Alex Barrett
Writer
Director,
Editor.
About Me:
Website:
alexbarrett.net
Where I work: I am an individual working from home
Technical Skills: Editing: I am experienced in the use of Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, AVID DV Express, AVID DS (I am AVID DS 101 certified), Adobe After Effects, Adobe Prelude, Adobe Media Encoder, Adobe Speed Grade, Steenbeck editing platforms and linear analogue VHS suites. I also have advanced skills in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe DVD Encore, DVD Studio Pro and Microsoft Office. Cinematography: I have shot films on 8mm, 16mm, HD, HDV, BetaSP, D9, MiniDV, VHS and Hi8.
My Work and Credits:
Great and Small (2007)
About:
A man tries to pray, but is irritated by a fly. He ends up killing the fly on the picture of Jesus of he is praying to. Shown at nine festivals, including Anonimul International Independent Film Festival 2007 and Wood Green International Short Film Festival 2008. Winner Best Short Form Furzedown Film Festival 2008, Winner Best Film Urban Forest Pictures Screening June 2009 and Runner Up Insight Film Festival 2007.
Andrew (2007)
Canbury (2008)
Paintbrush (2008)
Paintbrush: The Epitaph (2009)
Life Just Is (2012)
London Symphony (2017)
Photos:
Fun stuff:
Directors I love:
Carl Th. Dreyer, Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Bela Tarr, Martin Scorsese, Michelangelo Antonioni, Andrei Tarkovsky, Richard Linklater, Steven Soderbergh, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Guillermo del Toro, Robert Bresson, Jean Cocteau, Wong Kar-wai, Roberto Rossellini, Akira Kurosawa, Georges Melies, Jan Svankmajer, Tim Burton, Sergei Eisenstein, etc. I've missed a lot of people off and this doesn't even begin to cover it all, but you get the idea!
Writers I Respect:
Borges, Kazantzakis, Camus, Calvino, Thackeray, Alan Moore, Brian Michael Bendis.