---
name: "Barry Gifford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-gifford"
fi1m_id: "barry-gifford"
imdb_id: "nm0317510"
tmdb_id: 6586
wikidata_id: "Q2669574"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 October 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:39:46.323077+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Barry Gifford

## Identity

Barry Gifford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-gifford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-gifford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0317510
- **TMDB ID:** 6586
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2669574
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Gifford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2669574, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317510/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6586

Writer. Born 18 October 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 October 1946, Chicago, Illinois, United States
- **Active:** 1990–1997
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Gifford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2669574, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0317510/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6586

## Biography

Barry Gifford is an American author, poet and screenwriter. He was born on 18 October 1946 in Chicago, Illinois.

Gifford is best known for his series of novels about the characters Sailor and Lula. The first, *Wild at Heart* (1990), was adapted by David Lynch into the 1990 film of the same name. Gifford co-wrote the screenplay for Lynch’s *Lost Highway* (1997). He also wrote screenplays for *Hotel Room* (1993) and *Perdita Durango* (1997), and the screenplay for *City of Ghosts* (2002).

Gifford lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Lost Highway* (1997), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/lost-highway.md)
- *Wild at Heart* (1990), Fi1m 78, Novel — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-at-heart.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *You Can't Win* (2026), Screenplay
- *My Last Martini* (2025), Story
- *Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago* (2020), Original Story
- *Nelson Algren Live* (2016), as Nelson Algren · Writer
- *The Phantom Father* (2012), as Jack · Story
- *The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides* (2005), as Narrator (voice)
- *City of Ghosts* (2002), Screenplay
- *Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat* (2001), as Se stesso
- *Dance with the Devil* (1997), Screenplay, Novel
- *Lost Highway* (1997), Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/lost-highway.md)
- *Hotel Room* (1993), series, Writer
- *Wild at Heart* (1990), Novel — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-at-heart.md)
- *Tropico*, Writer

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