
Simon Barrett
Department: Writing
Biography
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).
Known For

Always Shine
2016

Neverending Night: The Making of Blair Witch
2017

You're Next
2013

All the Light in the Sky
2013

Contracted
2013

24 Exposures
2013

Generation Terror
2024

A Horrible Way to Die
2010

V/H/S
2012

The ABCs of Death
2013

The Last Survivors
2014

ABCs of Death 2
2014

Red Sands
2009

The Day That Broke
2017

Why Horror?
2014

V/H/S/2
2013

Tales of the Uncanny
2020

Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop Revolution
2021