Gerard Barrett (director) explained

Gerard Barrett
Birth Date:1987 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Knockanure, Listowel, Ireland
Occupation:Film director, screenwriter
Spouse:Gráinne O'Sullivan (2016-present)
Years Active:2010–present

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]

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

Television

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Jarlath Regan . Jarlath Regan . 81 . . Gerard Barrett . . 5 April 2015 . 7 April 2015.
  2. Web site: Genna Patterson . IFTA Rising Star Award winner Gerard Barrett's feature film Pilgrim Hill trailer . Joe.ie . 8 August 2013 . 9 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130309070819/http://www.joe.ie/movies/trailers/video-ifta-rising-star-award-winner-gerard-barretts-feature-film-pilgrim-hill-trailer-0035106-1 . dead .
  3. Web site: GLASSLAND (15) . . 6 March 2015 . 6 March 2015.
  4. Web site: Chloe Grace Moretz to Star in 'Brain on Fire'. The Hollywood Reporter. 26 June 2015.
  5. Web site: Murphy . Niall . Gerard Barrett's Limbo to World Premiere at 29th Galway Film Fleadh . Scannain . 21 June 2020 . 27 June 2017.
  6. Web site: Lodderhose . Diana . Gerard Barrett Sells Corporate Espionage Drama 'Honey' To FX . Deadline . . 21 June 2020 . en . 15 June 2017.
  7. Web site: Keane . Billy . Wise words about love - from a man who has never walked down the aisle . . 16 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170406000338/http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/billy-keane/wise-words-about-love-from-a-man-who-has-never-walked-down-the-aisle-34351216.html . dead . 6 April 2017 . 11 January 2016.