BARRY JOSEPHSON
BA ’78, American University, School of Public Affairs
Barry Josephson is a producer and former music manager who owns the production company Josephson Entertainment. He is best known for producing the TV series Bones, and the films Enchanted and Wild Wild West.
Mr. Josephson graduated with a bachelor’s degree from AU’s School of Public Affairs in 1978. He is on the Distinguished Alumni List, and is also involved with the Entertainment and Media Alumni Alliance and the SOC Advisory Board. He is a former SOC Alumni Mentor, and has been a guest lecturer at AU’s Summer in L.A. and Executive Suite courses.
Mr. Josephson began his career in entertainment at Landers/Roberts Productions, overseeing the music division's interest in feature film and television programming. Mr. Josephson later worked for Gallin/Morey & Associates, managing such performers as Paula Abdul, Patti Labelle, Morris Day, and Whoopi Goldberg.
In 1991, he became vice president of production for Columbia Pictures. He remained at the studio for six years, serving the last three as president of production. In 1997, he joined 20th Century Fox under Josephson Entertainment. There he produced the critically acclaimed Enchanted, which received two Golden Globe nominations, four Critics' Choice Awards and three Academy Award nominations.
Most recently, he has worked as executive producer of the TV series Turn: Washington Spies, which premiered in 2014, and The Tick, which premiered in 2017.
Mr. Josephson is also a founding member of Comic Relief, the fundraiser hosted by Robin Williams, Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg, which raised millions of dollars in aid for the homeless through the 1990s before reuniting in 2006 to benefit survivors of Hurricane Katrina.
Mr. Josephson live in Pacific Palisades, California with his wife Brooke and their young son and daughter.