Neil Barrett is a documentary cinematographer, a proud dad and a very curious traveler. He grew up in Hong Kong, went to University in Scotland and has gotten profoundly lost on all 5 continents. He has worked on over 100 films, traveling through 60 countries, looking for the answer to the big mystery. . .
Why are we here?
The search goes on. . .
His work has been shown on Netflix, Amazon, National Geographic, BBC, HBO, CNN, Discovery and Hulu. His feature documentaries have been shown at the Sundance, Tribeca, Toronto and Telluride film festivals. His work has won an Emmy, The Edward R Murrow award, an Oscar nomination, a DuPont Columbia award and most memorably a short stay in a Bolivian jail.
Neil lives in Washington, DC with his wife Julia and daughter Helena. He has an MA in Classics, has completed graduate work for an MA in Visual Anthropology from USC, and has a graduate certificate in Artificial Intelligence Design from MIT.
Neil is currently designing smart and ethical AI tools to help cinematographers thrive in the rapidly changing AI landscape.