Gerard Barrett is an
Irish filmmaker.
He came to prominence when he won the Rising Star Award at the
10th Irish Film & Television Awards for his debut, ''
Pilgrim Hill''.
His follow-up ''
Glassland'' starred
Jack Reynor as a young man who tries to help his mother (
Toni Collette
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).
In 2015, Barrett filmed ''
Brain on Fire'' based on the book
of the same name, starring
Chloë Grace Moretz in
New York City
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and
Canada
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.
His television mini-series ''Smalltown'' was screened in Ireland in September 2016. In 2017, his movie, ''Limbo'' premiered at the 29th
Galway Film Fleadh
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,
and his hour-long drama, ''Honey'', was sold to
FX.
Barrett attended
St Michael's College, Listowel.
A graduate of Tralee IT, where he studied Film, TV and Media. He was married on 2 January 2016.
Filmography
* ''
The Valley of Knockanure'' (2009)
* ''
Pilgrim Hill'' (2013)
* ''
Glassland'' (2014)
* ''
Brain on Fire'' (2015)
Television
* ''
Smalltown'' (2016)
* ''Limbo'' (2017)
Awards
*
10th Irish Film & Television Awards - Winner: Rising Star Award, for ''
Pilgrim Hill'' (2013)
*
International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Camera - Winner: Making Way Award, for ''
Glassland'' (2014)
References
1987 births
Living people
Irish film directors
People educated at St Michael's College, Listowel
Alumni of Institute of Technology, Tralee
People from Listowel, County Kerry
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