Declan de Barra is an Irish musician, animator and screenwriter, best known for his work in American television. In addition, de Barra's animations have featured in various international film festivals.

Music

Born in Bunmahon, Co. Waterford, Ireland, de Barra emigrated to

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in 1989 and started playing in various bands while studying fine art in Perth, Western Australia. He toured the country for a number of years with his group

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on Dutch label Roadrunner Records. In 1999 he formed the musical group

Clann Zú Clann Zú were an Australian-Irish band that formed in late 1999 in Melbourne. By early 2002 they had relocated to Dublin. The group issued two albums, '' Rua'' (2002) and '' Black Coats & Bandages'' (June 2004), before disbanding in May 2005. ...

featuring various musicians from Melbourne's classical, punk and electronic scenes. Clann Zú released two albums '' Rua'' and ''

Black Coats and Bandages ''Black Coats & Bandages'' is the second full-length album by Irish- Australian band Clann Zú. This album has much sparser instrumentation and less electronic influence than Clann Zú's previous album, '' Rua'', and a heavier use of the Irish l ...

'' on Canadian political label

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. de Barra returned to Ireland in 2002, continuing to perform with Clann Zú on their final tour throughout 2004 in Canada and Australia. In 2005 he released a debut solo album, ''Song of a Thousand Birds'' followed by "A Fire to Scare the Sun" in 2008, and "Fragments Footprints & the Forgotten" in 2011, all on Swedish Label, Black Star Foundation. de Barra creates all the artwork for his records.

Screenwriting

de Barra has worked as a writer for Aardman's ''

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'' and CBBC's ''Funky Fables'' and ''

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''. He transitioned onto more adult content, working on

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's horror series '' The Originals'', a spin-off of ''

The Vampire Diaries ''The Vampire Diaries'' is an American supernatural fiction, supernatural teen drama television series developed by Kevin Williamson (screenwriter), Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, based on the The Vampire Diaries (novel series), book series ...

'', and the

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television series '' Iron Fist''. He wrote episodes of Netflix's ''

The Witcher ''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are bea ...

'', as well as singing on four tracks on the official soundtrack. He is the creator and showrunner on ''The Witcher'' prequel series, '' The Witcher: Blood Origin''.

References

External links

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Declan de Barra animation "An Fiach Dubh" (The Raven)
{{DEFAULTSORT:De Barra, Declan Living people 1971 births 21st-century Irish male singers Irish folk singers Irish musicians Irish male singer-songwriters Irish television writers Irish screenwriters Male television writers Showrunners