René Barnett
is a veteran television producer specializing in entertainment specials, series, documentaries and
reality-based programming. René has produced hundreds of hours of television, her credits including
programming for most U.S. networks and many cable channels in America and the UK. Her producing credits
include some of the premiere specials and series of the reality television genre, including Ripley’s Believe It or
Not!, Unmasked: Exposing the Secrets of Deception, Strange Universe, Places of Mystery, Guinness Book of
Records Primetime, Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura and many others.
René’s professional background spans other media as well. As a print journalist and radio
producer/personality, Barnett was managing editor of UFO Magazine, an internationally circulated periodical,
from the early to mid-nineties and joined UFO Research Director Don Ecker and Star Trek: Next Generation’s
Dwight Shultz for five years on the popular radio show UFO’s Tonight!
In 2001, Barnett joined forces with award winning British documentary director Bruce Burgess to form
Bluebook Films, producing investigative documentary specials for U.S. and UK networks, some of which have
aired worldwide. In 2005, 1244 Films was established to produce René’s first theatrical film, Bloodline, a
documentary investigation into the marriage of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, the secret society known as the
Priory of Sion and the so-called Rennes-le-Chateau mysteries. The film premiered in the spring of 2008 to
sold-out theaters and critical acclaim.
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