Person

Simon Barrett

Writing · Columbia, Missouri, USA

Simon Barrett (born 1978) is an American filmmaker and actor. He frequently collaborates with director Adam Wingard. He is best known for writing the films You're Next (2011), The Guest (2014), Blair Witch (2016), Azrael (2024) and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024). He made his feature directorial debut with the film Seance (2021).

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  Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire

  Story

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  You're Next

  Tiger Mask

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  The Guest

  Writer

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  Azrael

  Writer

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  V/H/S/94

  Writer

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  V/H/S

  Steve (segment "Tape 56")

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  V/H/S/2

  Steve (segment "Tape 49")

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  Blair Witch

  Writer

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  The ABCs of Death

  Simon (segment "Q is for Quack)

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  The Last Survivors

  Compound Soldier

• 2026OnslaughtProducer
• 2024Generation TerrorSelf
• 2024AzraelWriter
• 2024Godzilla x Kong: The New EmpireStory
• 2023Head CountExecutive Producer
• 2023Heard She Got MurderedExecutive Producer
• 2021V/H/S/94Writer
• 2021Outside the Law: The Scanner Cop RevolutionSelf
• 2021SeanceScreenplay
• 2020Tales of the UncannySelf
• 2017TempleScreenplay
• 2017The Day That BrokeSupporting Artist
• 2017Neverending Night: The Making of Blair WitchSelf
• 2016Always ShineProducer #2 (uncredited)
• 2016Blair WitchWriter
• 2014Why Horror?Self
• 2014ABCs of Death 2Assassin's Employer (segment "A")
• 2014The GuestWriter
• 2014The Last SurvivorsCompound Soldier
• 2013All the Light in the Sky
• 2013You're NextTiger Mask
• 201324 ExposuresMichael Bamfeaux
• 2013ContractedBJ
• 2013V/H/S/2Steve (segment "Tape 49")
• 2013The ABCs of DeathSimon (segment "Q is for Quack)
• 2012V/H/SSteve (segment "Tape 56")
• 2011What Fun We Were Having: 4 Stories About Date RapeWriter
• 2011AutoeroticWriter
• 2010A Horrible Way to DieOlsen
• 2009Red SandsMatt Carson
• 2005Dead BirdsWriter
• 2004FrankenfishWriter
• 2000The Nothing DealEditor
• —Face/Off 2Screenplay
• —I Saw the DevilScreenplay