Scott Barley

Born in 1992 in Cardiff, Wales, he is a filmmaker, artist, and film theorist whose work lies at the intersection of slow cinema, visual poetry, and sound. He studied film and experimental art at the University of Wales and Cardiff Metropolitan University. His films explore darkness, nature, the Anthropocene, and the phenomenology of perception. His 2017 feature debut Sleep Has Her House received the Best Film award at the Fronteira International Documentary & Experimental Film Festival in Brazil. Barley’s films have been screened at festivals and museums worldwide, creating a distinctive space between cinema, meditation, and lyrical essay.

Directing

2012

[ ] The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold (Director)

2013

[ ] Nightwalk (Director)
[ ] Retirement (Director)
[ ] Irresolute (Director)

2014

[ ] Ille Lacrimas (Director)
[ ] Polytechnique (Director)

2015

[ ] Hours (Director)
[ ] Shadows (Director)
[ ] The Sadness of the Trees (Director)
[ ] Hunter (Director)
[ ] Evenfall (Director)
[ ] Blue Permanence / Swan Blood (Director)

2016

[ ] Closer (Director)
[ ] Hinterlands (Director)

2017

[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Director)
[ ] The Green Ray (Director)
[ ] Passing (Director)
[ ] Womb (Director)
[ ] Painting (I) (Director)

2019

[ ] Wind (Director)

2020

[ ] Half Moon (Director)

2025

[ ] A Ladder (Director)

????

[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Director)
[ ] The Emerald Fire (Director)
[ ] The Flesh (Director)
[ ] Within Without Horizon (Director)

Editing

2012

[ ] The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold (Editor)

2013

[ ] Nightwalk (Editor)
[ ] Irresolute (Editor)
[ ] Retirement (Editor)

2014

[ ] Ille Lacrimas (Editor)
[ ] Polytechnique (Editor)

2015

[ ] Shadows (Editor)
[ ] Hunter (Editor)
[ ] Blue Permanence / Swan Blood (Editor)
[ ] The Sadness of the Trees (Editor)
[ ] Evenfall (Editor)
[ ] Hours (Editor)

2016

[ ] Closer (Editor)
[ ] Hinterlands (Editor)

2017

[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Editor)
[ ] The Green Ray (Editor)
[ ] Womb (Editor)
[ ] Passing (Editor)
[ ] Painting (I) (Editor)

2020

[ ] Half Moon (Editor)

2025

[ ] A Ladder (Editor)

????

[ ] The Emerald Fire (Editor)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Editor)

Camera

2012

[ ] The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold (Camera Operator)

2013

[ ] Irresolute (Camera Operator)
[ ] Nightwalk (Camera Operator)
[ ] Nightwalk (Director of Photography)
[ ] Irresolute (Director of Photography)
[ ] Retirement (Camera Operator)
[ ] Retirement (Director of Photography)

2014

[ ] Ille Lacrimas (Camera Operator)
[ ] Polytechnique (Director of Photography)
[ ] Polytechnique (Camera Operator)
[ ] Ille Lacrimas (Director of Photography)

2015

[ ] Shadows (Director of Photography)
[ ] Hunter (Director of Photography)
[ ] Evenfall (Director of Photography)
[ ] Hunter (Camera Operator)
[ ] Blue Permanence / Swan Blood (Director of Photography)
[ ] Blue Permanence / Swan Blood (Camera Operator)
[ ] The Sadness of the Trees (Director of Photography)
[ ] Evenfall (Camera Operator)
[ ] Hours (Camera Operator)

2016

[ ] Hinterlands (Director of Photography)
[ ] Hinterlands (Camera Operator)
[ ] Closer (Camera Operator)
[ ] Closer (Director of Photography)

2017

[ ] Passing (Director of Photography)
[ ] Womb (Director of Photography)
[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Director of Photography)
[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Camera Operator)
[ ] Womb (Camera Operator)
[ ] Passing (Camera Operator)
[ ] The Green Ray (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Green Ray (Camera Operator)
[ ] Painting (I) (Director of Photography)
[ ] Painting (I) (Camera Operator)

2020

[ ] To the Moon (Director of Photography)
[ ] Half Moon (Director of Photography)
[ ] Half Moon (Camera Operator)

2025

[ ] A Ladder (Director of Photography)
[ ] A Ladder (Camera Operator)

????

[ ] The Emerald Fire (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Camera Operator)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Director of Photography)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Drone Cinematographer)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Drone Pilot)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Underwater Camera)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Underwater Director of Photography)

Crew

2012

[ ] The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold (Cinematography)

2013

[ ] Retirement (Cinematography)
[ ] Nightwalk (Cinematography)
[ ] Irresolute (Cinematography)

2014

[ ] Polytechnique (Cinematography)
[ ] Ille Lacrimas (Cinematography)

2015

[ ] Shadows (Script)
[ ] Shadows (Cinematography)
[ ] Hunter (Cinematography)
[ ] Evenfall (Cinematography)
[ ] Blue Permanence / Swan Blood (Cinematography)
[ ] The Sadness of the Trees (Cinematography)
[ ] Hours (Cinematography)

2016

[ ] Closer (Cinematography)
[ ] Hinterlands (Cinematography)
[ ] Hinterlands (Special Effects)
[ ] Closer (Poem)

2017

[ ] The Green Ray (Cinematography)
[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Cinematography)
[ ] Womb (Cinematography)
[ ] Womb (Special Effects)
[ ] Passing (Cinematography)
[ ] Painting (I) (Cinematography)
[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Special Effects)

2020

[ ] Half Moon (Cinematography)

2025

[ ] A Ladder (Cinematography)
[ ] The Occupant of the Room (Special Effects)

????

[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Cinematography)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Special Effects)
[ ] Standing at the Ruins (Cinematography)
[ ] Standing at the Ruins (Special Effects)

Sound

2013

[ ] Nightwalk (Sound Designer)
[ ] Irresolute (Sound)
[ ] Irresolute (Sound Designer)
[ ] Irresolute (Music)
[ ] Nightwalk (Sound)
[ ] Retirement (Sound)
[ ] Retirement (Sound Designer)

2014

[ ] Ille Lacrimas (Sound Designer)

2015

[ ] Shadows (Sound mixer)
[ ] Shadows (Sound Editor)
[ ] Shadows (Sound Designer)
[ ] Hunter (Sound Designer)
[ ] Blue Permanence / Swan Blood (Sound)
[ ] Hunter (Sound)
[ ] Hunter (Music)
[ ] Blue Permanence / Swan Blood (Music)
[ ] Blue Permanence / Swan Blood (Sound Designer)
[ ] The Sadness of the Trees (Music)
[ ] The Sadness of the Trees (Sound)
[ ] The Sadness of the Trees (Sound Designer)

2016

[ ] Hinterlands (Sound Designer)
[ ] Hinterlands (Sound)
[ ] Hinterlands (Music)
[ ] Closer (Sound)
[ ] Closer (Sound Designer)

2017

[ ] The Green Ray (Sound Designer)
[ ] Womb (Sound Designer)
[ ] Womb (Music)
[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Sound)
[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Music)
[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Sound Designer)
[ ] Womb (Sound)
[ ] The Green Ray (Sound)

2020

[ ] Half Moon (Music)
[ ] Half Moon (Sound)
[ ] Half Moon (Sound Designer)

????

[ ] The Emerald Fire (Sound)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Sound)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Sound Designer)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Music)

Writing

2012

[ ] The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold (Idea)

2013

[ ] Retirement (Idea)
[ ] Nightwalk (Idea)
[ ] Irresolute (Idea)

2014

[ ] Polytechnique (Idea)
[ ] Ille Lacrimas (Writer)
[ ] Ille Lacrimas (Idea)

2015

[ ] Shadows (Idea)
[ ] Hunter (Idea)
[ ] Evenfall (Idea)
[ ] The Sadness of the Trees (Idea)

2016

[ ] Hinterlands (Idea)
[ ] Closer (Writer)
[ ] Closer (Idea)

2017

[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Idea)
[ ] Womb (Idea)
[ ] Passing (Idea)
[ ] The Green Ray (Idea)
[ ] Painting (I) (Idea)
[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Writer)

2025

[ ] A Ladder (Idea)

????

[ ] The Emerald Fire (Idea)
[ ] The Emerald Fire (Writer)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Writer)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Idea)

Production

2012

[ ] The Ethereal Melancholy of Seeing Horses in the Cold (Producer)

2013

[ ] Irresolute (Producer)
[ ] Nightwalk (Producer)
[ ] Retirement (Producer)

2014

[ ] Polytechnique (Producer)

2015

[ ] Hunter (Producer)
[ ] Blue Permanence / Swan Blood (Producer)
[ ] The Sadness of the Trees (Producer)
[ ] Hours (Producer)

2016

[ ] Closer (Producer)
[ ] Hinterlands (Producer)

2017

[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Producer)
[ ] Womb (Producer)
[ ] Passing (Producer)
[ ] The Green Ray (Producer)
[ ] Painting (I) (Producer)

2026

[ ] Silent Friend (Production Assistant)
[ ] Silent Friend (Production Consultant)

????

[ ] The Emerald Fire (Producer)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Producer)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Researcher)

Visual Effects

2013

[ ] Nightwalk (Compositing Artist)
[ ] Irresolute (Compositing Artist)
[ ] Retirement (Compositing Artist)

2014

[ ] Polytechnique (Compositing Artist)
[ ] Ille Lacrimas (Compositing Artist)

2015

[ ] Hunter (Compositing Artist)
[ ] The Sadness of the Trees (Compositing Artist)

2016

[ ] Hinterlands (Compositing Artist)
[ ] Closer (Compositing Artist)

2017

[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Compositing Artist)
[ ] Womb (Compositing Artist)
[ ] The Green Ray (Compositing Artist)

2020

[ ] Half Moon (Compositing Artist)

2025

[ ] A Ladder (Compositing Artist)

????

[ ] The Emerald Fire (Compositing Artist)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Compositing Artist)

Art

2016

[ ] Closer (Art Direction)

2017

[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Art Direction)
[ ] Womb (Art Direction)
[ ] Sleep Has Her House (Painter)
[ ] The Green Ray (Art Direction)

2020

[ ] Half Moon (Art Direction)
[ ] Half Moon (Painter)

2025

[ ] A Ladder (Art Direction)

????

[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Art Direction)
[ ] The Sea Behind Her Head (Painter)

Actor

2013

[ ] Irresolute (Himself)

2015

[ ] Hours (Himself)
[ ] Hunter (Himself)
[ ] The Sadness of the Trees (Himself)