---
name: "Barry Spikings"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-spikings"
fi1m_id: "barry-spikings"
imdb_id: "nm0818731"
tmdb_id: 14895
wikidata_id: "Q4864769"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "23 November 1939"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:30:57.512511+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 Spikings

## Identity

Barry Spikings

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-spikings
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-spikings
- **IMDb ID:** nm0818731
- **TMDB ID:** 14895
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4864769
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Spikings, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4864769, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0818731/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14895

Producer. Born 23 November 1939 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 23 November 1939, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- **Active:** 1976–1978
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Spikings, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4864769, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0818731/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14895

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Deer Hunter*](https://film.one/film/the-deer-hunter.md) (84)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Man Who Fell to Earth*](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-fell-to-earth.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Barry Spikings is a British film producer born on 23 November 1939 in Boston, Lincolnshire. After leaving Boston Grammar School he joined the Lincolnshire Standard as a trainee reporter and later worked at Farmers' Weekly, where he produced and directed a short film that won a Golden Ear award. He moved into entertainment, promoting pop music festivals and films, and in 1972 became co-owner of British Lion Films before joining EMI when it acquired the company.

Spikings produced *The Deer Hunter* (1978) with Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino and John Peverall; the film won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture. His other credits include *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (1976), *Convoy* (1978), *Texasville* (1990), *Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey* (1991) and *Lone Survivor* (2013). In 1985 he formed Nelson Holdings International and later served as president of Nelson Entertainment.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Deer Hunter* (1978), Fi1m 84, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-deer-hunter.md)
- *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (1976), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-fell-to-earth.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Lone Survivor* (2013), Producer
- *Beyond Rangoon* (1995), Producer
- *There Goes My Baby* (1994), Executive Producer
- *The Favor* (1994), Executive Producer
- *The Taking of Beverly Hills* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Picture This* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey* (1991), Executive Producer
- *Texasville* (1990), Producer
- *The Deer Hunter* (1978), Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-deer-hunter.md)
- *Convoy* (1978), Executive Producer
- *The Man Who Fell to Earth* (1976), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-who-fell-to-earth.md)
- *Conduct Unbecoming* (1975), Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1979: Best Picture (won), for *The Deer Hunter*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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