Barry John

Who is Barry John?

Barry John is a British born, Indian theatre director and teacher, who was the Founder-Director of 'Theatre Action Group', one of the early theatre groups based in Delhi. In 1997, he launched Imago Media Company, along with Sanjay Sujitabh, and also started Imago Acting School in Delhi, both of which moved to Mumbai in March 2007. The school also got him recognition, as some of the alumni went on to become Bollywood actors, including Shahrukh Khan, Manoj Bajpai, Samir Soni and Shiney Ahuja, as well as Hollywood stars like Freida Pinto. He has been based in India since 1969. After shifting to Mumbai his acting school was opened in Mumbai as 'The Barry John Acting Studio', situated in Andheri.

He was awarded the 1993 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Theatre Direction by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Theatre, and also the Sahitya Kala Parishad Award.