Background
Barna was born in Hungary and immigrated to Canada with his family in the late 1950s as a result of the Hungarian Uprising.
Barna was born in Hungary and immigrated to Canada with his family in the late 1950s as a result of the Hungarian Uprising.
Born in Hungary but living and working in Canada, Barna produced prominent television shows such as Da Vinci"s Inquest and Blue Murder. Barna experimented with stand-up comedy but suffered from stage fright, leading him to embark on a career as a television producer. He told the Toronto Star in 2002, "I like it behind the camera.
lieutenant"s safe there.".
As part of a 2006 portrait photography exhibit in which Barna was featured, he stated that his parents "had suffered under both fascism and communism, and they said they were looking for a country where politicians retire rather than being executed".