ScreenTalk Legends - John Barnett

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ScreenTalk Legends - John Barnett

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John Barnett hit the ground running with his first screen job, helping produce 1974 kidult series The Games Affair. In 1988 he became Managing Director of production house South Pacific Pictures, home of iconic soap Shortland Street. Over 25 years he produced a long list of high-rating TV dramas and comedies, including Go Girls, The Almighty Johnsons and the wildly successful Outrageous Fortune. Barnett has produced or executive produced four of the seven top grossing Kiwi films; literary ada...

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