Steve Barron

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Steven Steve Barron born 4 May 1956 is a director and producer best known for directing the films Coneheads 1993 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1990 and the innovative music videos for ahas Take on Me and Michael Jacksons Billie Jean He was born in Dublin Ireland the son of filmmaker Zelda Barron He attended St Marylebone Grammar School He appeared in the film if very briefly He made his directorial debut in 1979 and directed many of the 1980s most memorable music videos including Billie Jean by Michael Jackson Money for Nothing by Dire Straits and Take on Me by aha Barron only made eight music videos in the early 90s and made his last music video in 1993 for David Bowies As the World Falls Down In 1984 he directed the science fiction comedy Electric Dreams and then went on to direct several episodes of the television series The Storyteller before returning to the big screen directing films such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1990 The Adventures of Pinocchio in 1996 Rat in 2000 and Mike Bassett England Manager in 2001 Barron has also directed several award winning miniseries such as Merlin 1998 Arabian Nights 2000 and Dreamkeeper 2003 for Hallmark Entertainment In July 2010 it was revealed that Barron would make a return to music videos directing the final video of aha Butterfly Butterfly The Last Hurrah Description above from the Wikipedia article Steve Baron licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia