Barron has helmed several Creature Shop projects, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Merlin, Rat, and Arabian Nights. In 1998, his work on Merlin garnered an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Special. His other projects include serving as executive producer for the first seasons of the computer animated series ReBoot and directing the Saturday Night Live-inspired feature film The Coneheads.