---
name: "Phillip Barker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/phillip-barker"
fi1m_id: "phillip-barker"
imdb_id: "nm0054974"
tmdb_id: 958043
wikidata_id: "Q3381070"
roles: ["Production designer"]
born: "1 January 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T22:14:25.867161+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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# Phillip Barker

## Identity

Phillip Barker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/phillip-barker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** phillip-barker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0054974
- **TMDB ID:** 958043
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3381070
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Barker_(film_director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3381070, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0054974/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/958043

Production designer. Born 1 January 1955 in United Kingdom.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Born:** 1 January 1955, United Kingdom
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillip_Barker_(film_director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3381070, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0054974/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/958043

## Biography

Phillip Barker is a Canadian production designer, filmmaker and artist based in Toronto. Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, he moved to Canada as a child and studied at the Ontario College of Art. He has worked extensively as production designer with director Atom Egoyan on eleven feature films and two operas, including *The Sweet Hereafter* (1997), for which he shared a Genie Award nomination.

Barker received the Directors Guild of Canada Award for Outstanding Achievement in Production Design for *Where the Truth Lies* (2005). His other film credits include *The Wicker Man* (2006), *Redacted* (2007), *Chloe* (2010), *The Captive* (2014) and *Guest of Honour* (2019). He has also designed for television series such as *Reign*, *Star Trek: Discovery* and *The Sinner*.

As a director, Barker has made numerous short films that have screened at international festivals, including recent works *Shadow Nettes* (2017) and *EarthWorm* (2024). His film-based installations have been exhibited internationally.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Sweet Hereafter* (1997), Fi1m 88, Production design, Production Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sweet-hereafter.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *Seven Veils* (2025), Production Design
- *EarthWorm* (2024), Writer, Producer, Editor, Director
- *Guest of Honour* (2020), Production Design
- *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017), series, Production Designer
- *Shadow Nettes* (2017), Production Design, Writer, Director
- *The Sinner* (2017), series, Production Design
- *The Captive* (2014), Production Design
- *Devil's Knot* (2013), Production Design
- *Cottage Country* (2013), Production Design
- *Malody* (2012), Director, Screenplay
- *Breakaway* (2011), Production Design
- *Chloe* (2010), Production Design
- *Adoration* (2009), Production Design
- *Camille* (2008), Production Design
- *Redacted* (2007), Production Design, Title Designer
- *The Wicker Man* (2006), Production Design
- *Where the Truth Lies* (2005), Production Design
- *Cavedweller* (2004), Production Design
- *Ararat* (2002), Production Design
- *My Own Country* (1998), Production Design
- *I Am Always Connected* (1998), Director
- *The Sweet Hereafter* (1997), Production Design — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sweet-hereafter.md)
- *A Temporary Arrangement* (1995), Director
- *Trust a Boat*, Director
- *Slow Blink*, Director

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