TJ Barber

I’m TJ, an LA-based filmmaker and photographer with a passion for writing and directing elevated, intelligent live-action sci-fi, satire and psychological character studies. I also love working on documentaries, music videos, commercials and more.

I just completed my latest short film, GPS, thanks to the help of Indie Gogo. It's now showing at film festivals across the country.

I’m always open to collaborating on projects, so if you're in need of a director for anything, feel free to drop me a line.

…AND IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, READ MY WHOLE STORY

Little TJ fell in love with movies at the age of five when his parents finally let their dinosaur-obsessed son watch Jurassic Park on VHS. Like any other good and over-protective parents would do, they had edited out all of the film’s deaths by hand. Despite a lackluster climax, 5 year old me was enthralled, and soon started asking around about how one could make a movie. Soon after, I got my hands on a mini DV.

Since then, I’ve been watching, directing, producing, animating, and editing videos in all of my spare time – I’ve even gotten to see the entirety of JURASSIC PARK.

But despite my lifelong love of movies, I was persuaded to forego film school after getting into Harvard. There, I majored in the closest thing to Film I could ("Visual and Environmental Studies" as they call it), forayed into a minor in Computer Science, and spent a summer in Berlin at the Deutsch Film und Fernsehen Akademie. Outside of class, I spent most of my free time building a company called HSA Video, now Mt. Auburn Productions, which to this day tapes live events, and produces commercials, music videos, and more in Boston, MA. I also was on the tech crew, and made videos for, the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, wrote and directed for the live comedy show S.K.E.T.C.H., filmed and directed for CS50 (a class taken by over a hundred thousand online!), edited and directed for the Harvard Law Documentary Studio, directed for comedy show On Harvard Time, and more.

After graduating, I spent a year and a half working on the Universal backlot at Marc Platt Productions (La La Land, Drive, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) as my day (and night) job. Now I work out of Anonymous Content for director Malcolm Venville, while freelance directing, editing, photographing, and writing on the side.

In all this time, I've gotten loads of experience making videos a reality. If you're ever in need of a director for your band or startup, an editor for your documentary footage, a photographer, a writer, or anything else, I'm your guy.