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name: "Paolo Barzman"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "9 May 1957"
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updated: "2026-09-17T01:27:58.391502+00:00"
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# Paolo Barzman

Director. Born 9 May 1957 in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 9 May 1957, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France

## Biography

Paolo Barzman is a French-Canadian film and television director and writer. He is the son of blacklisted screenwriters Ben Barzman and Norma Barzman, and grew up largely in Cannes after his parents left the United States during the McCarthy era.

His television directing credits include episodes of *Highlander: The Series*, *Relic Hunter*, *Lost Girl*, *Haven*, *Being Human* (2011), *Wynonna Earp* and *SurrealEstate*. He also directed the feature film *Emotional Arithmetic* (2007).

Barzman won a Gemini Award for his direction of an episode of *15/Love* and received nominations for other work including *Being Human*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Being Human* (2011), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/being-human.md)

## Also known for

- *Dark Matter* (2015), Director
- *Wynonna Earp* (2016), Director
- *Killjoys* (2015), Director
- *Haven* (2010), Director
- *Lost Girl* (2010), Director
- *Highlander: The Series* (1992), Director
- *Relic Hunter* (1999), Director
- *The Dead Zone* (2002), Director

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