---
name: "Barry K. Thomas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-k-thomas"
fi1m_id: "barry-k-thomas"
imdb_id: "nm0858511"
tmdb_id: 1236036
wikidata_id: "Q47532647"
roles: ["First assistant director","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T23:53:40.371831+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Barry K. Thomas

## Identity

Barry K. Thomas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-k-thomas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-k-thomas
- **IMDb ID:** nm0858511
- **TMDB ID:** 1236036
- **Wikidata ID:** Q47532647
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47532647, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858511/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236036

First assistant director and director.

## Details

- **Work:** First assistant director, Director
- **Active:** 1988–1995
- **Also known as:** Barry Thomas
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 1 directing, 3 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 64 (1), 1990s 75 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 64 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $947m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47532647, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858511/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236036

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## On Fi1m (4)

### Directed (1)

- *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)

### Crew (3) — the average rests on these

- *Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls* (1995), Fi1m 54, First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/ace-ventura-when-nature-calls.md)
- *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), Fi1m 88, Second Unit First Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-2-judgment-day.md)
- *Twins* (1988), Fi1m 64, Second Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/twins.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Out of Time* (2003), Assistant Director
- *Men of Honor* (2000), First Assistant Director
- *The Negotiator* (1998), First Assistant Director
- *Theodore Rex* (1995), First Assistant Director
- *Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls* (1995), First Assistant Director — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/ace-ventura-when-nature-calls.md)
- *To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar* (1995), First Assistant Director
- *Boys on the Side* (1995), First Assistant Director
- *Blankman* (1994), First Assistant Director
- *Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit* (1993), First Assistant Director
- *The X-Files* (1993), series, as Sugar Bear · Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *Undercover Blues* (1993), First Assistant Director
- *What's Love Got to Do with It* (1993), First Assistant Director
- *Trespass* (1992), First Assistant Director
- *Class Act* (1992), First Assistant Director
- *Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey* (1991), First Assistant Director
- *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), Second Unit First Assistant Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/terminator-2-judgment-day.md)
- *Flight of the Intruder* (1991), Second Assistant Director
- *Graveyard Shift* (1990), First Assistant Director
- *Johnny Handsome* (1989), Second Assistant Director
- *Twins* (1988), Second Assistant Director — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/twins.md)
- *Red Heat* (1988), Second Assistant Director
- *The Running Man* (1987), Second Assistant Director
- *Extreme Prejudice* (1987), Second Assistant Director

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