Director
Scott Barley
33 years · Cardiff, Wales, UK · 26 films
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.
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Filmography 22
A Ladder
2025 · Director, Cinematography
Half Moon
2020 · Director, Editor
To the Moon
2020 · Cinematography
Wind
2019 · Director
Womb
2017 · Director, Cinematography
Passing
2017 · Cinematography, Director
The Green Ray
2017 · Director, Editor
Sleep Has Her House
2017 · Director, Editor
Hinterlands
2016 · Director, Editor
Closer
2016 · Director, Producer
Blue Permanence / Swan Blood
2015 · Director, Editor
Hunter
2015 · Himself, Cinematography
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The Sadness of the Trees
2015 · Himself, Director
Shadows
2015 · Director, Editor
Evenfall
2015 · Cinematography, Director
Hours
2015 · Himself, Director
Ille Lacrimas
2014 · Director, Editor
Polytechnique
2014 · Cinematography, Director
Nightwalk
2013 · Director, Editor
Irresolute
2013 · Himself, Director
Retirement
2013 · Director, Producer
The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold
2012 · Cinematography, Director