number of film and TV projects currently in development, including "King Lear" based on the play by William Shakespeare, " Modigliani,' "Family Flaw," and mini-series "Man On The Rock" based on the last years of Napoleon. London and Los Angeles based Barry Navidi is a member of The British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA), Ambassador to Prince Charles' Trust, The BFI Friend and Board of Directors, Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles .
