2013 Summit Programme - The Centre for Excellence in Media ...

Barry Ryan
Warp’d Filmmaking
Barry Ryan is Head of Production for Warp Films.
Low budget independent films. Four words that define most of
the films made in the world every year. But time and again we
focus on the first two words rather than the last two words. The
driving force behind a successful film is never how much money
you have to spend but the idea behind the film and how you go
about executing it. Warp Films have redefined how films and TV
in the UK are produced by throwing out the rulebook the same
way Warp Records redefined independent music.
Friday 20th
10.30
Cantor 9130
Barry line produced Warp’s first short film, My Wrongs 8245-
8249 &117, which was written and directed by Chris Morris.
The film won a BAFTA in 2003. He then line produced Warp’s
first feature, Dead Man’s Shoes, which was nominated for
Best British Film at the 2005 BAFTAs. The film went on to win
the Hitchcock D’Or at the Dinard Film Festival. Barry has also
produced the comedy Grow Your Own, written by Frank Cottrell
Boyce and Carl Hunter and directed by Richard Laxton.
Prior to working for Warp, Barry ran Cargo Films which made
a number of successful shorts (Puffer Fish, Sound Effects of
Death & Disaster, You Are My Favourite Chair) and the ultra low
budget feature, Jelly Dolly, which won the best film award in
2004 at the Britspotting Festival in Berlin.
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