Clive Barker

English author, film director, and visual artist (74 years) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Born 1952 · age 74

Clive Barker is a British writer, filmmaker, and visual artist. He came to prominence in the 1980s with a series of short stories collectively named the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror author. His work has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser series and the Candyman series.

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2026World Fantasy Award for Life AchievementAward2012Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime AchievementAward2009Time Machine AwardAward2004Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young ReadersAwardGLAAD Davidson/Valentini AwardAward2002“Three is the number of those who do holy work; / Two is the number of those who do lover's work; / One is the number of those who do perfect evil / Or perfect good.”In their wordsNotes of an unknown monk of the Order of St. Oco.Read the whole statement

1998Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign NovelAward1997Julia-Verlanger AwardAward1995“The monsters act out our rage. They act on their worst impulses, which is appealing to a certain part of us.”In their words21 February 1995The AdvocateRead the whole statement

“I was a weird little kid. I was very irritable, bored, frustrated. I felt my imagination bubbling inside my head without having any way to express itself.”In their wordsGigaplex's interview, 1995Read the whole statement

“Movies are much more fascist than books. They tell you what to feel, when to feel it. Popular movies manipulate you.”In their words"Clive Barker: Love, Death, & the Whole Damned Thing", Locus (1995)Read the whole statement

“Writing a book is like masturbation, and making a movie is like an orgy.”In their wordsGigaplex's interview, 1995Read the whole statement

World Horror Convention Grand Master AwardAward1991“One of the reasons why I don't get on with most fantasy writing - enchanted sword fantasy writing - is because I think it's emotionally untrue.”In their wordsMarch 1991Writer's Digest, March 1991Read the whole statement

Inkpot AwardAward1990Cosmos 2000 AwardAward1986British Fantasy Award for Best Short FictionAward1985British Fantasy Award for Best Short FictionAwardWorld Fantasy Award for Best CollectionAward1952Born5 October 1952

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Flesh is our indisputable commonality. Whatever our race, our religion, our politics we are faced every morning with the fact of our bodies.
1997 · Introduction to "One Flesh" exhibition, April 4-27, 1997, Own words
By and large, horror fiction is the most difficult to domesticate because part of the point is that it's one step ahead - or behind - everybody else's taste.
21 February 1995 · The Advocate, Own words
I've held a brain in my hands, which is an extraordinary experience.
1995 · Gigaplex's interview, 1995, Own words

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Awards

World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement2026

Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement2012

Time Machine Award2009

Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers2004

GLAAD Davidson/Valentini Award2004

Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel1998

Julia-Verlanger Award1997

World Horror Convention Grand Master Award1995

Inkpot Award1991

Cosmos 2000 Award1990

British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1986

British Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction1985

World Fantasy Award for Best Collection1985

Lambda Literary Award

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United Kingdom

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In the same film or series as Clive

Ian McKellenAlso in Gods and Monsters (1998)

Paloma FaithAlso in Dread (2009)

Bradley CooperAlso in The Midnight Meat Train (2008)

Stan WinstonAlso in Fangoria: Blood Drive (2004)

Seth MacFarlaneAlso in Books of Blood (2020)