Gerard Barrett (director)

For the Australian athlete, see Gerard Barrett (runner).

Gerard Barrett is an Irish filmmaker.^[1] He came to prominence when he won the Rising Star Award at the 10th Irish Film & Television Awards for his debut, Pilgrim Hill.^[2] His follow-up Glassland starred Jack Reynor as a young man who tries to help his mother (Toni Collette).^[3]

Gerard Barrett
Barrett at diff 2015
Born	(1987-07-05) 5 July 1987 (age 38) Knockanure, Listowel, Ireland[1]
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	2010–present
Spouse	Gráinne O'Sullivan (2016-present)

In 2015, Barrett filmed Brain on Fire based on the book of the same name, starring Chloë Grace Moretz in New York City and Canada.^[1][4]

His television mini-series Smalltown was screened in Ireland in September 2016. In 2017, his movie, Limbo premiered at the 29th Galway Film Fleadh,^[5] and his hour-long drama, Honey, was sold to FX.^[6]

Barrett attended St Michael's College, Listowel.^[1] A graduate of Tralee IT, where he studied Film, TV and Media. He was married on 2 January 2016.^[7]

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)