Barrie M Osborne is currently overseeing post production of The Laundry Warrior, a film starring Geoffry Rush, Kate Bosworth, Danny Huston and Asian star Jong Dong Gun. He recently produced The Water Horse, released December 2007.
As producer of The Lord of the Rings: Return Of The King, Osborne won many awards including the 2004 Academy Award and the British Academy of Film and Television Award for Best Picture. In addition to his work on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Mr. Osborne Executive Produced the worldwide box office blockbuster and groundbreaking special effects award winner The Matrix. His other producing credits include John Woo's Face/Off and China Moon. He has served as executive producer on The World's Fastest Indian, Little Fish, The Fan, Dick Tracy, Child's Play, Wilder Napalm, Rapa Nui and Peggy Sue Got Married. During a two year tenure as Vice President for Feature Production at Walt Disney Pictures, Mr. Osborne oversaw features including Ruthless People, The Color of Money, Tin Men, Three Men and a Baby, Tough Guys, Outrageous Fortune, Roger Rabbit, and Good Morning Vietnam.
A native New Yorker, Osborne earned a B.A. degree from Minnesota's Carleton College. Osborne served as 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before entering the film industry in 1970. Accepted into the Directors Guild of America trainee program, Osborne worked under the tutelage of directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Alan Pakula and Sydney Pollack on films including The Godfather Part II, Three Days of the Condor and All The President's Men. He subsequently worked on a number of films in various capacities including Apocalypse Now, The Big Chill, King of Comedy, The Cotton Club, Cutter's Way, Fandango and China Syndrome.
