Paris Barclay - Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

Paris is the DGA first vice-president and chair of the DGA's Political Action Committee, who's mission includes battling online theft of film and television shows.

Barclay attended both the La Lumiere School and Harvard with John Roberts, now the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

His Harvard roommate was novelist Arthur Golden, author of Memoirs of a Geisha.

Openly gay since late in his college days, he was a regular contributor to The Advocate for several years.

As a composer and lyricist, Barclay created the musical One Red Flower (based on the book “Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam”) which has been produced by the North Shore Music Theatre (Massachusetts), Carnegie Mellon University, The Village Theatre (Washington) and The Signature Theatre (Virginia). One Red Flower was also presented a as a benefit in Los Angeles in 2009 starring Tony-winner Levi Kreis, Grammy Award nominee Maureen McGovern, Hunter Parrish, and Josh Henderson.

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