---
name: "Declan de Barra"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/declan-de-barra"
fi1m_id: "declan-de-barra"
imdb_id: "nm1835160"
tmdb_id: 1611465
wikidata_id: "Q1182064"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "6 May 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-23T13:10:18.294472+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."
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# Declan de Barra

## Identity

Declan de Barra

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/declan-de-barra
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** declan-de-barra
- **IMDb ID:** nm1835160
- **TMDB ID:** 1611465
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1182064
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declan_de_Barra, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1182064, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1611465

Producer. Born 6 May 1971 in Waterford.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 6 May 1971, Waterford
- **Also known as:** Declan De Barra
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declan_de_Barra, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1182064, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835160/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1611465

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Witcher*](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md) (61)

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## Biography

Declan de Barra is an Irish screenwriter, musician and animator. Born in Bunmahon, County Waterford, he emigrated to Australia in 1989, where he studied fine art and performed in bands, before returning to Ireland in 2002.

He began screenwriting with children's series including Aardman's *Canimals*, CBBC's *Funky Fables* and *Roy*. He later wrote for *The Originals* (2013–2017), *Marvel's Iron Fist* (2017) and *Chapelwaite* (2021).

De Barra wrote episodes of Netflix's *The Witcher* (2019) and created and served as showrunner on the prequel miniseries *The Witcher: Blood Origin* (2022). He has also contributed vocals to soundtracks for the franchise.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Witcher* (2019), Fi1m 61, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Supervising Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *The Witcher: Blood Origin* (2022), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Making The Witcher: Blood Origin* (2022), Actor
- *Chapelwaite* (2021), series, Writer
- *The Witcher* (2019), series, Writer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-witcher.md)
- *Marvel's Iron Fist* (2017), series, Writer
- *The Originals* (2013), series, Writer
- *A Day in the Life of Richard* (2007), Director, Writer, Animation
- *Nun Fight Club* (2004), Director, Writer
- *An Fiach Dubh* (2003), Director
- *Bad Arse Bears* (2002), Director, Writer, Producer

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