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Barry Spikings (born 23 November 1939) is a British film producer who worked in Hollywood. Spikings is best known as a producer of the film The Deer Hunter (1978), which won five Academy Awards.
Barry Spikings was born on 23 November 1939 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He is a producer, known for The Deer Hunter (1978), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) and Lone Survivor (2013).
- Producer, Additional Crew
- November 23, 1939
- Barry Spikings
Barry Spikings is known as an Producer, Executive Producer, and Actor. Some of his work includes Lone Survivor, The Deer Hunter, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Convoy, Beyond Rangoon, The Favor, and Texasville.
Jul 13, 2016 · Barry Spikings, co-head of EMI Films with Michael Deeley, worried about the snail’s pace at which Cimino was proceeding, particularly when he arrived at the Greek Orthodox wedding...
Dec 19, 2019 · Deeley and Spikings’ feelings were that only De Niro could play the role. “It had to be De Niro,” states Spikings, and a call was placed into his then agent, Harry Ufland.
- Jay Glennie
Nov 12, 2018 · This comes after American Gods’ Gaiman, A Beautiful Mind’s Goldsman and Being Human creator and Doctor Who writer Whithouse teamed up with The Deer Hunter producer Barry Spikings and Howards...
Barry Spikings was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, in 1939. He began his career as a journalist, working for Farmer’s Weekly among others. Spikings joined the actor Stanley Baker and producer Michael Deeley in the formation of Great Western Enterprises in the early 1970s.
