Barnaby Blackburn
Directing
Biography
Barnaby Blackburn is a British writer/director living and working between London and Los Angeles. His debut short film Wale was nominated for a BAFTA and shortlisted for the Academy Awards. His second short Dad Was was shortlisted for a BAFTA in 2021. In 2023 he completed his third short Pylon. Currently, he is developing Help Yourself, his debut feature film, with Ken Loach’s Sixteen Films.
Known For
An 18 year old youth offender is trying to get his own business going as a mechanic. But enterprise isn't so easy when you're a young, black male with a criminal past. And it doesn't get any easier when you're framed by one of your new clients for a harrowing crime.
Wale
A field. A gang. A gun. A frightened boy. His brave sister. Their determined mother. And a towering steel obelisk overseeing it all. 'Pylon' is about fractious family relationships, the horrors siblings subject each other to and the indelible marks they leave.
Pylon
An eight-year-old boy must give the eulogy at his father's funeral.