Joe Barton (born 1985) is a British screenwriter of film and television, best known for the crime series '' Giri/Haji'', the science-fiction thriller '' The Lazarus Project'', and the spy thriller '' Black Doves''.

Early life

Barton was born in London. He studied Film and Television Production at the

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. One of his first jobs was as a driver during production of the film ''

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'' (2008).

Career

His writing career began in film. He has written the screenplay for such films as '' The Ritual'', '' My Days of Mercy'' and '' IBoy''. In 2020, it was announced he had written '' Encounter'', a sci-fi thriller starring Riz Ahmed and Octavia Spencer. Amazon Studios will distribute. He is tapped to write a sequel to '' Cloverfield''. Barton has also written extensively in television, beginning with '' Beaver Falls''. He later wrote for ''

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'', '' Our World War'', and the epic miniseries '' Troy: Fall of a City''. In 2019,

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broadcast Barton's crime thriller '' Giri/Haji'' ( Japanese: 義理/恥, "Duty/Shame"). The series is set in London and Tokyo, with dialogue in English and Japanese. On 13 December 2020, it was announced Barton would be showrunner on

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's '' Half Bad'', based on the trilogy of books by author Sally Green, with Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish as executive producers. The series was later renamed to ''The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself''. In January 2021, it was announced that Barton would be replacing

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as showrunner on an untitled Gotham City Police Department spinoff series based on ''The Batman''. This was canceled in March 2022, due to "creative differences". Barton revealed that he had pitched a potential fourth season of ''

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''. HBO, however, turned it down in favour of '' Night Country''. In November 2022, it was announced that Barton would be adapting the Peter Shaffer play '' Amadeus'' as a television series. In February 2023, it was announced Barton would write and executive produce an untitled bounty hunter drama series, to be directed by

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. On 26 April 2023, it was announced that Barton would write the Netflix thriller series '' Black Doves'', starring

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as a British spy.

Personal life

Barton lives in

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with his partner Alice and their two sons.

Filmography

Short film

Feature film

Television

TV movies * ''Blackout'' (2013) * ''Glasgow Girls'' (2014)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Barton, Joe Living people 21st-century British screenwriters 21st-century British male writers Alumni of the University of Westminster British male television writers British male screenwriters British science fiction writers 1985 births