Adrian Barron

Administrative Assistant and Office Manager for NATO Los Angeles and The Cinema Foundation

I entered the workforce at 16, working in various retail industries to help supplement educational expenses. This elevated me to the managerial teams, wherein organization, time management, and interpersonal relationship and problem-solving skills were honed and refined. After graduating university with a BFA in Theatre Performance, any time not spent working was spent as an actor for a variety of project, primarily theatre and voice acting. These experiences eventually led me to be the Director of Marketing for TikTok for an improv team, as well as a co-showrunner and lead writer for a voice acting project, as well as being one of the lead voices for the project. I also worked as a Quality Compliance Support Specialist and Data Analyst for a mortgage lender company, which paired both my customer service skills as well as taught me more administrative skills and strategies to aid the business. My love of the film industry, paired with the amazing opportunities for being able to meet and work with people that came from my time as an actor, have led me to NATO and the Cinema Foundation, as a means of being able to assist and contribute in some way to the industry in which I want to grow, develop my career, and be a part of for the rest of my life.

Watching The Green Knight the day after having my belated graduation ceremony from university. It was an empty theater, with just my siblings and I, and it was the first film I actively wanted to see in cinemas during the pandemic. Having grown up with the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, watching the story of Sir Gawain and his quest for honor, paired with the brilliant cinematography and enticing soundtrack; it blew me away.