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name: "Ian Barry"
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# Ian Barry

Director. Born in Sydney, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Barry_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5980854, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0058018/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/152510

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Farscape*](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md) (82)

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## Biography

Ian Barry is an Australian film and television director. Born in Sydney in 1946, he began his career in the 1970s with short films and editing work before moving into features and television.

His feature credits include writing and directing the 1980 post-apocalyptic thriller *The Chain Reaction*. On television he has directed episodes of *Farscape* (2001), *The Doctor Blake Mysteries* (2013–2018), *Sea Patrol*, *Rescue Special Ops* and *A Place to Call Home*, among many other series and television films.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Farscape* (1999), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

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

- *The Blake Mysteries: Ghost Stories* (2018), Director
- *The Doctor Blake Mysteries: Family Portrait* (2017), Director
- *The Doctor Blake Mysteries* (2013), series, Director
- *Rescue: Special Ops* (2009), series, Director
- *The Strip* (2008), series, Director, Creator
- *Sea Patrol* (2007), series, Director
- *Secret Santa* (2003), Director
- *Mermaids* (2003), Executive Producer, Director
- *Miss Lettie and Me* (2002), Director
- *The Diamond of Jeru* (2001), Director
- *The Christmas Secret* (2000), Director
- *The Invisible Man* (2000), series, Director
- *Going Home* (2000), Director
- *Airtight* (1999), Director, Writer
- *Farscape* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/farscape.md)
- *The Christmas Wish* (1998), Director
- *Inferno* (1998), Director
- *Joey* (1997), Director
- *Robo Warriors* (1996), Director
- *Early Edition* (1996), series, Director
- *Blackwater Trail* (1995), Director
- *The Seventh Floor* (1994), Director
- *Cody: A Family Affair* (1994), Director
- *CrimeBroker* (1993), Director
- *Time Trax* (1993), series, Director
- *Ring of Scorpio* (1991), series, Director
- *Police Rescue* (1991), series, Director
- *Minnamurra* (1989), Director
- *Bodysurfer* (1989), series, Director
- *Whose Baby* (1986), Director
- *The Flying Doctors* (1986), series, Director
- *Hostage* (1983), Script Consultant
- *The Chain Reaction* (1980), Director, Writer
- *The Sparks Obituary* (1978), Producer, Writer, Editor, Director
- *Tapak Dewata - Path of the Gods: Java and Bali* (1978), Editor
- *Ghan to Alice* (1978), Editor
- *Stone* (1974), Editor

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