---
name: "Gary Tarn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gary-tarn"
fi1m_id: "gary-tarn"
imdb_id: "nm1475590"
tmdb_id: 980189
wikidata_id: "Q519019"
roles: ["Composer","Director"]
born: "1 January 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-01T19:06:23.030081+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."
---

# Gary Tarn

## Identity

Gary Tarn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gary-tarn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gary-tarn
- **IMDb ID:** nm1475590
- **TMDB ID:** 980189
- **Wikidata ID:** Q519019
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Tarn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519019, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1475590/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/980189

Composer and director. Born 1 January 1962 in London.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1962, London
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Tarn, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519019, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1475590/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/980189

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Black Sun*](https://film.one/film/black-sun.md) (77)

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## Biography

Gary Tarn is a British filmmaker and composer. Born in 1962 in London, he began his career as a member of the band Drum Theatre, which had a European number-one hit in 1985 with 'Eldorado'. He later created soundtracks for commercials and short films, including the Brothers Quay's *The Phantom Museum* (2003).

Tarn's debut feature *Black Sun* (2005), which he directed, shot, edited, produced and scored, is a documentary exploring the life of French artist Hugues de Montalembert after he was blinded in a 1978 assault in New York. Executive produced by Alfonso Cuarón and produced by John Battsek, it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and received a nomination for the BAFTA Carl Foreman Award in 2007, as well as several festival prizes. His subsequent feature *The Prophet* (2011) adapts Kahlil Gibran's book, narrated by Thandie Newton.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Black Sun* (2006), Fi1m 77, Director, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/black-sun.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *The Prophet* (2011), Director
- *The Possibility of Hope* (2007), Cinematography
- *Black Sun* (2006), Director, Music — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/black-sun.md)
- *The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection* (2003), Original Music Composer

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