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
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 ... (Director)
2019
- Wind ... (Director)
2017
- Sleep Has Her House ... (Director)
- Womb ... (Director)
- The Green Ray ... (Director)
- Passing ... (Director of Photography)
- Painting (I) ... (Director)
2016
- Closer ... (Director)
- Hinterlands ... (Director)
2015
- Evenfall ... (Director of Photography)
- Shadows ... (Director)
- Blue Permanence / Swan Blood ... (Director)
- Hunter as Himself
- Hours as Himself
- The Sadness of the Trees as Himself
2014
- Polytechnique ... (Director of Photography)
- Ille Lacrimas ... (Director)
2013
- Retirement ... (Director)
- Nightwalk ... (Director)
- Irresolute as Himself
2012
- The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold ... (Director of Photography)