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Fred Holmes

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Fred Louis Holmes (born December 20, 1948) is an American writer and director of films, television shows, and theater projects. Holmes has also written novels including the award-winning THE UGLY TEAPOT. One of the TV shows Holmes is known for directing and writing is Barney & Friends.

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Career

Barney & Friends

In 1995, Jim Rowley, Executive Producer of Barney & Friends, called Holmes to see if he could direct a few Barney & Friends episodes and videos. Rowley loaned Holmes a few videos to watch, and he eventually accepted a position as a director. Prior, Holmes was a director for Wishbone, a series owned by the same company as Barney & Friends. [1] Holmes would later write episodes for the series, and is the only person to ever write and direct the same episode. He did it six times.

Achievements

Barney & Friends

Holmes was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1999 in the category of "Outstanding Directing in a Children's Series" in honor of his work for Barney & Friends alongside Steven Feldman and Jim Rowley. Holmes (alongside Rowley) was nominated again in honor of Barney & Friends in the same category in 2006.

Credits

Barney & Friends

  1. "Is Everybody Happy?"
  2. "We've Got Rhythm"
  3. "Waiting For Mr. MacRooney"
  4. "It's Tradition"
  5. "Play Ball!"
  6. "Going On A Bear Hunt"
  7. "Tree-Mendous Trees"
  8. "All Mixed Up"
  9. "Once A Pond A Time"
  10. "Trading Places"
  11. "Barney's Band"
  12. "Colors All Around"
  13. "Seven Days A Week"
  14. "First Things First!"
  15. "Easy Does It!"
  16. "Stick With Imagination!"
  17. "Snack Time!"
  18. "You've Got To Have Art"
  19. "Who's Who At The Zoo?"
  20. "Good Job!"
  21. "You Are Special"
  22. "Puppy Love"
  23. "Stop! Go!"
  24. "Play for Exercise!"
  25. "A New Friend"
  26. "This Way In! This Way Out!"
  27. "Three Lines, Three Corners"
  28. "Splish! Splash!"
  29. "Once Upon A Fairy Tale"
  30. "It's Hot! It's Cold!"
  31. "Play Piano With Me!"
  32. "A Little Big Day"
  33. "Squares, Squares Everywhere"
  34. "That Makes Me Mad"
  35. "It's Showtime!"
  36. "Caring Hearts"
  37. "Movin' Along"
  38. "Keep On Truckin'"
  39. "I'm A Builder"
  40. "Coming On Strong"
  41. "Let's Play Games!"
  42. "You Can Count on Me!"
  43. "Look What I Can Do!"
  44. "Making a Move!"
  45. "Home, Safe Home"
  46. "On the Road Again"
  47. "Welcome, Cousin Riff"
  48. "Special Skills"
  49. "Butterflies"
  50. "Bugs"
  51. "Glad to Be Me"
  52. "Arts"
  53. "Movement"
  54. "BJ's Snack Attack"
  55. "Counting" (Writer and Director)
  56. "Letters"
  57. "Winter"
  58. "Summer"
  59. "Caring"
  60. "Rabbits"
  61. "Ducks and Fish"
  62. "Mother Goose"
  63. "Fairy Tales" (Writer and Director)
  64. "Things I Can Do"
  65. "Differences"
  66. "Neighborhoods"
  67. "Careers"
  68. "Bop 'til You Drop"
  69. "The Sleepless Sleepover"
  70. "Little Red Rockin' Hood" (Writer and Director)
  71. "The Whole Truth" (Writer and Director)
  72. "The Wind and the Sun"
  73. "The Nature of Things"
  74. "The New Kid"
  75. "Grandpa's Visit"
  76. "Trail Boss Barney" (Writer and Director)
  77. "Get Happy!" (Writer and Director)
  78. "For the Fun of It"
  79. "Big as Barney"
  80. "No, No, No!"
  81. "Best in Show"
  82. "The Chase"
  83. "Dream Big"
  84. "That's What a Mommy Is"
  85. "The Magic Caboose"
  86. "BJ the Great"
  87. "Gift of the Dinos"
  88. "A Visit to Santa"
  89. "Way to Go!: A Travel Adventure"
  90. "Lights! Camera! Action!: A Movie Adventure" (writer)
  91. "The Magic Lamp: A Travel Adventure"
  92. "A Game for Everyone: A Sports Adventure"
  93. "The Reluctant Dragon: A Fairy Tale Adventure"
  94. "Bienvenido, Barney: Mexico"
  95. "Venice, Anyone?: Italy"
  96. "The Music Box: Switzerland"
  97. "A Bird of a Different Feather: Hawaii"
  98. "Bonjour, Barney!: France" (writer)

  1. Barney's Sense-Sational Day
  2. Barney's Musical Scrapbook
  3. Camp Wannarunnaround
  4. Barney's Good Day, Good Night
  5. Barney In Outer Space
  6. Walk Around The Block With Barney
  7. Let's Play School!
  8. More Barney Songs
  9. Super Singing Circus
  10. Be My Valentine Love, Barney
  11. Barney's Pajama Party
  12. Happy Mad Silly Sad: Putting a Face to Feelings
  13. Movin' and Groovin'
  14. Ready, Set, Play!
  15. Just Imagine
  16. The Land of Make Believe
  17. Let's Go To The Firehouse
  18. Dino-Mite Birthday (Writer and Director)
  19. Celebrating Around The World
  20. Barney's Animal ABC's
  21. Barney's Top 20 Countdown
  22. Let's Go on Vacation
  23. Let's Play Outside
  24. A-Counting We Will Go
  25. Best Fairy Tales
  26. I Can Do It!
  27. Big World Adventure
  28. I Love My Friends
  29. A Super-Dee-Duper Day

  1. "If You're Happy and You Know It" for Barney's Music Box
  2. New material of season fourteen (Includes "Laugh With Me!", "Find the Numbers in Your House" and "I Hear Music Everywhere".)

*Unless noted, the credits above are the directing credits of Holmes.

Trivia

Favorites

Videos

Interview

See also

References

  1. ↑ Director shares never-before-seen Barney footage - Purple Tales Podcast Episode #21 July 23, 2019 Retrieved March 15, 2023
  2. ↑ Slick: A Better You--Fred Holmes (Director Barney & Friends) February 25, 2023 Retrieved March 13, 2023
  3. ↑ Fred Holmes (Director/Writer) || Ep. 35 May 2, 2022 Retrieved March 15, 2023