Scott Barley
Born: 1992-11-11 in Cardiff, Wales, UK
Known For: Directing
Biography
Born in 1992 in Cardiff, Wales, he is a filmmaker, artist, and film theorist whose work lies at the intersection of slow cinema, visual poetry, and sound. He studied film and experimental art at the University of Wales and Cardiff Metropolitan University. His films explore darkness, nature, the Anthropocene, and the phenomenology of perception. His 2017 feature debut Sleep Has Her House received the Best Film award at the Fronteira International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival in Brazil. Barley’s films have been screened at festivals and museums worldwide, creating a distinctive space between cinema, meditation, and lyrical essay.
Filmography
2027
- Standing at the Ruins ... (Special Effects)
2026
- Silent Friend ... (Production Assistant)
- Five Years, Four Months ... (Special Effects)
2025
- The Occupant of the Room ... (Special Effects)
- A Ladder ... (Director)
2020
- To the Moon ... (Director of Photography)
- Half Moon ... (Music)
2019
- Wind ... (Director)
2017
- Sleep Has Her House ... (Director)
- Womb ... (Sound Designer)
- Passing ... (Director)
- The Green Ray ... (Sound Designer)
- Painting (I) ... (Director)
2016
- Hinterlands ... (Director)
- Closer ... (Producer)
2015
- The Sadness of the Trees as Himself
- Blue Permanence / Swan Blood ... (Cinematography)
- Evenfall ... (Director)
- Shadows ... (Editor)
- Hours as Himself
- Hunter as Himself
2014
- Polytechnique ... (Cinematography)
- Ille Lacrimas ... (Editor)
2013
- Nightwalk ... (Director)
- Irresolute as Himself
- Retirement ... (Director)