Charlotte Barker

Biography

Charlotte Barker is the Senior Director of Film Restoration and Preservation at Paramount Pictures, where she has worked since 2005 and has led the studio’s restoration program since 2019. She oversees a team dedicated to safeguarding and revitalizing Paramount’s motion picture legacy, with major projects including White Christmas, To Catch a Thief, Sunset Boulevard, and Dragonslayer. Under her leadership, Paramount’s restoration of Sunset Boulevard received the first DEG EnTech Award for Technology Innovation in Film Restoration in 2025 and in 2023, her team earned the inaugural Hollywood Professional Association Award for Best Restoration for The Godfather. She continues to champion innovative approaches to film restoration, ensuring Paramount’s archive is preserved with exceptional technical fidelity. Charlotte is one of the leading historians on the VistaVision widescreen process, having spent more than a decade researching its history, verifying technical details, and uncovering long-lost documentation. She is currently writing the definitive book on the subject and frequently presents her work at major film festivals and industry conferences.