Rebecca Barry

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Rebecca Barry is a film and television director and producer. [1] [2] [3] In 2012, she co-founded the independent production company Media Stockade with Madeleine Hetherton-Miau. [4] [5]

Barry graduated from the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) in 2003. [6] [7]

Her first feature film I Am A Girl (2013) was nominated for 4 AACTA awards including Best Direction in a Documentary and Best Direction in a Documentary Feature at the Australian Directors' Guild Awards. [8] Barry was awarded the June Andrews Award for Women's Leadership in Media 2020 [9] for Power Meri (2018). [10]

Filmography

CreditGenreProductionYear
Producer [11] Documentary SeriesBack to Nature2021
Producer [12] Documentary SeriesDebi Marshall Investigates: Frozen Lies2019
Producer [13] DocumentaryChina Love2018
Producer [14] DocumentaryPower Meri2018
Producer [15] DocumentaryDisaster Capitalism2018
Producer [16] Documentary SeriesThe Surgery Ship2017
Producer [17] DocumentaryThe Opposition2016
Producer [18] DocumentaryThe Surgery Ship2015
Producer [19] Documentary ShortPsychics in the Suburbs2015
Producer [20] DocumentaryCall Me Dad2015
Producer and Director [21] DocumentaryI Am A Girl2013
Producer [22] Reality TVUndercover Boss Australia2010
Director [23] Documentary SeriesLush House2009
Director [24] DramaHome and Away2008
Director [25] Documentary SeriesInspiring Teachers2008
Director [26] DocumentaryFooty Chicks2006
Director [27] DocumentaryBeats Across Boarders2005
Director [28] DramaThe Surgeon2005
Producer [29] Documentary ShortA Modern Marriage2003
Director [30] DocumentaryYou Am I: The Cream & the Crock2003
Director [31] DocumentaryThe Space in Between2002
Director [32] DocumentaryThe McDonagh Sisters2003
Director [33] Documentary SeriesOverture2003

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