Director
Gary Barber
TOC
Director
“Barber’s career in entertainment spans more than four decades where he took over Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc. in 2010 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, leading its impressive transformational turn-around out of bankruptcy to great success.”
Director
Gary Barber
About
Gary
Gary Barber is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Spyglass Media Group, LLC (“Spyglass,”) a premier entertainment company behind the successfully relaunched “Scream” films and many film franchises as well as the iconic fashion competition television series entering its 21st season, “Project Runway.”
Barber’s career in entertainment spans more than four decades where he took over Metro Goldwyn Mayer Inc. in 2010 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, leading its impressive transformational turn-around out of bankruptcy to great success. Under Barber’s leadership, the studio’s outstanding roster of releases and co-productions included: the 23rd and 24th installments of the James Bond Franchise, “Spectre” and “Skyfall,” “The Hobbit” Trilogy and “Creed” in the Rocky franchise. On the television front, Barber greenlit multiple award-winning and critically acclaimed scripted drama series including “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu), “Fargo” (FX) and “Vikings” (HISTORY).
In 1998, Barber was a founding partner of Spyglass Entertainment, the globally recognized production, finance and distribution company. Well-known for making commercial hits in a wide range of genres, Spyglass Entertainment grossed over $5 billion in worldwide box office to date and amassed more than 34 Oscar® nominations and four wins. Spyglass saw success with such films as “The Sixth Sense,” “Bruce Almighty,” “Wanted,” “Seabiscuit,” “The Vow,” “G.I.Joe: Rise of the Cobra,” “Star Trek” and “27 Dresses.”
Additionally, Barber’s passions extend beyond entertainment and into Thoroughbred racing. As a long-time Thoroughbred owner and breeder, Barber has won over 1,000 career races, on his own and in partnership, and has enjoyed the highest-level successes at the Breeder’s Cup, Preakness Stakes, the Queen’s Plate and the King’s Plate. Barber was named National Owner of the Year by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association two years in a row (2019 and 2020) and Outstanding Owner at the Jockey Club of Canada’s Sovereign Awards (2024).
