Nuala Quinn-Barton

Biography

Nuala Quinn-Barton (born 20 March 1952) is an Irish American independent film producer, artist, talent manager and former fashion model from Newry, Northern Ireland. She is the CEO of Mania Entertainment LLC (est. 1990) and The Film Co-Operative LLC, an Official Member of the International Chamber of Arts (ICA), a distinguished global platform uniting leaders of the international arts economy, associated with the World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF) chaired by Baybars Altuntas of which she is an International Partner —an affiliated partner of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI). Through WBAF, she supports global economic development by expanding access to finance and innovative financial instruments for entrepreneurs, startups, scale-ups, SMEs, and investors. Her work bridges storytelling, capital, and technology to build globally scalable film and media ventures. On the film technology front she is involved in working with the latest techniques, pre-visualization and Ai technology to cut the cost of filmmaking. She is best known for producing films such as Homecoming (2009), The Third Half (2012), Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017), and for managing the careers of her daughter, actress Mischa Barton, writer/ producer Daniel McNicoll, actress Kya Garwood, actress Kelly Lynn Reiter, producer Taheim Bryan, Director Cody Knotts, and best-selling writer Ted Lazaris. She is married to Paul Marsden Barton.

== Early life and career == Nuala Quinn was born in Newry and spent her early years on her mother's family farm in Ballintober, County Roscommon, Republic of Ireland. She graduated in English and European Studies at the University of East Anglia. She went to London for her education at Our Lady of Sion School, Sion Manning School and Lucie Clayton Charm Academy. Nuala was a fashion model for Lucie Clayton and the Gavin Robinson Agency in the 1970s. During that period she worked in-house for several fashion companies including Chanel in Paris. She is known for Advertising Campaigns such as SuperWash Wool and Corocraft Sunglasses and Jewelry. She married Paul Marsden Barton, a foreign exchange broker, in June 1975 at St Osmund's Roman Catholic Church in Barnes London. They have three daughters: Zoe Barton KC, a London barrister; Hania Barton, a writer and real estate manager; and Mischa Barton, an actress. She has two grandchildren from her eldest daughter Zoe's marriage to Ian Taylor. The family moved from London to New York City in the early '90s and became naturalized American Citizens. They developed a 'raw space' in Tribeca's Reade St, converting it into an apartment and two store fronts, one of which a fashion store was rented out to Sorelle Firenze

Nuala built relationships in the Arts with New York Theatre Workshop, the Public Theater The Circle in the Square, and the Lincoln Center Theater and she encouraged her daughter, actress Mischa Barton, through her passion for theatre. She also worked closely with the IMG Company in NYC. She was Mischa's mentor and talent manager throughout her early career during her rise to fame, responsible for the casting of her daughter in productions including The O.C., a popular Television Series on the Fox Network, Lawn Dogs The Sixth Sense St Trinian's and the Notting Hill Film amongst others. Her current films include A Natural Selection, Organism 46-B The Unseen, and Spawn of the Living Dead a sequel to Night of the Living Dead by John A. Russo

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