Gerard Barrett is an Irish filmmaker. He came to prominence when he won the Rising Star Award at the

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for his debut, '' Pilgrim Hill''. His follow-up '' Glassland'' starred Jack Reynor as a young man who tries to help his mother (

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). In 2015, Barrett filmed '' Brain on Fire'' based on the book of the same name, starring

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and

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. His television mini-series ''Smalltown'' was screened in Ireland in September 2016. In 2017, his movie, ''Limbo'' premiered at the 29th Galway Film Fleadh, and his hour-long drama, ''Honey'', was sold to FX. Barrett attended St Michael's College, Listowel. A graduate of Tralee IT, where he studied Film, TV and Media. He was married on 2 January 2016.

Filmography

* ''

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'' (2009) * '' Pilgrim Hill'' (2013) * '' Glassland'' (2014) * '' Brain on Fire'' (2015)

Television

* '' Smalltown'' (2016) * '' Limbo'' (2017)

Awards

- Winner: Rising Star Award, for '' Pilgrim Hill'' (2013) * International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Camera - Winner: Making Way Award, for '' Glassland'' (2014)

References

1987 births Living people Irish film directors People educated at St Michael's College, Listowel Alumni of Institute of Technology, Tralee People from Listowel {{Ireland-film-director-stub