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Clio Barnard

Clio Barnard

Film director · 2 films (2013–2017)

Clio Barnard is a director whose work here spans The Selfish Giant (2013) to Dark River (2017), across drama and thriller. All 103 frames from 2 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.

From Wikipedia, the free enclyopedia. Clio Barnard is a British director of documentary and feature films.

Directing style

Clio Barnard’s social realist aesthetic relies on a highly consistent eye-level camera perspective that fosters an immediate, observational intimacy. She favors a shallow depth of field to isolate characters within a balanced mix of medium shots, closeups, and wide exterior framings, capturing a dominant mood of loneliness and tension. Her lighting is grounded in natural and motivated sources, primarily utilizing daylight through windows and direct sun to illuminate a cool, heavily desaturated palette of slate grays, muted olives, and earthy, dark browns.

Awards

  • Sutherland Trophy · 2010

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Films directed by Clio Barnard

About Clio Barnard

What films has Clio Barnard directed?

FrameThrower holds stills from 2 of them: The Selfish Giant (2013) and Dark River (2017).

What awards has Clio Barnard won?

Sutherland Trophy (2010).

Search every frame of Clio Barnard’s films

All 103 indexed frames from 2 films directed by Clio Barnard — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.