Gerard Barrett

Biography

Gerard Barrett is an Irish filmmaker. He came to prominence when he won the Rising Star Award at the 10th Irish Film & Television Awards for his debut, Pilgrim Hill. His follow-up Glasslandstarred Jack Reynor as a young man who tries to help his mother (Toni Collette). In 2015, Barrett filmed Brain on Fire based on the book of the same name, starring Chloë Grace Moretz in New York City and Canada. His television mini-series Smalltown was screened in Ireland in September 2016. In 2017, his movie, Limbo, premiered at the 29th Galway Film Fleadh, and his hour-long drama Honey was sold to FX. B…