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Clive Barker
Gender: Male
Medium(s): Novels; Film; Television; Video games
Roles: Writer; Director; Actor; Executive producer
Date of birth: October 5th, 1952
Place of birth: Liverpool, England
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Clive Barker is a British author, film director, producer, actor and visual artist. He was born in Liverpool, England on October 5th, 1952. Barker is best known for specializing in the genres of horror and dark fantasy. Several of his creation have been adapted into film franchises, most notably the Hellraiser and Candyman series of films. As a youth, Clive attended school at Dovedale Primary School and Quarry Bank High School. He then attended Liverpool University where he majored in Philosophy and English.

As a writer, Barker began writing horror short stories, many of which were collected in volumes one through six of the Books of Blood series of novels. His first full-length novel was The Damnation Game, which was first published in 1985. This was followed up in 1986 with a novella titled The Hellbound Heart, which was later brought to life as the film Hellraiser. Hellraiser however, was not Barker's first foray into film. His film roots go back to 1973 when he directed the horror short Salome, which was based on a play by Oscar Wilde.

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Nightbreed[]

In 1988, Barker wrote the novella Cabal, which was published by HarperCollins and included with several other short stories. The story was adapted into the 1990 film Nightbreed, which Barker directed. It was his fourth time behind the director's chair. The video release of Nightbreed included an introduction by Barker (surrounded by dimly lit prop masks from the film) in which he described his efforts to create a world where "...monsters are beautiful".

Body of work[]

Film[]

Film Year Role
Salome 1973 Director; Writer; Actor
The Forbidden 1978 Director; Writer; Actor
Rawhead Rex 1986 Writer
Hellraiser 1987 Director; Writer
Transmutations 1987 Writer
Hellbound: Hellraiser II 1988 Executive producer; Writer
Nightbreed 1990 Director
Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth 1992 Executive producer
Candyman 1992 Executive producer; Writer
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh 1995 Executive producer
Lord of Illusions 1995 Director; Writer
Hellraiser: Bloodline 1996 Executive producer
Quicksilver Highway 1997 Writer
Gods and Monsters 1998 Executive producer
Saint Sinner 2002 Producer
Teddy Scares 2006 Actor
The Plague 2006 Producer
The Midnight Meat Train 2008 Producer
Book of Blood 2009 Producer; Writer
Dread 2009 Producer; Writer
Tortured Souls: Animae Damnatae 2011 Director; Writer

Specials[]

Film Year Role
Hellraiser: Resurrection 2000 Producer
Hellbound: Hellraiser II: Lost in the Labyrinth 2000 Producer

Television[]

Series Episode Role
Tales from the Darkside The Yattering and Jack Writer
The Others Don't Dream It's Over Actor
Masters of Horror Haeckel's Tale Writer
Masters of Horror Valerie on the Stairs Writer

Video Games[]

Game Year Role
Undying 2001 Writer
Demonik 2006 Writer
Jericho 2007 Writer

Novels[]

Horror only

Short stories[]

Sexuality[]

Clive Barker is also noted for being openly homosexual. He revealed himself as gay in the early 1990s, first mentioning his dating life to US audiences in the pages of The Advocate magazine. He was living in Los Angeles, California, with his partner, photographer David Armstrong, and Armstrong's daughter from a previous relationship, Nicole. In 2003, Clive Barker received The Davidson/Valentini Award at the 15th GLAAD Media Awards. This award is presented "to an openly lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individual who has made a significant difference in promoting equal rights for any of those communities".[1] While Barker is critical of organized religion, he has stated that he is a believer in both God and the afterlife, and that the Bible influences his work.[2]

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Clive Barker made a cameo appearance in the 1992 film Sleepwalkers, playing a Forensics technician.

External Links[]

References[]

  1. ↑ The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Web Site
  2. ↑ The Official Clive Barker Resource-Revelations-Barker on Spirituality
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