It may seem like a cliché, but Don Barrett was born in Hollywood to a show business family with roots stretching back to 1835. His mother was an artist, her brother, a world famous composer of 200+ motion pictures, operas and symphonic suites.

Don had a 40-year career in film and television, working as a writer, producer, director and visual artist.

Robert F. Lewine, formerly president of ABC-TV, NBC-TV CBS-TV Hollywood, and the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences mentored him, along with Robert Goodman (a senior agent at William Morris) who also produced several of the 30+ long form documentaries that Barrett wrote and directed.

Don also worked at Dick Clark Productions, Inc. and the (Johnny) Carson Company.

In 1988, thanks to Sony Corp., he was the first to produce a program completely in digital video and audio. As Don says, "After that I never went back to analog production. Digital was the future."

Throughout his life, Don has been an artist working in both traditional and digital art. He tells us, "Some people regard digital art as being an easier form to master than pure painting. I can assure you that is not the case. Using digital tools I've been able to create art as complex as "Ballet Folklorico" and as simple as a young boy looking through his new telescope at "The Star Called Polaris".

Now retired from television, Don Barrett devotes his time to the creation of new digital art projects.