Scott Barley

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Scott Barley

Directing 33 November 11, 1992

Cardiff, Wales, UK

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 expe…

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Silent Friend

Silent Friend

7.1 2026 Movie
Sleep Has Her House

Sleep Has Her House

6.7 2017 Movie
Hinterlands

Hinterlands

7.4 2016 Movie
Hunter

Hunter

7.7 2015 Movie
Nightwalk

Nightwalk

6.6 2013 Movie
Womb

Womb

6.5 2017 Movie
Irresolute

Irresolute

6.7 2013 Movie
Retirement

Retirement

7.4 2013 Movie
The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold

The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold

7.5 2012 Movie
Ille Lacrimas

Ille Lacrimas

7.5 2014 Movie
A Ladder

A Ladder

8.3 2025 Movie
Closer

Closer

6.9 2016 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Five Years, Four Months

    Movie Special Effects

  2. 2026
    Silent Friend

    Movie Production Assistant

  3. 2025
    The Occupant of the Room

    Movie Special Effects

  4. 2025
    A Ladder

    Movie Director

  5. 2020
    Half Moon

    Movie Cinematography

  6. 2020
    To the Moon

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 2019
    Wind

    Movie Director

  8. 2017
    Womb

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 2017
    Painting (I)

    Movie Director

  10. 2017
    Passing

    Movie Director of Photography

  11. 2017
    The Green Ray

    Movie Editor

  12. 2017
    Sleep Has Her House

    Movie Editor

  13. 2016
    Hinterlands

    Movie Director

  14. 2016
    Closer

    Movie Producer

  15. 2015
    Blue Permanence / Swan Blood

    Movie Sound

  16. 2015
    Hunter

    Movie Himself

More credits
  1. 2015
    The Sadness of the Trees

    Movie Himself

  2. 2015
    Shadows

    Movie Sound Designer

  3. 2015
    Evenfall

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 2015
    Hours

    Movie Himself

  5. 2014
    Ille Lacrimas

    Movie Director

  6. 2014
    Polytechnique

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 2013
    Nightwalk

    Movie Director

  8. 2013
    Irresolute

    Movie Himself

  9. 2013
    Retirement

    Movie Director

  10. 2012
    The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold

    Movie Idea

  11. —
    The Sea Behind Her Head

    Movie Director

  12. —
    The Emerald Fire

    Movie Director

  13. —
    The Flesh

    Movie Director

  14. —
    Within Without Horizon

    Movie Director

  15. —
    Standing at the Ruins

    Movie Special Effects