Directing

Geoffrey Barkas

Born — Died

1896-08-27 — 1979-09-03

Place of birth

Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, England, UK

Known for

Directing

Credits

10 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Adventures of Dusty Bates poster
5.3

Dusty Bates observes some smuggled jewels hidden in a crate aboard a ship; he is pursued by low-lifes when the crate is put ashore.

The Adventures of Dusty Bates

1947

The Great Barrier poster
7.5

The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

The Great Barrier

1937

Q Ships poster
8.0

During World War I, the British navy disguised some of its warships as civilian cargo ships, known as Q Ships, in order to fool the Germans. German U-boat commander Capt. Von Haag spots one of these ships, commanded by Adm. Sims, in the English Channel and begins tracking it, leading to a war of nerves between Von Haag and Sims.

Q Ships

1928

Tell England poster
8.3

In England, two young friends, confronted with the outbreak of World War I, enlist together to serve in the same company on the battle-field.

Tell England

1931

Devil Dancers of Sikkim poster
NR

Hear the Lama band, see the sacred dances: welcome to Sikkim, in the shadow of the Himalayas.

Devil Dancers of Sikkim

1934

No artwork available
NR

Filmed amongst the Sura and Angas people of the Bauchi Plateau in Northern Nigeria, where the rivalry between a British District Officer and a tin miner leads to war

Palaver: A Romance of Northern Nigeria

1926

The Battle of the Ants poster
NR

A short black-and-white silent documentary film featuring the conflict between two colonies of wood ants joined by a piece of tiber laid across a moat at a zoological garden.

The Battle of the Ants

1922

No artwork available
NR

The Maharajah of Udaipur is moving offices, cause for extravagant celebration in the northern Indian city. The pageant includes elephants decorated with gold anklets and a military band strikes up, while commoners throng the streets.

Secrets of India: The Pageant of the Sun-God

1934

Wings Over Everest poster
5.7

A documentary about the first flight over Mt Everest. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with UCLA Film & Television Archive in 2014.

Wings Over Everest

1934

No artwork available
NR

Secrets of India: The Fair City of Udaipur.

The Fair City of Udaipur

1934