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Barry

Making Art, Having Fun

About Me

Barry Gribble is an award wining DC filmmaker and founder of Integral Arts Productions. His recent spec TV Pilot, Codeword Secret, was screened at the New York Television Festival where he was handpicked for a mentorship with Phil Rosenthal, the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond. Previously he wrote/produced/directed 24 episodes of the groundbreaking weekly web sitcom, Buddy Jackson. His entry in the DC 48 hour film festival, The Kumbio Takedown, won the awards for best film, best acting, best writing and audience choice (Group C), and was selected for the DC Shorts Film Festival. Also selected for the festival was his short film, Angst Barbie. In the last year and a half Barry has cast over 60 speaking roles for his narrative work, and over 60 roles for industrials as well, all from local talent.He is currently working as a writer/producer on the new Animal Planet show, "The A-List."
My Web Sitcom, Buddy Jackson:
My new short film, Angst Barbie: [NOT WORK-SAFE]

My Interests

Buddy Jackson, filmmaking, songwriting, racquetball, volleyball, go, argentine tango, salsa, cooking, game nights, goofing off

I'd like to meet:

People with a passion. Actors who love their art. Filmmakers with a vision. Songwriters with something to say. And Angelina Jolie.This is from ZeFrank, whom I did meet. It is my favorite episode of his... on the topic of ideas and creations.


Music:

Sublime, Dave Matthews, Eels, Beatles, U2, Beuna Vista Social Club, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Gym Class Heroes, Musicals, James Brown, P Funk, Cracker, El Gran Combo, Olga Tanon, Citizen Cope, Madonna, whatever

Movies:

Team America, Casablanca, Clueless, The Shining, Amalie, Farewell My Concubine, Moulin Rouge, MIB, Usual Suspects, Pulp Fiction, It's a Wonderful Life, American Beauty, Manchurian Candidatae (original), North by Northwest, Memento, Usual Suspects, anything by the Coen Brothers, Robert Altman, most things by Steven Spielberg

Television:

Entourage, Dexter, Buffy, Lost, The Office, 24, Arrested Development, BSG, John Stewart, Stephen Colbert, X-Files, Seinfeld, Heroes, West Wing, Veronica Mars

Books:

Cannery Row, Clockers, Pnin, The Great Gatsby, Thanks You For Smoking, a bunch of non-fiction

Heroes:

Joss Whedon, Martin Luther King Jr, Tiger Woods, Kevin Smith, Albert Einstein, Barack Obama, Lance Armstrong, Aaron Sorkin, Pam

My Blog

Our New 48 Hour Film - "Mementos"

Hey all,We did the the 48 hour film project again this week, and this year we drew "drama." Everything we've done of late has been comedy, so basically they just said, "do anything you want, just don...
Posted by Barry on Sun, 11 May 2008 10:58:00 PST

What’s going on with Fox and us

Hey all,It's been a while, so I wanted to tell you what's been going on professionally...Back at the New York Television Festival last year, we showed our pilot Codeword Secret (which is now fully on-...
Posted by Barry on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:17:00 PST

Filmapalooza Win - and a great time

So I am out in San Jose for Filmapalooza, the final event of the 48 hour film project season. Our film, "The Kumbio Takedown," showed here because we won Washington, DC, and it shared the screen and ...
Posted by Barry on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:05:00 PST

F@$* you Mr. McGowan

I vividly remember my fifth grade teacher, Mr. McGowan. Kinda of a surly, unhappy man with a red beard with a large piece of timber lodged in his ass. I remember him most for suspending me (I deserv...
Posted by Barry on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:51:00 PST

Still More on Auditioning

So we spent all weekend auditioning nearly 150 people for 5 roles in a sitcom pilot presentation that we are shooting in February.  Along with the sides I had given everyone notes ahead of time o...
Posted by Barry on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:22:00 PST

Ten Songs I Wish I Wrote

These aren't so much my favorite songs, as songs I just wish I had written (even aside from the fact that I could retire on a few of them). These are in no order...- "One" by U2- "Punk Rock Girl" by ...
Posted by Barry on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:37:00 PST

Tagged Again

Tagged.... Here's how you play:Once you have been tagged, you have to write a blog with 10 weird,random things, facts, habits, or goals about yourself.At the end choose 10 people to be tagged, listing...
Posted by Barry on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:58:00 PST

More on Audtitioning

We held auditions this weekend for a short film my friend Joy is producing, and the audition process always make me think about what I would tell my actor friends... so here goes. Just a few bullets ...
Posted by Barry on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:19:00 PST

The NY Television Festival and a New Mentorship

Hey all,Many of you know that I took the new pilot that I created with Kevin Good, Codeword Secret, to the New York Television Festival a week or so ago. The trip was a wild success, and the 20 or so...
Posted by Barry on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:50:00 PST

The Art of Not Giving a Shit

My friend Murat had his birthday party tonight, which always means tango dancing. I danced with Irina, one of my regular partners back in the day (the day that I danced three times a week), and she sa...
Posted by Barry on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 10:59:00 PST