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Barrie M. Osborne

Producer · Wellington, New Zealand

Barrie M. Osborne is a producer based in Wellington, New Zealand with 4 credits on Production List, most recently Vermillion (producer, in pre-production). Other credits include Wars of the Drakons: The Seer's Prophecy, Santa: The Adventure Begins and The Color Of Flesh. Production List last updated this profile on September 3, 2026.

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Barrie Mitchell Osborne ONZM (born February 7, 1944) is a veteran American film producer, production manager, and director who operates through his production banner Emerald City Productions. A DGA-trained producer who rose through the ranks under Alan Pakula, Sydney Pollack, and Francis Ford Coppola — serving as production manager on Apocalypse Now — he is best known for producing the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, for which he shared the Academy Award for Best Picture and two BAFTA Awards for Best Film, and for executive producing The Matrix, Face/Off, The Great Gatsby (2013), Mulan (2020), and Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis (2024). Appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in 2017 for services to the film industry, he relocated to Wellington, New Zealand in 2003 and is currently in development on a Viking trilogy centered on Harald Hardrada, co-written with Susan Phillips, with an estimated budget of $100 million per film.

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Known For

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)The Matrix (1999)Face/Off (1997)The Great Gatsby (2013)Pete's Dragon (2016)The Meg (2018)Mulan (2020)Megalopolis (2024)The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)The Warrior's Way (2010)Apocalypse Now (1979)Dick Tracy (1990)The Big Chill (1983)Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)Child's Play (1988)China Moon (1994)Rapa-Nui (1994)The Fan (1996)Gloria (2014)The Cotton Club (1984)Octopussy (1983)Cutter's Way (1981)Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (2023)Fandango (1985)Little Fish (2005)The World's Fastest Indian (2005)The Last Samurai (2003)Kojak (1973)American Hot Wax (1978)The China Syndrome (1979)Child's Play 2 (1992)Wilder Napalm (1993)The Long and Short of It (2003)

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