Barney Platts-Mills was born on 15 October 1944 in Colchester, Essex, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Private Road (1971), Hero (1982) and Zohra: A Moroccan Fairy Tale (2010). He was married to Caroline Younger. He died on 5 October 2021 in the UK.

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