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Home/People/Simon Barrett
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Place of Birth
Columbia, Missouri, USA
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

18
Movies
0
TV Shows
4
Directed
IMDb Profile

Simon Barrett

Writing

Biography
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).
Generation Terror poster

Generation Terror

as Self
2024
Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution poster

Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution

as Self
2021
Tales of the Uncanny poster

Tales of the Uncanny

as Self
2020
The Day That Broke poster

The Day That Broke

as Supporting Artist
2017
Neverending Night: The Making of Blair Witch poster

Neverending Night: The Making of Blair Witch

as Self
2017
Always Shine poster

Always Shine

as Producer #2 (uncredited)
2016
Why Horror? poster

Why Horror?

as Self
2014
ABCs of Death 2 poster

ABCs of Death 2

as Assassin's Employer (segment "A")
2014
The Last Survivors poster

The Last Survivors

as Compound Soldier
2014
All the Light in the Sky poster

All the Light in the Sky

Cast
2013
You're Next poster

You're Next

as Tiger Mask
2013
24 Exposures poster

24 Exposures

as Michael Bamfeaux
2013
Contracted poster

Contracted

as BJ
2013
V/H/S/2 poster

V/H/S/2

as Steve (segment "Tape 49")
2013
The ABCs of Death poster

The ABCs of Death

as Simon (segment "Q is for Quack)
2013
V/H/S poster

V/H/S

as Steve (segment "Tape 56")
2012
A Horrible Way to Die poster

A Horrible Way to Die

as Olsen
2010
Red Sands poster

Red Sands

as Matt Carson
2009