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Simon Barrett

Writing

Simon Barrett

EN cinema · 35 credits

Born

29 July 1978 (age 48)

Birthplace

Columbia, Missouri, USA

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).

Known for

Filmography

Face/Off 2

Face/Off 2

ENNot rated

Screenplay

I Saw the Devil

I Saw the Devil

ENNot rated

Screenplay

Onslaught poster

Onslaught

EN · 20265.6

Producer, Story, Screenplay

Generation Terror poster

Generation Terror

EN · 2024Not rated

as Self

Azrael poster

Azrael

EN · 20245.8

Writer, Producer, Second Unit Director

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire poster

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

EN · 20247.0

Screenplay, Story

Heard She Got Murdered poster

Heard She Got Murdered

EN · 20238.5

Executive Producer

Head Count poster

Head Count

EN · 20235.1

Executive Producer

Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution

2021

Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution

EN · 2021Not rated

as Self

V/H/S/94 poster

V/H/S/94

EN · 20216.1

Writer, Director

Seance poster

Seance

EN · 20215.6

Director, Screenplay

Tales of the Uncanny poster

Tales of the Uncanny

EN · 20207.0

as Self

Neverending Night: The Making of Blair Witch poster

Neverending Night: The Making of Blair Witch

EN · 20176.0

as Self

The Day That Broke

2017

The Day That Broke

EN · 2017Not rated

as Supporting Artist

Temple poster

Temple

EN · 20173.9

Screenplay

Always Shine poster

Always Shine

EN · 20165.4

as Producer #2 (uncredited)

Blair Witch poster

Blair Witch

EN · 20165.2

Writer, Co-Producer

The Last Survivors poster

The Last Survivors

EN · 20146.1

as Compound Soldier

ABCs of Death 2 poster

ABCs of Death 2

EN · 20145.4

as Assassin's Employer (segment "A")

Why Horror? poster

Why Horror?

EN · 20145.9

as Self

The Guest poster

The Guest

EN · 20146.6

Writer, Executive Producer

You're Next poster

You're Next

EN · 20136.6

as Tiger Mask, Producer, Writer

All the Light in the Sky poster

All the Light in the Sky

EN · 20135.0

Actor

Contracted poster

Contracted

EN · 20135.3

as BJ

24 Exposures poster

24 Exposures

EN · 20134.0

as Michael Bamfeaux

The ABCs of Death poster

The ABCs of Death

EN · 20134.9

as Simon (segment "Q is for Quack), Writer

V/H/S/2 poster

V/H/S/2

EN · 20136.2

as Steve (segment "Tape 49"), Writer, Executive Producer, Director, Set Photographer

V/H/S poster

V/H/S

EN · 20126.1

as Steve (segment "Tape 56"), Writer, Camera Operator, Producer

Autoerotic poster

Autoerotic

EN · 20114.1

Writer

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape poster

What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape

EN · 20113.0

Writer

A Horrible Way to Die poster

A Horrible Way to Die

EN · 20105.0

as Olsen, Writer, Producer, First Assistant Director, Casting, Music Supervisor, Post Production Supervisor, Location Manager

Red Sands poster

Red Sands

EN · 20094.3

as Matt Carson, Writer, Co-Producer

Dead Birds poster

Dead Birds

EN · 20055.7

Writer, Co-Producer

Frankenfish poster

Frankenfish

EN · 20045.6

Writer

The Nothing Deal

2000

The Nothing Deal

EN · 20007.0

Producer, Editor, Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography