- Braden Barty
Braden Barty (born
July 24 ,1970 ) is an American director of music videos and documentaries most notably "Far Away Eyes" and Spirit Space(2008). He is also Owner and founder of WireWerks Productions.Biography
Early life
Barty was born in
Los Angeles, California and raised inNorth Hollywood . His father,Billy Barty was an American film actor, entertainer and activist and one of the most famous 20th century people with dwarfism. His mother (also a dwarf), Shirley Bolingbroke, was a graphic design artist and a graduate from TheCalifornia Institute of Arts . Barty is a film graduate from theUniversity of Utah Career
After graduating from college in 1996, Barty returned to L.A. to pursue a career inHollywood. For three years he worked as an Assistant Director on Low Budget films and TV shows. Barty founded B & B Entertainment in 1999 later known as WireWerks productions [. [http://www.wirewerks.net] which is based out of Studio City, California.
His 1996 film documentary "Far Away Eyes; A portrait of Autism", won first place at the "Utah Film Front Festival" and was sold to Video Distributor Chip Taylor Communications.
He has worked with behind the scenes videos with various artist such as
Fall Out Boy ,Lionel Richie ,Mariah Carey ,NeYo ,The O.C. Supertones ,Rhianna ,Thrice ,Deftones . His latest music video he directed himself was for American Idol Star,Brooke White ’s song “Free”.In 2006 Barty teamed up with 3 time WCW Champion
Diamond Dallas Page and Co-Produced and Directed his successful seven set YRG workout videos.In 2005, Barty began shooting a metaphysical documentary,
Spirit Space . The film is based on quantum physics, life after death and the realities of consciousness. In March 2008 the film, featuringFred Alan Wolf ,Edgar Mitchell , andDon Miguel Ruiz was released.Personal life
He is an active member of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . He served a two year mission in Salvador, Brazil from 1990-1992. Barty currently resides inStudio City with his wife Michelle and son Jonah.References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
