Person

Matthew Barney

Directing · Born 1967-03-25 · San Francisco

Biography

Matthew Barney was born in San Francisco in 1967; at age six, he moved to Idaho with his family. After his parents divorced, Barney continued to live with his father in Idaho, playing football on his high school team, and visiting his mother in New York City, where he was introduced to art and museums. This intermingling of sports and art informs his work as a sculptor and filmmaker. After graduating from Yale in 1991, Barney entered the art world to almost instant controversy and success.

Known for

Filmography

2024DRAWING RESTRAINT 28Director
2024DRAWING RESTRAINT 26Director
2023SecondaryKen Stabler
2022CatasterismDirector
2019RedoubtEngraver
2017Union of the NorthWriter
2015Drawing Restraint 23Director
2014River of FundamentThe Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers
2010Drawing Restraint 17
2009Blood of TwoDirector
2006Matthew Barney: No RestraintSelf
2006DestrictedDirector
2006HoistWriter
2006DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of SurrenderDouglas MacArthur
2006Drawing Restraint 9Occidental Guest
2004The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew BarneyHimself
2004Skinned DeepThanks
2003The Cremaster Cycle
2002Cremaster 3The Entered Apprentice
2002The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster CycleHimself
1999Cremaster 2Gary Gilmore
1997Cremaster 5Diva / Giant / Magician
1997Drawing Restraint 7Director
1996Cremaster 1Writer
1995Cremaster 4The Loughton Candidate
1995Matthew Barney: Creating StoriesHimself
1991Blind PerineumHimself
1991Radial DrillDirector
1991Mile High Threshold: Flight with the Anal Sadistic Warrior
1991Delay of GameDirector
1988ScabactionDirector
1988DRAWING RESTRAINT 2Director
—RedoubtEngraver

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