
Person
Barbara Doran
Production · Newfoundland, Canada
Biography
Barbara Doran is based in St. John’s, Newfoundland and has been writing, directing, and producing international films and television for the past thirty-five years. She is internationally recognized for specializing in documentary and drama productions, including the Gemini winning mini-series “Random Passage” and most recently the box office hit, “The Grand Seduction”, starring Brendan Gleeson and Taylor Kitsch now in worldwide distribution.
Known for

White Wolves: Ghosts of the Arctic
Writer

The Grand Seduction
Producer

The Boys of St. Vincent
Dialogue Coach

Random Passage
Producer

Boundaries
Producer

Away from Everywhere
Producer

Love & Savagery
Producer
Taking on Water
Narrator (voice)

Still Rowdy After All These Years
Director

Secret Nation
Assistant Director
Filmography
- 2024Taking on WaterNarrator (voice)
- 2017White Wolves: Ghosts of the ArcticWriter
- 2017Away from EverywhereProducer
- 2016BoundariesProducer
- 2016Newfoundland at ArmageddonExecutive Producer
- 2014The Grand SeductionProducer
- 2012The Needle and the Damage UndoneExecutive Producer
- 2012The Phantoms of the French ShoreDirector
- 2011Still Rowdy After All These YearsDirector
- 2010Where Did I Put ... My Memory?Producer
- 2009Love & SavageryProducer
- 2009Playing the MachinesDirector
- 2009The Real MatriarchSelf
- 2007To Dublin with LoveDirector
- 2007Moebius Redux: A Life in PicturesProducer
- 2007Young Triffie's Been Made Away WithCo-Producer
- 2006Keeping Up with Cathy JonesDirector
- 2004The Invisible MachineCo-Director
- 2003The Man Who Studies MurderResearcher
- 2002Random PassageProducer
- 1995Ho! KanadaDirector
- 1994The Boys of St. VincentDialogue Coach
- 1994When Women KillDirector
- 1994Taking StockAssistant Director
- 1992Secret NationAssistant Director
- 1992Puppets Against Aids - Township to TundraDirector
- 1988Finding Mary MarchFirst Assistant Director
- 1987To a Safer PlaceAssistant Director
- 1986Moving OnAssistant Director
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