Paris Barclay

AKA:
Paris K C Barclay
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
06/30/1956
Birthplace:
Chicago Heights, Illinois
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biography
An openly gay, African-American director (mostly of TV), Paris Barclay originally harbored dreams of creating projects for the stage. While an undergraduate at Harvard University, he wrote some 16 musicals as well as contributing to the annual Hasty Pudding Theatricals productions. Moving to NYC to pursue his dream, he studied under Stephen Sondheim and Charles Strouse at the ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop. He eventually saw his show "Almost a Man", adapted from a Richard Wright story, produced Off-Broadway.

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Left his Harvey, Illinois neighborhood at the age of 14 to attend exclusive all-white private Catholic school in Indiana
 
Worked as a self-described "token to be shown off at meetings" in the world of New York advertising
 
Studied with Stephen Sondheim and Charles Strouse at NYC's ASCAP Musical Theater Workshop during his 20s
 
Adapted "Almost a Man" from a story by Richard Wright, produced off-Broadway
 
Helmed commercials and music videos for Harry Connick Jr, Barry White, Luther Vandross and Bob Dylan, among others
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