Directed credits
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Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Simon Barrett
Writing
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 20
TMDB ID: 83858
IMDb ID: nm1440023
Known for: Writing
Place of birth: Columbia, Missouri, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2004 - 2024
Years active: 21
Average TMDB rating: 5.5
Wikidata: Q18002667
Frequent jobs
Director (1)Writer (13)Executive Producer (2)Producer (2)Screenplay (2)
Biography
Simon Barrett (born 1978) is an American filmmaker and actor. He frequently collaborates with director Adam Wingard. He is best known for writing the films You're Next (2011), The Guest (2014), Blair Witch (2016), Azrael (2024) and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024). He made his feature directorial debut with the film Seance (2021).
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Simon Barrett.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Simon Barrett.
7.0
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Screenplay
2024 Movie
6.6
You're Next
Producer
2013 Movie
6.6
The Guest
Writer
2014 Movie
6.2
V/H/S/2
Writer
2013 Movie
6.1
V/H/S/94
Writer
2021 Movie
6.1
V/H/S
Writer
2012 Movie
6.1
The Last Survivors
as Compound Soldier
2014 Movie
5.9
Azrael
Writer
2024 Movie
5.7
Dead Birds
Writer
2005 Movie
5.6
Frankenfish
Writer
2004 Movie
5.6
Seance
Director
2021 Movie
5.4
Contracted
as BJ
2013 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Simon Barrett.
7.0
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Screenplay
2024 Movie
5.9
Azrael
Writer
2024 Movie
6.6
The Guest
Writer
2014 Movie
6.1
V/H/S
Writer
2012 Movie
6.6
You're Next
Producer
2013 Movie
6.1
V/H/S/94
Writer
2021 Movie
6.2
V/H/S/2
Writer
2013 Movie
5.2
Blair Witch
Writer
2016 Movie
5.4
Contracted
as BJ
2013 Movie
3.9
Temple
Screenplay
2017 Movie
5.6
Frankenfish
Writer
2004 Movie
6.1
The Last Survivors
as Compound Soldier
2014 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Simon Barrett.
5.9
Azrael
Writer
2024 Movie
7.0
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Screenplay
2024 Movie
5.3
Head Count
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
8.5
Heard She Got Murdered
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
6.1
V/H/S/94
Writer
2021 Movie
3.9
Temple
Screenplay
2017 Movie
5.2
Blair Witch
Writer
2016 Movie
6.6
The Guest
Writer
2014 Movie
6.6
You're Next
Producer
2013 Movie
6.2
V/H/S/2
Writer
2013 Movie
5.0
The ABCs of Death
Writer
2013 Movie
6.1
V/H/S
Writer
2012 Movie
2.5
What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape
Writer
2011 Movie
4.1
Autoerotic
Writer
2011 Movie
5.1
A Horrible Way to Die
Writer
2010 Movie
4.3
Red Sands
Writer
2009 Movie
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Simon Barrett.
Generation Terror
as Self
2024 Movie
7.0
Tales of the Uncanny
as Self
2020 Movie
6.0
Neverending Night: The Making of Blair Witch
as Self
2017 Movie
5.4
Always Shine
as Producer #2 (uncredited)
2016 Movie
5.9
Why Horror?
as Self
2014 Movie
5.4
ABCs of Death 2
as Assassin's Employer (segment "A")
2014 Movie
6.1
The Last Survivors
as Compound Soldier
2014 Movie
5.1
All the Light in the Sky
2013 Movie
6.6
You're Next
as Tiger Mask
2013 Movie
4.0
24 Exposures
as Michael Bamfeaux
2013 Movie
5.4
Contracted
as BJ
2013 Movie
6.2
V/H/S/2
as Steve (segment "Tape 49")
2013 Movie