Barry Navidi Productions
About
In 1986 Barry graduated from London International Film School and was awarded a special distinction in directing and producing. Whilst in film school, Navidi met Danny Huston, the son of the “legendary” film director John Huston. Both Navidi and Huston forged a long and lasting friendship. Barry produced John Huston’s last film “MR CORBETT'S GHOST” (1986) in which John Huston acted and was directed by his son Danny. Financed by John Paul Getty Jr. Navidi was production consultant on both the movie “MR NORTH” (1987) starring Angelica Huston, Lauren Bacall, and Robert Mitchum, "THE DEAD”, John Huston’s last movie as director(1988). From 1990 to 1994 Navidi moved to Hollywood where he developed a number of movies with Columbia Pictures, Universal, Fox and Warner Bros.
From 1995 til 2002 Navidi worked closely with Marlon Brando as script consultant on several other projects including "Score" his last film.
In 2004, Navidi produced William Shakespeare’s "THE MERCHANT OF VENICE" starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes. The movie premiered at the Venice Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival. The Royal premiere in London in the presence of HRH Prince Charles benefiting the Princes Trust took place in 2004. In 2008 Navidi produced “WILDE SALOME” and “SALOME” based on Oscar Wilde’s play “Salome” starring Al Pacino and Jessica Chastain. Directed by Al Pacino, the film premiered at both Venice Film Festival, Dublin Film Festival and British Film Institute 2012/2014. The film was Jessica Chastain’s first movie and it launched her spectacular career.
Navidi is Al Pacino’s producer partner for over twenty years and is consultant on a number of films with Al Pacino, recently "Irishman" and "The Hunters". Currently Barry and Pacino have a number of projects slated for 2021/ 2022 including William Shakespeare’s “KING LEAR”. Navidi is a member of British Academy of Film & Television Arts. BAFTA, Ambassador to Prince Charles Trust, and BFI friend