John Barry

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John Barry (1935 – June 1, 1979) was an influential British production designer.

Barry was born in London.

Among his credits are Star Wars, to which he contribued the memorable sinkhole architecture of Tatooine, and the first two Superman films. The polished surfaces of the Death Star in the film are the clearest expressions of Barry's personal style.

Following these box office hits Barry was given the chance to direct his own project, the science fiction film Saturn 3. During the filming Barry fell out with the movie's star Kirk Douglas and was replaced by Stanley Donen. Fortunately he was snapped up by George Lucas as a second unit director on The Empire Strikes Back. Two weeks into filming, he collapsed on set, and died shortly afterwards of meningitis.