Barry Avrich

Barry Avrich

62 · Born: May 9, 1963

Personal Details

BornMay 9, 1963 Montréal, Québec, Canada

Biography

Biography of Paul Avrich:

Born in the vibrant city of Montreal, Canada, Paul Avrich would go on to carve out a remarkable career as a documentary filmmaker, renowned for his work on some of the most provocative and influential figures in modern history.

With a keen eye for storytelling, Avrich has not only directed and produced films that have captivated audiences worldwide but has also successfully adapted theatrical productions and live shows for the screen, showcasing his versatility and artistic range.

As the founder of Melbar Entertainment Group, one of the largest creators of non-scripted entertainment in the world, Avrich has played a pivotal role in shaping the industry's landscape.

In addition to his professional accomplishments, Avrich has also ventured into the realm of literature, publishing his best-selling memoir, "Moguls, Monsters and Madmen" on Amazon in 2016, offering readers a unique glimpse into his life and experiences.

Career

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2009
{"id":58036,"title":"Scorned","year":"1993","job":"Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/scorned-1993","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/6nland0ti7o0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/6nland0ti7o0.jpg"},"released":1}
1993
Scorned
Scorned as Writer
{"id":280093,"title":"Born Hungry","year":"2024","job":"Director, Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/born-hungry","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_280093.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_280093.jpg"},"released":1}
2024
Born Hungry
Born Hungry as Director, Writer
{"id":218459,"title":"Without Precedent: The Supreme Life of Rosalie Abella","year":"2023","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/without-precedent-the-supreme-life-of-rosalie-abella","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_218459.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_218459.jpg"},"released":1}
2023
{"id":202460,"title":"The Talented Mr. Rosenberg","year":"2022","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-talented-mr-rosenberg","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_202460.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_202460.jpg"},"released":1}
2022
{"id":196743,"title":"Oscar Peterson: Black + White","year":"2021","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/oscar-peterson-black-white","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_196743.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_196743.jpg"},"released":1}
2021
{"id":171085,"title":"Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art","year":"2020","job":"Director, Story","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/made-you-look-a-true-story-about-fake-art","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_171085.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_171085.jpg"},"released":1}
2020
{"id":179812,"title":"Howie Mandel: But, Enough About Me","year":"2020","job":"Director, Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/howie-mandel-but-enough-about-me","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_179812.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_179812.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":192355,"title":"Othello","year":"2020","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/othello-2020","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_192355.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_192355.jpg"},"released":1}
Othello
Othello as Director
{"id":143834,"title":"David Foster: Off the Record","year":"2019","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/david-foster-off-the-record","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_143834.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_143834.jpg"},"released":1}
2019
{"id":134659,"title":"Timon of Athens","year":"2018","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/timon-of-athens-2018","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_134659.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_134659.jpg"},"released":1}
2018
{"id":140321,"title":"The Reckoning: Hollywood's Worst Kept Secret","year":"2018","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-reckoning-hollywoods-worst-kept-secret-2018","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_140321.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_140321.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":134661,"title":"Romeo and Juliet","year":"2018","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/romeo-and-juliet-2018","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_134661.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_134661.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":136428,"title":"Prosecuting Evil","year":"2018","job":"Director, Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/prosecuting-evil","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_136428.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_136428.jpg"},"released":1}
Prosecuting Evil
Prosecuting Evil as Director, Writer
{"id":128410,"title":"Blurred Lines: Inside the Art World","year":"2017","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/blurred-lines-inside-the-art-world","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_128410.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_128410.jpg"},"released":1}
2017
{"id":127420,"title":"Love's Labour's Lost","year":"2017","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/loves-labours-lost-2017-1","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_127420.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_127420.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":126529,"title":"The Taming of the Shrew","year":"2016","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-taming-of-the-shrew-2016","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_126529.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_126529.jpg"},"released":1}
2016
{"id":127564,"title":"Stratford Festival: The Adventures of Pericles","year":"2016","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/stratford-festival-the-adventures-of-pericles","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_127564.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_127564.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":188334,"title":"Women Who Act","year":"2015","job":"Director, Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/women-who-act","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_188334.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_188334.jpg"},"released":1}
2015
Women Who Act
Women Who Act as Director, Writer
{"id":90208,"title":"King John","year":"2015","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/king-john","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_90208.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_90208.jpg"},"released":1}
King John
King John as Director
{"id":90189,"title":"Stratford Festival: Antony and Cleopatra","year":"2015","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/stratford-festival-antony-and-cleopatra","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_90189.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_90189.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":76989,"title":"Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story","year":"2013","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/quality-balls-the-david-steinberg-story","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_76989.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_76989.jpg"},"released":1}
2013
{"id":39146,"title":"Filthy Gorgeous: The Bob Guccione Story","year":"2013","job":"Director, Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/filthy-gorgeous-the-bob-guccione-story","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_39146.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_39146.jpg"},"released":1}
{"id":41087,"title":"Show Stopper: The Theatrical Life of Garth Drabinsky","year":"2012","job":"Director, Screenplay","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/show-stopper-the-theatrical-life-of-garth-drabinsky","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_41087.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_41087.jpg"},"released":1}
2012
{"id":77403,"title":"Unauthorized: The Harvey Weinstein Project","year":"2011","job":"Director, Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/unauthorized-the-harvey-weinstein-project","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/1kg9uphhs5h0.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/images\/fanart\/movies\/poster\/1kg9uphhs5h0.jpg"},"released":1}
2011
{"id":253650,"title":"An Unlikely Obsession","year":"2011","job":"Director, Writer","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/an-unlikely-obsession","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_253650.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_253650.jpg"},"released":1}
An Unlikely Obsession
An Unlikely Obsession as Director, Writer
{"id":148082,"title":"Amerika Idol","year":"2009","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/amerika-idol","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_148082.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_148082.jpg"},"released":1}
2009
Amerika Idol
Amerika Idol as Director
{"id":92206,"title":"The Last Mogul","year":"2005","job":"Director","permalink":"https:\/\/streambutter.com\/us\/movie\/the-last-mogul","type":"movie","srcset":{"1x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/90x135\/thumbs\/movie_92206.jpg","2x":"https:\/\/img.streambutter.com\/img\/180x270\/thumbs\/movie_92206.jpg"},"released":1}
2005
The Last Mogul
The Last Mogul as Director