Barry Berk
Barry Berk (19**-) Actor, television writer and director, filmmaker.
Contents
Biography
Youth
Training
Studied at UCT late 1980s.
Career
Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance
As a student he had roles in Three Sisters, The Maids, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, The Rimers of Eldritch, Pale Souls, Dis Al.
He wrote the play Hanna, Hanna Ek Sê, produced at the Market Theatre directed by Clare Stopford circa 1991 (NELM, theatre programme [Collection: MARKET THEATRE]: 2007. 32. 9. 88).
His first feature film, starring Lionel Newton, was Sleeper's Wake (2013), an adaptation of a novel by Alistair Morgan. (Mail & Guardian, 14 March 2013)
Awards, etc
He won the Newcomers Competition (film) for Angels as Best Drama.
He was part of the directors team nominted for an Avanti Award in 2000 for Soul City IV..(television).
Sources
Various entries in the NELM catalogue.
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