An “Accidental” Moviemaker Makes Debut Available Online

By Elissa Suh
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/directing/article/steven_barber_return_to_tarawa_leon_cooper_20090702/
"I am an 'accidental filmmaker,'" says director Steven Barber. "It never occurred to me to produce, create and direct a film. It was suggested to me that I give documentary filmmaking a shot and with that, I went out and bought $20,000 worth of equipment and started shooting everything and anything."

Now this accidental moviemaker has made his debut with Return to Tarawa, a documentary detailing WWII veteran Leon Cooper and his trip to the site of the Battle of Tarawa on the Gilbert Islands in the Pacific Ocean.