Barrie Dunn
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Barrie Dunn is a Canadian actor
, film
and television producer
best known for his character Ray on the Canadian mockumentary television program Trailer Park Boys
.
While having over 20 years of experience in the film and television industry, Barrie is also a member of the Canadian Bar Association
.
Barrie worked for many years at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
, winning the Moonsnail award for "Best Documentary" for his work on "Theatre On The Mulgrave Road" at the Atlantic Film Festival
. Barrie has made guest lectures on entertainment law
issues at Dalhousie University
, as well as taught Film and Television Production at Mount St. Vincent University
, both in Nova Scotia. Before getting involved in the film industry Barrie was a street performer in Eastern Europe
. He was among the producers of the 2011 film Afghan Luke
.
Dunn is a practising lawyer at the law firm Pink Larkin. He was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1999. Dunn is a previous President of the Nova Scotia Film & Television Producers Association. He was once featured as a contestant on the game show Card Sharks
.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, film
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and television producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
best known for his character Ray on the Canadian mockumentary television program Trailer Park Boys
Trailer Park Boys
Trailer Park Boys is a Canadian comedy mockumentary television series created and directed by Mike Clattenburg that focuses on the misadventures of a group of trailer park residents, some of whom are ex-convicts, living in the fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The...
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While having over 20 years of experience in the film and television industry, Barrie is also a member of the Canadian Bar Association
Canadian Bar Association
The Canadian Bar Association represents over 37,000 lawyers, judges, notaries, law teachers, and law students from across Canada.-History:The Association's first Annual Meeting was held in Montreal in 1896. However, the CBA has been in continuous existence in its present form since 1914...
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Barrie worked for many years at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
, winning the Moonsnail award for "Best Documentary" for his work on "Theatre On The Mulgrave Road" at the Atlantic Film Festival
Atlantic Film Festival
The Atlantic Film Festival is an international film festival held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.Held annually, the ten-day celebration of film and video from Atlantic Canada and around the world is committed to screening an inspiring and engaging collection of films and videos from Canada and the...
. Barrie has made guest lectures on entertainment law
Entertainment law
Entertainment law or media law is a term for a mix of more traditional categories of law with a focus on providing legal services to the entertainment industry. The principal areas of Entertainment Law overlap substantially with the well-known and conventional field of intellectual property law...
issues at Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University
Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at...
, as well as taught Film and Television Production at Mount St. Vincent University
Mount Saint Vincent University
Mount Saint Vincent University is a university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was established in 1873 and is locally referred to as The Mount.-History:...
, both in Nova Scotia. Before getting involved in the film industry Barrie was a street performer in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
. He was among the producers of the 2011 film Afghan Luke
Afghan Luke
Afghan Luke is a 2011 Canadian film directed by Mike Clattenburg. The central character, Luke Benning , is a journalist investigating the possible mutilation of corpses in Afghanistan, a country that appears increasingly incomprehensible and surreal as Luke undergoes a series of bizarre...
.
Dunn is a practising lawyer at the law firm Pink Larkin. He was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1999. Dunn is a previous President of the Nova Scotia Film & Television Producers Association. He was once featured as a contestant on the game show Card Sharks
Card Sharks
Card Sharks is an American television game show created by Chester Feldman for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions. Two contestants compete for control of a row of oversized playing cards by answering questions posed by the host and then guessing if the next card is higher or lower in value than...
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