[citation needed] Barber joined the TV department at Lambie-Naim & Co, where he designed and directed title sequences, including those for the BBC Nine O'Clock News.

His work was showcased at the Cannes International Advertising Festival and in 1994, he was named as a Creative Face of the Future by Campaign magazine and as one of the UK's "Hotshot" commercial directors.

[citation needed] In 2006, Barber became a partner at London-based film production company Knucklehead, where he continued to direct commercials, including for Adidas, Audi, the BBC, Estée Lauder, Sony, BMW, and the Royal Air Force.

[3] The film is about a cattle rustler who becomes involved in the life of a woman who has been held captive by Mojave Indians for the past 11 years and is now living in isolation.

[3] He directed his first full-length feature, Harry Brown, starring Michael Caine,[6] who plays a widowed ex-marine whose retirement is disrupted when a gang of vicious thugs take over his neighbourhood and murder his best friend.