Shirley Barrett
Australian film director and screenwriter · Australia · On the map · Directors · Lived 1961 to 2022 · aged 61
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.
Shirley Barrett is read about 9 times a day, in 7 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 23 September 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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Love ChildSeries, Director2013
Mr & Mrs MurderSeries, Director2010
Before the RainFilm, Writer
South SolitaryFilm, 2010Director, Writer2000
Walk the TalkFilm, Director, Writer1996Caméra d'OrAward
Love SerenadeFilm, 1996Director, Writer1994
Heartbreak HighSeries, Director1991
Police RescueSeries, Director1988
CherithFilm, Director, Writer1961BornPeople around Shirley
Close ties
Miranda Otto Shirley directed Love Serenade (1996)- Jan Chapman Produced Love Serenade and Walk the Talk
Rose Byrne Shirley directed Heartbreak High
Simon Baker Shirley directed Heartbreak High
Jason Clarke Shirley directed Heartbreak High
Marton Csokas Shirley directed South Solitary (2010)
Callan Mulvey Shirley directed Heartbreak High
Alex Dimitriades Shirley directed Heartbreak High
Firass Dirani Shirley directed House Husbands
Peter Phelps Shirley directed Heartbreak High
Lara Cox Shirley directed Heartbreak High
Ada Nicodemou Shirley directed Heartbreak High
Rachael Blake Shirley directed Heartbreak High
Chris Haywood Shirley directed Boys from the Bush
Emile Sherman Produced South Solitary (2010)
Abi Tucker Shirley directed Heartbreak High
Ernie Dingo Shirley directed Heartbreak High
Anna McGahan Shirley directed House Husbands
Gary Sweet Shirley directed House Husbands
Nadine Garner Shirley directed Boys from the Bush
Tim Healy Shirley directed Boys from the Bush- Sarah Radclyffe Produced South Solitary (2010)
Filmography 5
13 credits on file
Television 4
Awards
About this person
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.
