---
name: "Barry Morrow"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-morrow"
fi1m_id: "barry-morrow"
imdb_id: "nm0607454"
tmdb_id: 5143
wikidata_id: "Q507252"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 June 1948"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:45:41.548589+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 Morrow

## Identity

Barry Morrow

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-morrow
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-morrow
- **IMDb ID:** nm0607454
- **TMDB ID:** 5143
- **Wikidata ID:** Q507252
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Morrow, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q507252, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607454/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5143

Writer. Born 12 June 1948 in Austin, Minnesota, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 June 1948, Austin, Minnesota, USA
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Morrow, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q507252, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0607454/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5143

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Rain Man*](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md) (76)

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## Biography

Barry Morrow is an American screenwriter and producer. He wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film *Rain Man* with Ronald Bass.

Born in Austin, Minnesota, Morrow studied at St. Olaf College. He began his career writing for television, including the 1981 film *Bill* and its 1983 sequel *Bill: On His Own*, both inspired by his friendship with Bill Sackter. His other credits include *Race the Sun* (1996) and *Remember Sunday* (2013).

Morrow received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for *Rain Man*. He has also worked as a producer and is the father of animator Clayton Morrow.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rain Man* (1988), Fi1m 76, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *All You Ever Wished For* (2018), Director, Producer, Writer
- *Remember Sunday* (2013), Teleplay
- *Mercy of the Sea* (2003), Writer
- *Race the Sun* (1996), Writer, Producer
- *The Miracle of Medjugorje* (1995), Writer
- *The Disappearance of Vonnie* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Christmas on Division Street* (1991), Writer
- *Switched at Birth* (1991), series, Executive Producer
- *The Karen Carpenter Story* (1989), Writer
- *Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story* (1988), Writer
- *Rain Man* (1988), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/rain-man.md)
- *A Conspiracy of Love* (1987), Writer
- *Bill* (1981), as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) · Story

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 1989: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Rain Man*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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