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- Writing
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- Place of Birth
- Columbia, Missouri, USA
Simon Barrett
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).
Filmography
movieOnslaught
2026 · Producer, Story, Screenplay
movieGeneration Terror
2024 · Self
movieAzrael
2024 · Writer, Producer, Second Unit Director
movieGodzilla x Kong: The New Empire
2024 · Story, Screenplay
movieHead Count
2023 · Executive Producer
movieHeard She Got Murdered
2023 · Executive Producer
movieV/H/S/94
2021 · Writer, Director
Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution
movieOutside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution
2021 · Self
movieSeance
2021 · Screenplay, Director
movieTales of the Uncanny
2020 · Self
movieTemple
2017 · Screenplay
The Day That Broke
movieThe Day That Broke
2017 · Supporting Artist
movieNeverending Night: The Making of Blair Witch
2017 · Self
movieAlways Shine
2016 · Producer #2 (uncredited)
movieBlair Witch
2016 · Writer, Co-Producer
movieWhy Horror?
2014 · Self
movieABCs of Death 2
2014 · Assassin's Employer (segment "A")
movieThe Guest
2014 · Writer, Executive Producer
movieThe Last Survivors
2014 · Compound Soldier
movieAll the Light in the Sky
2013
movieYou're Next
2013 · Tiger Mask, Writer, Producer
movie24 Exposures
2013 · Michael Bamfeaux
movieContracted
2013 · BJ
movieV/H/S/2
2013 · Steve (segment "Tape 49"), Executive Producer, Director, Writer, Set Photographer
movieThe ABCs of Death
2013 · Simon (segment "Q is for Quack), Writer
movieV/H/S
2012 · Steve (segment "Tape 56"), Writer, Camera Operator, Producer
movieWhat Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date Rape
2011 · Writer
movieAutoerotic
2011 · Writer
movieA Horrible Way to Die
2010 · Olsen, Writer, Producer, Casting, Post Production Supervisor, Location Manager, Music Supervisor, First Assistant Director
movieRed Sands
2009 · Matt Carson, Writer, Co-Producer
movieDead Birds
2005 · Writer, Co-Producer
movieFrankenfish
2004 · Writer
The Nothing Deal
movieThe Nothing Deal
2000 · Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay
Face/Off 2
movieFace/Off 2
— · Screenplay
I Saw the Devil
movieI Saw the Devil
— · Screenplay