Simon Barrett (filmmaker)

Simon Barrett
Born	1978/1979 (age 44–45) Columbia, Missouri, US
Occupation	Actor, producer, screenwriter
Years active	2000–present

Simon Barrett (born 1978 or 1979) is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter known for his collaborations with Adam Wingard, including A Horrible Way to Die, V/H/S, V/H/S/2, You're Next, and The Guest. He is associated with the mumblegore movement and has worked with director Joe Swanberg several times.

Personal life

Barrett was born in Columbia, Missouri, in 1978 or 1979.

Career

Barrett has performed a number of roles in his films. He attributes this to the low budgets of his early films, in which he and frequent collaborator Adam Wingard were forced to act, as they could not afford to hire anyone else. Barrett credits his acting as informing his screenwriting. Although he said in October 2014 that he is too busy writing to direct, Barrett does not discount directing more projects in the future.

Among his early work was writing the 2004 TV film Frankenfish, and collaborating with director Alex Turner as writer on Dead Birds (2004) and Red Sands (2009), period horror films. He first collaborated with Wingard on A Horrible Way to Die (2010) and continued with You're Next, in which he wrote, produced, and acted. He co-wrote Autoerotic (2011) with co-directors Wingard and Joe Swanberg. The three collaborated again the same year on What Fun We Were Having.

In 2012, he wrote a segment in The ABCs of Death for Wingard and joined V/H/S as a writer, producer, and actor; he returned to the 2013 sequel to write and direct a segment. Eric England cast Barrett in Contracted (2013) after meeting him and being impressed with his ability to blend into crowds despite his charisma. Swanberg cast Barrett and Wingard in 24 Exposures (2013) after being inspired by their working relationship and differing personalities. Also in 2013, Barrett wrote and directed a radio play for Larry Fessenden's Tales from Beyond the Pale. The Guest (2014) was another collaboration between Wingard and Barrett. They said the thriller opened up additional doors to them, as they had previously been stereotyped as horror filmmakers.

In 2014, he was attached to a remake of the Korean thriller I Saw The Devil, and in 2015, he was reported to be writing The Woods, both of which are to be directed by Wingard.

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Role	Notes
2004	Dead Birds	No	Yes	co-producer	N/A
	Frankenfish	No	Yes	No	N/A	TV film
2009	Red Sands	No	Yes	co-producer	Matt Carson
2010	A Horrible Way to Die	No	Yes	Yes	Olsen
2011	You're Next	No	Yes	Yes	Lamb Mask
	Autoerotic	No	Yes	No	N/A
	What Fun We Were Having	No	Yes	No	N/A
2012	V/H/S	No	Yes	Yes	Steve	Segment Tape 56
	The ABCs of Death	No	Yes	No	N/A	segment Q is for Quack
2013	V/H/S/2	Yes	Yes	executive	Steve	Segment Tape 49
	Contracted	No	No	No	B. J.
	24 Exposures	No	No	No	Michael Bamfeaux
2014	The Guest	No	Yes	executive	N/A
2016	The Woods	No	Yes	No	N/A

External links

• Simon Barrett at the Internet Movie Database