Person
Barrett Burgin
Writing · Knoxville, Tennessee
Biography
Theodore Barrett Burgin is an award-winning writer, director, and producer from Southern Appalachia. He is best known for writing and directing several award-winning short films, including The Next Door (2016), The Angel (2024) and A Scout is Kind (2024), and Java Jive (2025), as well as selling his student feature film CRYO (2022) to Saban Films. Noted for his special interests in religious identity, myth, and cultural representation, his films often incorporate elements of his Mormon upbringing. His work is studied in collegiate courses.
Known for
Java Jive
Writer
A Scout is Kind
Director
The Angel
Director
Cryo
Director
That Hideous Place
Producer
Keeper
Director
Out of the Ground
Director
The Next Door
Director
Father of Man
Director
Filmography
- 2025Java JiveWriter
- 2024A Scout is KindDirector
- 2024The AngelDirector
- 2024That Hideous PlaceProducer
- 2022CryoDirector
- 2019Father of ManDirector
- 2018Out of the GroundDirector
- 2018KeeperDirector
- 2016The Next DoorDirector
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