Director
Randy Barbato
34 films
Writer, director, and producer Randy Barbato has a soft spot for making films about public figures ostracized or misunderstood by the media and, by extension, society at large. Along with his life and creative partner, Fenton Bailey, Barbato has created some of the more groundbreaking and sometimes controversial documentaries and made-for-TV specials. A native of New Jersey, Barbato attended graduate film school at New York University, where he met Fenton Bailey, originally from Great Britain. Both dropped out after a year to form a pop band, The Pop Tarts. In 1990, the duo created their own company, World of Wonder Productions, with the intention of recording Pop Tarts music, but only after established companies rejected them.
Best known for
Party Monster
2003 · Director, Producer
On The CW
Inside Deep Throat
2005 · Producer, Director
Stop! That! Train!
2026 · Producer
On Netflix
Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking
2010 · Producer, Director
On HBO Max
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
2016 · Director
On HBO Max
Party Monster: The Shockumentary
1998 · Director
On WOW Presents Plus
Filmography 34
Stop! That! Train!
2026 · Producer
On Netflix
Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story
2023 · Producer
On Hoopla
PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2022 · Self
On Disney Plus
Going to Pot: The High and Low of It
2021 · Director
On Paramount Plus Premium
Freedia Got a Gun
2020 · Producer
On WOW Presents Plus
Wojnarowicz: Fuck You Faggot Fucker
2020 · Producer
On Kanopy
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
2019 · Director
Liberty: Mother of Exiles
2019 · Director, Producer
On HBO Max
Stonewall Outloud
2019 · Producer, Director
On WOW Presents Plus
When the Beat Drops
2018 · Producer
On Plex
Menendez: Blood Brothers
2017 · Director
On Tubi TV
Every Brilliant Thing
2016 · Director
On HBO Max
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
2016 · Director
On HBO Max
Out of Iraq: A Love Story
2016 · Producer
I Am Britney Jean
2013 · Director
On WOW Presents Plus
In Vogue: The Editor's Eye
2012 · Director
The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
2011 · Director
Becoming Chaz
2011 · Director
Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking
2010 · Producer, Director
On HBO Max
When I Knew
2009 · Director
On HBO Max
Heidi Fleiss: The Would-be Madam of Crystal
2008 · Director
Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
2006 · Self
Inside Deep Throat
2005 · Producer, Director
The Hidden Führer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality
2004 · Director