# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shirley-barrett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:16:05.820Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shirley-barrett"
name: "Shirley Barrett"
slug: "shirley-barrett"
description: "Shirley Barrett was an Australian film director, screenwriter, and novelist. Initially Barrett was a singer in the band Fruit Pastilles from 1981-83. After ending her time in the band, Barrett went on to write for films. Her first film Love Serenade won the Caméra d'Or at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. She wrote and directed two other feature films Walk the Talk (2000) and South Solitary (2010). Barrett's script for South Solitary was awarded multiple prizes, including the Queensland Premier's Prize and the West Australian Premier's Prize. Her first novel Rush Oh! (2016) was shortlisted for the 2016 Indie Awards for Debut Fiction and the 2016 Nita May Dobbie Award, and long-listed for the 2016 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Her second novel The Bus on Thursday was released in 2018."
tagline: "Australian film director and screenwriter"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/zoaHhMnipL86VIkrZc4UBuqTU87.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1961"
deathDate: "2022-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.03
  momentum:             1.380753138075314
  historical:           6.809792
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0057284/"
    handle:    "nm0057284"
sources:
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    title: "Shirley Barrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "شيرلي باريت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "شيرلى باريت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Barrett"
    title: "Shirley Barrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "شرلی برت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Barrett"
    title: "Shirley Barrett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%B9"
    title: "شرلی بیریٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7498695"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/181826"
    title: "Shirley Barrett"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump