Background
Ernie Barbarash was born on August 31, 1968, in what is now Ukraine back when it was the Soviet Union. He grew up in Ukraine and Canada.
Ernie Barbarash and Jean-Claude prepare for the scene.
Ernie Barbarash
Ernie Barbarash
Ernie (in the middle) on the set of Assassination Games with Jean-Claude, Scott Adkins and the crew.
Ernie with super talented fight choreographer John Salvitti.
Ernie Barbarash coordinating a scene
Ernie Barbarash directs the youngest cast member
Ernie on the set of Conan O’Brien
Ernie Barbarash
(A banker goes to Louisiana to land a deal with an eccentr...)
A banker goes to Louisiana to land a deal with an eccentric billionaire but instead gets involved with the millionaire's wife, Mardi Gras, and a sinister cult.
https://www.amazon.com/First-9-1-2-Weeks/dp/6305134936/?tag=2022091-20
1998
(Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie,...)
Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie, obsessed with success, status and style, with a stunning fiancée (Reese Witherspoon). He is also a psychotic killer who rapes, murders and dismembers both strangers and acquaintances without provocation or purpose.
https://www.amazon.com/American-Psycho-Christian-Bale/dp/B002PA1HHI/?tag=2022091-20
2000
(Set nearly 15 years after the events of American Psycho, ...)
Set nearly 15 years after the events of American Psycho, this is the story of Patrick Bateman's only survivor who becomes a teaching assistant to a professor even as she develops her own murderous obsessions, destroying anyone in her way.
https://www.amazon.com/American-Psycho-2-Mila-Kunis/dp/B00B0Q2BR8/?tag=2022091-20
2002
(The film starts with a young woman named Becky (Greer Ken...)
The film starts with a young woman named Becky (Greer Kent), shown to be trapped in the Cube. She enters another room, but unknown to her, the room has reversed gravity, as she is pulled up, and it is implied that she is killed.
https://www.amazon.com/Cube-2-Hypercube-Kari-Matchett/dp/B00008DDVY/?tag=2022091-20
2002
(Eight strangers wake up in a strange cube-shaped room wit...)
Eight strangers wake up in a strange cube-shaped room with no recollection of how they came to be there. They soon discover that they're in a strange fourth dimension where the laws of physics don't apply and they have to unravel the secrets of the "hypercube" in order to survive?
https://www.amazon.com/Cube-Zero-Zachary-Bennett/dp/B000RHLY6U/?tag=2022091-20
2005
(After living in Shanghai for three years, Sarah, her husb...)
After living in Shanghai for three years, Sarah, her husband and their young son, Sammy, return to North America for a family funeral. But something strange is going on. Sammy starts seeing ghosts and then falls gravely ill.
https://www.amazon.com/They-Wait-Henry/dp/B07B4NGTY1/?tag=2022091-20
2007
(Cuba Gooding Jr. and Val Kilmer star in this explosive fu...)
Cuba Gooding Jr. and Val Kilmer star in this explosive futuristic thriller, it's a race against time as a man becomes the unwitting target of a dangerous corporation hell-bent on controlling mankind through mind manipulation.
https://www.amazon.com/Hardwired-Cuba-Gooding-Jr/dp/B009VB8SCQ/?tag=2022091-20
2009
(After attending his 20th high school reunion and reunitin...)
After attending his 20th high school reunion and reuniting with his old high school rock band, an overworked single father reevaluates his priorities and reconnects with his estranged teenage daughter.
https://www.amazon.com/Rock-House-Ernie-Barbarash/dp/B073R1919M/?tag=2022091-20
2011
(Cuba Gooding, Jr. stars as an investigative crime reporte...)
Cuba Gooding, Jr. stars as an investigative crime reporter who must stop a brutal serial killer before time runs out. An intense and shocking thriller in the tradition of Silence of the Lambs and Se7en.
https://www.amazon.com/Ticking-Clock-Cuba-Gooding-Jr/dp/B0094M1PZE/?tag=2022091-20
2011
(In a world where no one can be trusted, two assassins rel...)
In a world where no one can be trusted, two assassins reluctantly join forces to take down a ruthless drug dealer, crooked cops and shady underworld figures.
https://www.amazon.com/Assassination-Games-Scott-Adkins/dp/B005F2BHGE/?tag=2022091-20
2011
(When a struggling actor reluctantly takes a teaching posi...)
When a struggling actor reluctantly takes a teaching position, he experiences a bit of a learning curve when trying to win over his new students and female department head.
https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Writing-Romance-Ernie-Barbarash/dp/B073R1Q4Q1/?tag=2022091-20
2013
(John "Falcon" Chapman (Michael Jai White) is an ex marine...)
John "Falcon" Chapman (Michael Jai White) is an ex marine driven by guilt and on the edge. He travels to Brazil to hunt down his sister's attacker and discovers an underground world of drugs, prostitution, and corruption ruled by the Japanese mafia.
https://www.amazon.com/Falcon-Rising-Michael-Jai-White/dp/B00MWPTC78/?tag=2022091-20
2014
(In China to donate his kidney to his dying niece, former ...)
In China to donate his kidney to his dying niece, former black-ops agent Deacon awakes the day before the operation to find he is the latest victim of organ theft. Stitched up and pissed-off, Deacon descends from his opulent hotel in search of his stolen kidney and carves a blood-soaked path through the darkest corners of the city.
https://www.amazon.com/Pound-Flesh-Jean-Claude-Van-Damme/dp/B00XZH5BJU/?tag=2022091-20
2015
(Simon Templar (Adam Rayner) is The Saint, a modern-day Ro...)
Simon Templar (Adam Rayner) is The Saint, a modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and gives it to those in need with the aid of his beautiful partner (Eliza Dushku).
https://www.amazon.com/Saint-Ernie-Barbarash/dp/B073ZNL1LV/?tag=2022091-20
2017
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Ernie Barbarash was born on August 31, 1968, in what is now Ukraine back when it was the Soviet Union. He grew up in Ukraine and Canada.
Ernie received his Bachelor's and Master’s degrees in Theater Directing.
Ernie Barbarash began his career at Canadian film company in New York called Cinepix at the time, which is now known as Lionsgate, at the end of the 1990s. He worked as a co-producer of The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo on His Journeys to the Ends of the Earth and The First 9 1/2 Weeks.
In 2000, he co-produced Mary Harron‘s black comedy horror film American Psycho, which was starring Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, and Reese Witherspoon. The film was a financial success and received generally positive reviews. In 2002 he produced American Psycho 2, directed by Morgan J. Freeman, starring Mila Kunis & William Shatner.
Ernie made his debut as a scriptwriter in 2002’s science fiction horror film Cube 2: Hypercube, directed by Andrzej Sekuła. The original screenplay was written by Sean Hood.
He made his directorial debut in 2004 with Cube Zero, a prequel to Cube 2: Hypercube.
Barbarash‘s film to hit the theatres was Assassination Games in the year 2011, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Scott Adkins. In 2017 he directed Christmas Inheritance, Distributed by Netflix & The Saint, TV Movie.
Ernie also did a TV mini-series called “Meteor,” which was a straight-up action. And he has also directed romantic comedies for the Hallmark Channel.
(Set nearly 15 years after the events of American Psycho, ...)
2002(After attending his 20th high school reunion and reunitin...)
2011(Simon Templar (Adam Rayner) is The Saint, a modern-day Ro...)
2017(When a struggling actor reluctantly takes a teaching posi...)
2013(In China to donate his kidney to his dying niece, former ...)
2015(A banker goes to Louisiana to land a deal with an eccentr...)
1998(In a world where no one can be trusted, two assassins rel...)
2011(Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie,...)
2000(After living in Shanghai for three years, Sarah, her husb...)
2007(Eight strangers wake up in a strange cube-shaped room wit...)
2005(The film starts with a young woman named Becky (Greer Ken...)
2002(John "Falcon" Chapman (Michael Jai White) is an ex marine...)
2014(A soldier returns home from the Iraq war only to be haunt...)
2007(Cuba Gooding, Jr. stars as an investigative crime reporte...)
2011(Cuba Gooding Jr. and Val Kilmer star in this explosive fu...)
2009"I don’t like egotistical, mean people, and I really don’t like seeing that in filmmaking, with people who really get off on making their crews and their casts suffer. It’s the reason why I really love the saying, “The graveyard is full of talented people who thought they couldn’t be replaced”. Conversely, I really like people who try to help others, and in another life, I think I might’ve been a human rights lawyer."
Ernie is married to Michelle Barbarash. They have two children.