Mike Barker
Born: 1966
Where: UK
Barker's directorial breakthrough was heist caper The James Gang with Toni Collette and Jason Flemyng.
He followed that up with the critically-acclaimed crime thriller Best Laid Plans with Reese Witherspoon and Josh Brolin.
Barker's career began as a TV documentary maker with Eddie and the East Coast Bouffants and When The Fat Lady Sings.
TV credits also included episodes of Silent Witness and the gothic classic The Tenants of Wildfell Hall.
In 2003, he directed the English civil war drama To Kill A King with Tim Roth and Dougray Scott.
"Making any independent film is always a difficult affair. There is never enough time or money."
Recent work includes his big screen adaptation of Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan, A Good Woman, starring Helen Hunt.
