Geoffrey Barkas

Geoffrey Barkas
Barkas in uniform in the First World War, c. 1917
Born
Geoffrey de Gruchy Barkas

(1896-08-27)27 August 1896
Died3 September 1979(1979-09-03) (aged 83)
Esher, Surrey, England
NationalityEnglish
OccupationFilm maker
Known forOperation Bertram

Geoffrey Barkas (born Geoffrey de Gruchy Barkas, 27 August 1896 – 3 September 1979) was an English film maker active between the world wars.

Barkas led the British Middle East Command Camouflage Directorate in the Second World War. His largest "film set" was Operation Bertram, the army-scale deception for the battle of El Alamein in October 1942.


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