Gerard Barrett
Writing
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. Barrett attended St Michael's College, Listowel. A graduate of Tralee IT, where he studied Film, TV and Media. He was married on 2 January 2016. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gerard Barrett (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Susannah Cahalan, an up-and-coming journalist at the New York Post becomes plagued by voices in her head and seizures, causing a rapid descent into insanity.
Brain on Fire
In a desperate attempt to reunite his broken family, a young taxi driver becomes entangled in the criminal underworld.
Glassland
A middle-aged bachelor farmer living in rural Ireland has to deal with isolation and loneliness.