John Barker ɗan fim ne na Afirka ta Kudu a Johannesburg . Ya sami shahara ta hanyar fasalinsa na farko na darektan Bunny Chow (2006), wanda aka nuna a bikin fina-finai na Toronto (TIFF). Sauran fina-finai sun hada da Spud 3: Koyon tashi (2014), Wonder Boy for President (2015), da The Umbrella Men (2022).
Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Barker ga iyayen Clive Barker (kocin Bafana) da Yvonne .[1] A lokacin gasar cin Kofin Duniya na FIFA na 2010 a Afirka ta Kudu, Barker ya yi fim din Soccer: South of the Umbilo game da yarinta da ke girma a kudancin Durban, wanda ya samar da 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa da masu horar da su da yawa ciki har da mahaifinsa.
Ayyuka
Barker ya rubuta, ya ba da umarni kuma ya samar da fim din kiɗa na farko na Afirka ta Kudu Blu Cheez . Daga bisani ba da umarnin shirin kiɗa na Kwaito Generals wanda Kutloano Skosana na Black Rage ya samar, wanda ya mayar da hankali ga taurari waɗanda ke kan gaba a ƙungiyar Kwaito ta ƙarshen shekarun da suka gabata da farkon 2000s. [2] wannan lokacin ya shiga The Pure Monate Show . [1] Ya ba da umarnin zane-zane a kakar wasa ta farko kuma ya ba da umarni kuma ya rubuta zane-zane don kakar wasa ta biyu.
Barker rubuta, ya samar kuma ya ba da umarni ga Bunny Chow, [3]wanda ya yi amfani da dabarar rubutun retro tare da 'yan wasan kwaikwayo suna inganta tattaunawarsu don sadarwa da rubutun da aka tsara wanda Barker, David Kibuuka, Kagiso Lediga, Joey Rasdien da editan Saki Bergh suka rubuta. Barker na gaba ya ba da umarnin Spud 3: Koyon tashi tare da Troye Sivan, John Cleese da Caspar Lee . Boy for President [1] shi ne fim dinsa na biyu da aka rubuta tare da yawancin abokan aikinsa daga Bunny Chow; fim din kallo ne na satirical game da siyasar Afirka ta Kudu. Barker daga ba ya kammala The Umbrella Men, wanda aka zaba don nunawa a bikin fina-finai na Toronto na 2022.[4]