Barry Lather (born August 16, 1966) is an American creative director, choreographer, producer, and dancer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Los Angeles, California.
In 1996, Barry was co-choreographer for the acclaimed Michael Jackson's short film Ghost, directed by Stan Winston, and also choreographed the 68th Academy Awards.
Lather also recorded an album as a solo artist with the label Atlantic Records/WEA in 1990, titled Turn Me Loose[8]; it was produced by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers of Rythm Syndicate, and spawned a music video for the single, "Love In The Third Degree", which failed to chart.
[9] In the early 2000s, Lather began directing large productions such as world tours and live television performances for artists including P Diddy, Ashlee Simpson, Seal, Gwen Stefani, Usher, Ciara, Justin Bieber, Mariah Carey, Rihanna, Trey Songz and Miguel.
In early 2018, Lather directed & choreographed the grand opening event for Qiddiya in Saudi Arabia and in 2019 the ground breaking ceremony of the ancient city of Diriyah outside of Riyadh.