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Clio Barnard

British film director · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Born 1965 · age 61

Clio Barnard is a British director of documentary and feature films. She won widespread critical acclaim and multiple awards for her debut, The Arbor, an experimental documentary about Bradford playwright Andrea Dunbar.

Clio Barnard is read about 48 times a day, in 7 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 22 August 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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2026I See Buildings Fall Like LightningFilm, Director, Producer2022The Essex SerpentSeries, Director, WriterAli & AvaFilm, 2022Director, Writer2017Dark RiverFilm, Director, Writer2013The Selfish GiantFilm, Director, Writer2010Sutherland TrophyAwardThe ArborFilm, 2010Director2006Dark GlassFilm, Director2004Road RaceFilm, Director1999Random Acts of IntimacyFilm, Director1997HeadcaseFilm, Director1995Hermaphrodite BikiniFilm, Director1991BedlamFilm, Director1965Born1 January 1965

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  • The Selfish Giant 2013
  • Ali & Ava 2022
  • Dark River 2017

Filmography 11

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Television 1

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Awards

Sutherland Trophy2010

About this person

In 2013 she was hailed as a significant new voice in British cinema for her film The Selfish Giant, which premiered in the Director's Fortnight section of the Cannes Film Festival.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
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Born 1965 · age 61

In the same film or series as Clio

Sara StockbridgeAlso in Random Acts of Intimacy (1999)Steve EvetsAlso in The Selfish Giant (2013)Kulvinder GhirAlso in The Arbor (2010)Ellora TorchiaAlso in Ali & Ava (2022)Jay LycurgoAlso in I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning (2026)Robin WeaverAlso in Dark Glass (2006)