David Barrie

Who is David Barrie?

David Barrie is a social entrepreneur and producer and director of media and urban development projects and programmes.

Barrie has founded and run several for-profit and non-profit urban ventures, in support of urban renewal, economic development and at times linked to real estate development. He has created, advised and delivered projects in the United Kingdom, Russia, China, Canada and Central Europe valued at over £35m and credited with leveraging over £0.5bn of inward investment into towns and cities. His work has been featured by The New York Times, China Daily, The Sunday Times and Monocle and won several prominent awards, including Future Minds European Award for Innovation, Grand Prix Regeneration & Renewal & RIBA CABE Public Space.

Since 1986, Barrie has also produced and directed documentary television for BBC Television, Channel 4, National Geographic Channel and CNN, including documentary films on the historical story behind The King's Speech, the life of Wallis Simpson, death of rock star Michael Hutchence, interviews with Jean-Luc Godard, Alexander McQueen and Georg Baselitz and productions such as The Late Show.