Person
Dan Barnett
Directing
Biography
Daniel Barnett studied analytic philosophy with K.J. Shah who was a student of Ludwig Wittgenstein's. He has been making films continuously since 1967. He was union-trained as an editor, has worked professionally as director of photography, sound recordist, sound and picture editor, producer, writer and most recently Executive Producer for Educational Projects at bePictures, Inc. in San Rafael CA. He has taught film production and film theory at SUNY Binghamton, Mass College of Art, UMASS, Boston, The San Francisco Art Institute and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is the author of the book 'Movement as Meaning in Experimental Film' published by Editions Rodopi, Amsterdam & NY in 2008. He has produced hundreds of film experiments and experimental films, won a National Endowment for the Arts grant as well as many other regional grants and awards. His films are in collections in New Zealand, Australia and France.
Known for

The Red Sea Diving Resort
German Tour Guide

Planet of the Sharks
Moffat

White Heart
Director
Departure
1991

Deep Purple: Perihelion - Live in Florida
Producer

The Steel Chickn
Sound

The Ogre
Director
Untoward Ends
Director

An Eye for an Eye
2nd Attacker (voice)

Water Wheel
Director
Filmography
- 2021Either Or NeitherDirector
- 2021A Full LifeDirector
- 2020Substance Without ScienceDirector
- 2019Science Without SubstanceDirector
- 2019The Red Sea Diving ResortGerman Tour Guide
- 2019Portraits and Glimpses of Life in BurmaSound
- 2019A Ride in the CountryDirector
- 2018Water WheelDirector
- 2016Planet of the SharksMoffat
- 2016I Walk In This GardenDirector
- 2004An Eye for an Eye2nd Attacker (voice)
- 2003An AnagramDirector
- 2002Deep Purple: Perihelion - Live in FloridaProducer
- 1991Departure
- 1990EndlessDirector
- 1981Dead End, Dead EndDirector
- 1981Morning Procession In YangchowDirector
- 1979Popular SongsDirector
- 1978The Chinese TypewriterDirector
- 1975White HeartDirector
- 1974Pull Out/FalloutDirector
- 1971Untoward EndsDirector
- 1970The Steel ChicknSound
- 1970The OgreDirector
- 1968The Burning TreeDirector
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