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Barbara Zagrodnik

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Writer
  • Actress
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Barbara Zagrodnik is known for "Blood, Sweat, and Cheer" and "Hot Girl Winter". Born in Canton, Ohio, Barbara initially worked as a physical therapist while learning about the film industry as a weekend enthusiast and amateur film maker. After her work on "Savannah Sunrise" in the camera department, Barbara was able to transition to full time work in the film industry. She has risen through the ranks of the AD Department on professional films, while continuing to write and direct her own projects.

Barbara recently broke through into professional screenwriter with her first Tubi Original "Blood, Sweat, and Cheer" which was followed by "Hot Girl Winter".
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    Known for

    Driver's Ed: Tales from the Street (2015)
    Driver's Ed: Tales from the Street
    7.6
    • Writer
    • 2015
    Stand Up Sarah
    Short
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2014
    Tammin Sursok in Blood, Sweat and Cheer (2023)
    Blood, Sweat and Cheer
    5.4
    • Writer
    • 2023
    The Observance
    The Observance
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director

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      Second Unit or Assistant Director



      • Traction Park Massacre
        • first assistant director
        • Post-production
      • The Observance
        • first assistant director
        • Post-production



      • Grant Jay, Alicia Fusting, and Alexander Roberts in The Grief Counselor (2024)
        The Grief Counselor
        Short
        • first assistant director
        • 2024
      • Mister Sleep (2024)
        Mister Sleep
        3.5
        • first assistant director
        • 2024
      • Altered Reality (2024)
        Altered Reality
        6.2
        • first assistant director
        • 2024
      • Billy Zane, Trevor Morris, Karina Lombard, Brian O'Carroll, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Randolf Turrow, Wasé Chief, Darin Scott, Aron Stevens, Michelle Scott, Nathaly Lopez, Eugene Brave Rock, Nora Dale, and Philip Niu in The Oath (2023)
        The Oath
        3.3
        • first assistant director
        • 2023
      • Five Star Murder (2023)
        Five Star Murder
        5.1
        • first assistant director
        • second unit director
        • 2023
      • Devil's Peak (2023)
        Devil's Peak
        5.4
        • second assistant director
        • 2023
      • Christmas Party Crashers (2022)
        Christmas Party Crashers
        5.7
        TV Movie
        • first assistant director
        • 2022
      • A Christmas Open House (2022)
        A Christmas Open House
        5.1
        TV Movie
        • second assistant director
        • 2022
      • Applewood (2022)
        Applewood
        4.8
        • first assistant director
        • 2022
      • Harmony in Paradise (2022)
        Harmony in Paradise
        5.7
        TV Movie
        • second assistant director
        • 2022
      • Mel Gibson, Dermot Mulroney, and Annie Ngosi Ilonzeh in Agent Game (2022)
        Agent Game
        4.1
        • second second assistant director
        • 2022
      • Sailor Larocque in Mediator (2021)
        Mediator
        7.1
        • first assistant director
        • 2021
      • Giulio Berruti and Melanie Zanetti in Gabriel's Rapture (2021)
        Gabriel's Rapture
        5.7
        • second assistant director
        • 2021
      • The Swing of Things (2020)
        The Swing of Things
        3.0
        • second assistant director
        • 2020
      • Luke Hemsworth in Encounter (2018)
        Encounter
        4.1
        • second second assistant director
        • 2018

      Writer



      • Golden Brooks and Schelle Purcell in Hot Girl Winter (2023)
        Hot Girl Winter
        6.6
        • Writer
        • 2023
      • Tammin Sursok in Blood, Sweat and Cheer (2023)
        Blood, Sweat and Cheer
        5.4
        • written by
        • 2023
      • Curtain Call (2019)
        Curtain Call
        Short
        • Writer
        • 2019
      • Dennis Rodman: Doing It My Way
        • story by
        • 2017
      • Driver's Ed: Tales from the Street (2015)
        Driver's Ed: Tales from the Street
        7.6
        • Writer
        • 2015
      • Stand Up Sarah
        Short
        • written by
        • 2014
      • Shatareia Stokes in Jar of Light (2013)
        Jar of Light
        Short
        • writer
        • 2013

      Actress



      • The Observance
        • Dr. Teresa O'Sullivan
        • Post-production



      • Mister Sleep (2024)
        Mister Sleep
        3.5
        • Deirdre Bolton
        • 2024
      • Driver's Ed: Tales from the Street (2015)
        Driver's Ed: Tales from the Street
        7.6
        • Trisha
        • 2015
      • Hob's End
        Short
        • Prudence
        • 2015
      • Stand Up Sarah
        Short
        • Sarah
        • 2014
      • Shatareia Stokes in Jar of Light (2013)
        Jar of Light
        Short
        • Citizen - Elder
        • 2013

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