Simon Barrett

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Simon Barrett (* 1978 in Columbia , Missouri ) is an American actor , screenwriter , director and film producer . He often works with Adam Wingard .

Life

Barrett began his career with the short film The Nothing Deal , for which he was responsible for the script, direction, production, camera and editing. Together with Scott Clevenger , he wrote the script for the 2004 horror film Frankenfish . He worked with director Alex Turner on the horror films Dead Birds (2004) and Red Sands (2009). In 2010 Barrett first worked with Adam Wingard on A Horrible Way to Die . The next year they worked together with You're Next . Also in 2011 were the films Autoerotic (directors: Adam Wingard and Joe Swanberg ) and What Fun We Were Having (director: Adam Wingard).

In 2012, Barrett wrote the script for an episode of Wingard's The ABCs of Death . He was a screenwriter and actor in two episodes of the found footage horror film V / H / S - A Murderous Collection . On the film's sequel, S-VHS from 2013, Barrett scripted two episodes and also directed one.

For The Guest , Barrett worked again with Adam Wingard in 2014. In 2016 he also wrote the screenplay for Wingard's Blair Witch .

Filmography (selection)

play

  • 2009: Red Sands
  • 2009: Texas 1960 (short film)
  • 2010: A Horrible Way to Die - Love hurts (A Horrible Way to Die)
  • 2011: You're Next
  • 2012: The ABCs of Death (episode "Q is for Quack")
  • 2012: V / H / S - A murderous collection ( V / H / S ; episode "Tape 56")
  • 2012: All the Light in the Sky
  • 2013: S-VHS (episode "Tape 49")
  • 2013: Contracted
  • 2013: 24 exposures
  • 2014: The Last Survivors
  • 2014: ABCs of Death 2 (Episode "A")
  • 2016: Always Shine

script

  • 2000: The Nothing Deal (short film)
  • 2004: Dead Birds
  • 2004: Frankenfish (TV movie)
  • 2009: Red Sands
  • 2010: A Horrible Way to Die - Love hurts (A Horrible Way to Die)
  • 2011: You're Next
  • 2011: Autoerotic
  • 2011: What Fun We Were Having
  • 2012: The ABCs of Death (episode "Q is for Quack")
  • 2012: V / H / S - A murderous collection ( V / H / S ; episodes "Tape 56", "The Sick Thing That Happened to Emily When She Was Younger")
  • 2013: S-VHS (episodes "Phase I Clinical Trials", "Tape 49")
  • 2014: The Guest
  • 2016: Temple
  • 2016: Blair Witch

Director

  • 2000: The Nothing Deal (short film)
  • 2009: The Screenwriter Diaries (short film)
  • 2013: S-VHS (episode "Tape 49")

production

  • 2000: The Nothing Deal (short film)
  • 2009: The Screenwriter Diaries (short film)
  • 2010: A Horrible Way to Die - Love hurts (A Horrible Way to Die)
  • 2011: You're Next

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aristotle Acevedo: Today We Learned # 151: Simon Barrett . In: Nerdist.com of September 19, 2016
  2. Jump up ↑ Richard Whittaker: Fantastic Fest 2014: Simon Barrett Brings The Guest . In: The Austin Chronicle of September 27, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Barrett, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, screenwriter, director, and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Columbia , Missouri , United States