Scott Barley
Born
11 November 1992 (33)
Place of Birth
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Also known as
Scott W. Barley, Scott William Barley
Biography
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...
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.
Filmography (26)
A Ladder
2025
Half Moon
2020
Wind
2019
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Womb
2017
Painting (I)
2017
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Passing
2017
The Green Ray
2017
Sleep Has Her House
2017
Hinterlands
2016
Closer
2016
Blue Permanence / Swan Blood
2015
Hunter
2015
The Sadness of the Trees
2015
Shadows
2015
Evenfall
2015
Hours
2015
Ille Lacrimas
2014
Polytechnique
2014
Nightwalk
2013
Irresolute
2013
Retirement
2013
The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold
2012
The Sea Behind Her Head
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The Emerald Fire
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The Flesh
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Within Without Horizon
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