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Laszlo Barna

Nacimiento : 1949-01-01, Hungary

Historia

Laszlo Barna is a Hungarian-Canadian film and television producer born in 1949. His family relocated to Montreal, Canada shortly after the Soviet Union’s Red Army suppressed the 1956 Hungarian democratic revolt. In the late 1970s, he moved to Toronto and established Barna-Alper Productions with his partner, Laura Alper. Following the acquisition of Barna-Alper Productions by Entertainment One in 2008, Barna became President of eOne's Television Division. In 2011, he left Entertainment One to form a new independent production company, Pier 21 Films.

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Películas

Hands of God

Director

Free admission, limited number of seats. Csángáló had been a violin virtuoso in the Roma Szászcsávás Band, but because of Parkinson’s disease he was dismissed from the group. Instead of undergoing a brain surgery, he prefers to pass his bow on to his grandson and wait for a miracle.

The Bang Bang Club

Executive Producer

Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek, Greg Marinovich y Joao Silva formaron en la década de los 90 el Bang-Bang Club. Con este nombre se conoció al grupo de fotógrafos que cubrió los violentos incidentes que acompañaron al movimiento de liberación de la raza negra en Sudáfrica: la lucha contra el Apartheid.

Shake Hands With the Devil

Producer

Canadian Lt. General Romeo Dallaire was the military commander of the UN mission in Rwanda and this movie is personal and, all too true, story of his time there during the genocide of 1994. It is not quite as moving as the earlier Hotel Rwanda and is less geared to drama and emotional manipulation, but it is still grim and upsetting.

Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story

Producer

Real-life account of a Canadian hero, a determined female truck driver who took on the mob-controlled leadership of the International Teamsters Union.

Mother Trucker: The Diana Kilmury Story

Executive Producer

Real-life account of a Canadian hero, a determined female truck driver who took on the mob-controlled leadership of the International Teamsters Union.