Scott Barley

Directing·Nov 11, 1992·Cardiff, Wales, UK

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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.

Film	Credit
A Ladder2025 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Half Moon2020 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
To the Moon2020 · Director of Photography	Director of Photography
Wind2019 · Director	Director
Womb2017 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Director of Photography, Producer
PPainting (I)2017 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Passing2017 · Director of Photography, Director, Producer	Director of Photography, Director, Producer
The Green Ray2017 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Sleep Has Her House2017 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer
Hinterlands2016 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Closer2016 · Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Writer, Director of Photography
Blue Permanence / Swan Blood2015 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Hunter2015 · Himself, Director of Photography, Director, Producer	Himself, Director of Photography, Director, Producer
The Sadness of the Trees2015 · Himself, Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Himself, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Shadows2015 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Evenfall2015 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
Hours2015 · Himself, Director, Producer	Himself, Director, Producer
Ille Lacrimas2014 · Director, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Director of Photography, Writer
Polytechnique2014 · Director of Photography, Director, Producer	Director of Photography, Director, Producer
Nightwalk2013 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Irresolute2013 · Himself, Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Himself, Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Retirement2013 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Director of Photography
The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold2012 · Director of Photography, Director, Producer	Director of Photography, Director, Producer
The Sea Behind Her HeadDirector, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer
The Emerald FireDirector, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer	Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Writer
The FleshDirector	Director
Within Without HorizonDirector	Director