Directing
Community Rating
7.1
TMDB estimate
Born
November 11, 1992 (age 33)
Born in
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 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.

The Sea Behind Her Head
as Director, Producer, Camera Operator, Sound, Sound Designer, Music, Editor, Cinematography, Director of Photography, Writer, Idea, Compositing Artist, Drone Cinematographer, Drone Pilot, Art Direction, Painter, Special Effects, Researcher, Underwater Camera, Underwater Director of Photography
TBA

The Emerald Fire
as Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Sound, Editor, Idea, Writer, Compositing Artist
TBA

The Flesh
as Director
TBA

Within Without Horizon
as Director
TBA
Standing at the Ruins
as Cinematography, Special Effects
TBA

Silent Friend
as Production Assistant, Production Consultant, Thanks
2026

The Occupant of the Room
as Special Effects
2025

A Ladder
as Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Cinematography, Art Direction, Camera Operator, Compositing Artist, Idea
2025

Half Moon
as Director, Cinematography, Sound, Editor, Music, Director of Photography, Art Direction, Compositing Artist, Camera Operator, Sound Designer, Painter
2020

To the Moon
as Director of Photography
2020

Wind
as Director
2019

Womb
as Director, Director of Photography, Sound Designer, Music, Editor, Camera Operator, Cinematography, Art Direction, Producer, Sound, Compositing Artist, Special Effects, Idea
2017
Painting (I)
as Director, Director of Photography, Cinematography, Producer, Editor, Idea, Camera Operator
2017

Passing
as Director of Photography, Director, Cinematography, Camera Operator, Editor, Producer, Idea
2017

The Green Ray
as Director, Cinematography, Sound Designer, Editor, Sound, Compositing Artist, Art Direction, Producer, Director of Photography, Camera Operator, Idea
2017

Sleep Has Her House
as Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography, Idea, Sound, Cinematography, Music, Compositing Artist, Sound Designer, Camera Operator, Art Direction, Painter, Special Effects, Writer
2017

Hinterlands
as Director, Cinematography, Sound Designer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Sound, Music, Idea, Special Effects, Compositing Artist, Camera Operator
2016

Closer
as Director, Cinematography, Producer, Editor, Writer, Compositing Artist, Camera Operator, Sound, Sound Designer, Art Direction, Poem, Idea, Director of Photography
2016

Blue Permanence / Swan Blood
as Director, Editor, Sound, Cinematography, Producer, Music, Sound Designer, Director of Photography, Camera Operator
2015

Hunter
as Himself, Director of Photography, Cinematography, Editor, Sound Designer, Director, Idea, Producer, Sound, Music, Compositing Artist, Camera Operator
2015