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name: "Barry Swimar"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-swimar"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T04:58:19.837383+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."
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# Barry Swimar

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842657/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/107832

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Paris Is Burning*](https://film.one/film/paris-is-burning.md) (86)

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## Biography

Barry Swimar is a producer. He served as co-producer on the documentary *Paris Is Burning* (1991), directed by Jennie Livingston.

Swimar was also producer on the feature film *The Watermelon Woman* (1997), directed by Cheryl Dunye, in which he additionally appeared as an actor.

*Sources: the-numbers.com, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Paris Is Burning* (1991), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/paris-is-burning.md)

## Also known for

- *The Watermelon Woman* (1997), Producer

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