Burl Barer

Garnering accolades for his creative contributions to radio, television, and print media, Barer's career has been highlighted in The Hollywood Reporter, London Sunday Telegraph, New York Times, USA Today, Variety, Broadcasting, Electronic Media, and on ABC's Good Morning America. Most recently, Barer appeared with Sir Roger Moore on the BBC radio documentary honoring Leslie Charteris' The Saint, SNAPPED on the Oxygen Network, and DEADLY WOMEN on Discovery. Barer wrote, produced, and often voiced, national radio and television spots for such performing artists as Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Billy Joel, Carly Simon, Eric Clapton, Moody Blues, Fleetwood Mac, Liza Minelli, Temptations, Four Tops, and many more. Barer also created and produced national radio and/or television campaigns for Warner/Electra/Atlantic, Media One, Management III, and Seattle Pacific Industries. Other national/regional clients have included Penzoil, Safeway, Superlube, Black Angus Restaurants, the Aladdin Theater for the Performing Arts, and the Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas. Barer wrote and produced the national electronic media campaigns for such cult classic films as King of Hearts, Harold and Maude, Ken Russell's Mahler, Orson Welles' F for Fake, The Four Musketeers, Academy Award winner The Man who Skied Down Everest, and the animated Allegro Non Tropo. His credits also include audio production for the award winning PBS series Images of Indians, 20th Century Art, Stained Glass Masters, and numerous television appearances. Most recently, Barer was featured with author Tom Robbins in the syndicated documentary, Surrealism. In the early 1980's, Barer established the largest independent multi-system cable television advertising interconnect in America -- now owned and operated by AT&T. In addition to overseeing a staff of sixteen sales, marketing, and production professionals, Barer wrote and directed hundreds of television commercials for local and national markets. A recipient of the Tri-Cities Advertising Federation Award for both radio (1985) and television (1987), Barer also received the Seattle Design Association's Gold Award for Writing (1983), the Award of Merit from Art Direction Magazine (1983), and the Bob Willey Creative Award for Outstanding Radio Production (1971). I began doing broadcast VO in the 1960's, and have done VO in both the USA and UK.