[1] He is the son of blacklisted screenwriters Ben and Norma Barzman.
[2] His television directing credits include The Adventures of the Black Stallion, Highlander: The Series, Counterstrike, Bordertown, Relic Hunter, Queen of Swords, 15/Love, 18 to Life, Lost Girl, Haven, Wynonna Earp, the American-Canadian adaptation of Being Human and SurrealEstate.
Barzman has also directed a number of television films.
In 2007, he directed the feature film Emotional Arithmetic starring Susan Sarandon and Christopher Plummer.
[3] He also directed the 2009 2-part mini-series The Phantom, based on the famous longtime costumed crime-fighting comic-strip character The Phantom.