Mike Barker has worked with many of Hollywood’s biggest stars. He directed the film noir "Best Laid Plans" (1998) with Academy Award-winner Reese Witherspoon, and cast Academy Award-winner Helen Hunt and Scarlett Johansson in the ad aptation of Oscar Wilde’s "A Good Woman" (2004), as well as Pierce Brosnan in "Butterfly on a Wheel" (2007). Before "Moby Dick", he directed the TV two-parter "The Sea Wolf" (2009) with Sebastian Koch, Neve Campbell, Stephen Campbell-Moore and Tim Roth. Roth also starred in Barker’s production of the historical drama "To Kill a King" (2003), which was shown in competition at the film festivals of Emden, Moscow and Montreal. Barker made his directing debut in the first season of "Silent Witness", the internationally successful and popular crime series starring Amanda Burton, followed by the mini-series "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall", an adaptation of the novel by Anne Bronte.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH