EDUCATION
2002 - 2003
Master of Arts in Film Production, Australian Film Television and Radio School
Documentary Directing/Writing
1993–1996
Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Theatre & Film, Minor in Political Science
University of New South Wales, Sydney
1996
Video Production 1 & 2 Certificate, Metro Screen, Paddington

AWARDS
2009
Special Commendation TV Serial ADG Awards
2006
Nominated Most Outstanding Drama Series – Logie Awards, Best Telefeature or Mini Series – AFI Awards (The Surgeon)
2005
Best Special Purpose Video WAEA Awards
2003
Nominated Emerging Talent Screen Critics Circle
Best Director Screen Critics Circle AFTRS
Best Documentary Screen Critics Circle AFTRS
Documentary Award Film Australia
Best Student Documentary AIDC
Honorary Alumni Award AFTRS
2002
Documentary Grant Kodak/ Atlab
Award for Technical Excellence International Student Documentary Festival Columbia, Chicago

FILM & TELEVISION
2010
I Am A Girl (Feature documentary and online), www.iamgirl.com.au, In development
Producer and Director

The FIT (TV drama - development), Producer Miriam Stein, Script Supervisor Boaz Stark, Script workshop participant

2009
Old War (Short Film, Metro Screen Multicultural Fund
Mentor Director (Director Danielle McCarthy)

Lush House (6 x ½ hour episodes), Digi Beta, Essential Media, Lifestyle Channel, Producer Sonja Armstrong
Director

Sex, Lies and Orchids (1 hour documentary), In development with Content Mint, Producer Tina Dalton
Director, Writer and Co Producer

CODE RED (1 hour documentary), In development with Screen Australia, Screen NSW, Producer Sally Madgwick - Papermoon Productions
Co-producer, writer, director

2009 – 2004
Red Ithaka Productions Pty Ltd, Company Director, During this time produced, directed and wrote numerous documentaries, documentary series and corporate videos

2008
Home and Away (15 x ½ hour drama episodes), Channel Seven
Director

100 Years of Motherhood (2 x 1 hour doco series), Q Productions, In Development SBS and SAFC
Writer, Director

2008 -2007
Inspiring Teachers (4 x ½ hour doco series), DVCAM and HDV, Red Ithaka Productions, SBSi & FFC
Director, writer, camera operator

2007
Making Babies (2 x 1 hour doco series), HDV, Red Ithaka Productions & SBS
Series director, writer and additional camera

QANTAS - Girls From Oz (10 min doco), HDV, Red Ithaka Productions
Producer, director

2006
Jetstar Airlines Arrival Guides, Ho Chi Minh City and Phuket, DigiBeta
Director/ producer

Dunstan Baby Language DVD, DigiBeta, Cherub Pictures, Producer Michele Bennett
Director

2005
4 Corners “Crash Crop – AWB Scandal”, ABC Current Affairs, Producer Sue Spencer, Reporter Jonathan Holmes
Director of reconstructions

Footy Chicks (1 hour documentary), DVCAM, Red Ithaka Productions, SBS and FFC
Director, writer, additional camera, Premiere Sydney Film Festival, State Theatre 2006

The Surgeon - (drama Series), HD, Channel 10, Southern Star, Producer John Edwards
Director (Episodes 6,7,8), Nominated Most Outstanding Drama Series – Logie Awards, Best Telefeature or Mini Series – AFI Awards

Beats Across Borders (1 hour documentary), Co production with Cirque du Soleil, Broadcast ABC 2006
Co director, camera and sound operator

2004
Starting Out, The Children’s Television Foundation, Producer Bernadette O’Mahony
Researcher

Little Fish (dir Rowan Woods), DVCAM, Porchlight films – Producer Vincent Sheehan
Research - camera/sound operator

2003 –2004
QANTAS – The Making Of I Still Call Australia Home (25 min documentary), DVCAM, Channel 7, QANTAS Inflight
Writer, director and camera/sound operator

2003
You Am I - The Cream and the Crock (15 min documentary) DVCAM, Papermoon Productions/BMG
Writer and Director

Australians At War Film Archive, DVCAM, Mullion Productions (dir Michael Caulfield)
Interviewer and camera/sound operator

Overture (20 min documentary), DVCAM and HD, AFTRS, Broadcast on ABC
Director

Modern Marriage (20 min documentary),DVCAM, AFTRS, Broadcast on SBS, St Kilda Short Film Festival 2004
Producer, director, writer, camera/sound operator

2002
The McDonagh Sisters (25 min documentary), 16mm & Digibeta, AFTRS, Broadcast on SBS, Best Documentary Screen Critics Circle Awards AFTRS, Award for Technical Excellence – International Student Documentary Festival Chicago Flickerfest 2004, WOW Festival 2004
Director, writer

The Space In Between (17 min documentary), 35mm & Digibeta, AFTRS, 2003 Winner Best Student Documentary AIDC, St Kilda 2003 Short Film Festival, Finalist 2003 ATOM Awards, Melbourne International Film Festival 2003
Director, writer

2001
Red Means Go (5 min documentary),DVCAM, Tropfest Best of the Rest 2001
Co–writer, director, camera, sound and editor

2000
Jail Rock 2000 Music Video Clip, Project with prisoners at Long Bay Jail.
Producer, editor, camera operator (dir Elio Gatti)

THEATRE

2006
Tell Someone Who Cares, Short and Sweet Festival
Director

2001
Hamlet, Vis a Vis Theatre, The Seymour Centre
Producer (dir Andy Biziorek)

2000
Do Dogs Dream of Angels?, Vis a Vis Theatre – Sydney/ Poland to Krakow 2000 Cultural Festival (dir Andy Biziorek)
Producer

1996
Antigone, Io Myers Theatre, UNSW
Director

WRITING

2009
ABC Unleashed - Sex and Football – opinion piece
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2574242.htm

Screenhub - INPUT: first day, with a touch of national self-criticism
http://www.screenhub.com.au/news/shownewsarticle.asp?newsID=28950

Screenhub - SPAA Fringe: cautionary tale of Italian Spiderman snared in legal hell
http://www.screenhub.com.au/news/shownewsarticle.asp?newsID=29610

2006
IF Magazine – People, Process, Projects – Article
about Tom Zubrycki’s Molly and Mobarak

IF Magazine –Article about stock footage and Helifilms

OTHER

2010
Cinema Ventures – Board Member

2010 - 2009
OzDox - Committee Member, session producer

2010-2008
ADG - Conference Committee

2009
Australian Film Institute - AFI Awards Juror
South Australia Film Corp - External Script Assessor
Aquinas Academy – Guest Speaker

2009- 2008
Sydney Film School – Guest Lecturer

2002-2006
Tropfest – Preliminary Judge

SHOWREEL
www.rebeccabarry.com.au/showreel.php

MEMBERSHIPS
Australian Film Institute - Professional Member
Australian Directors Guild - Professional Member