Barrie Mitchell Osborne ONZM (born February 7, 1944) is an American film producer, production manager and director.

[2] He is an alumnus of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota and currently lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

He was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM), for services to the film industry, in the 2017 New Year Honours.

[3] Osborne's most notable work is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King for which he, Peter Jackson, and Fran Walsh received the Academy Award for Best Picture.

[4] Osborne is also preparing a possible movie trilogy about the Viking king Harald Hardrada.