Portrait of Randy Barbato

Directing

Randy Barbato

Career

Active from 1993 to 2026, busiest in 2021 and 2023 with 6 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 54 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Randy Barbato Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Violence
    1.1, average 4.1
  • Mystery
    1.1, average 4.0
  • Crime
    1.0, average 3.6
  • Scare
    0.6, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Reality Competition 8
  • Drag Culture 7
  • Visual Spectacle 5
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Performance Art 5
  • Drag Competition 5
  • Reality TV 5
  • Humorous & Witty 4
  • High-Camp Reality TV 4
  • Witty Lip-Sync Battles 4
  • Queer Culture 4
  • Pop Culture Commentary 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

55
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

15 titles · average score 69
Stop! That! Train!
Stop! That! Train! (2026)
GoodWatch score 65

Producer

Manhood
Manhood (2026)

Executive Producer

RuPaul's Drag Race UK: Rewind
RuPaul's Drag Race UK: Rewind (2026)

Executive Producer

Dear Viv
Dear Viv (2025)

Executive Producer

The Little Pageant That Could
The Little Pageant That Could (2024)

Executive Producer

Frybread Face and Me
Frybread Face and Me (2023)
GoodWatch score 76

Executive Producer

Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story
Yes I Am: The Ric Weiland Story (2023)

Producer

The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
GoodWatch score 63

Executive Producer

Going to Pot: The High and Low of It
Going to Pot: The High and Low of It (2021)

Executive Producer, Director

The Bitch Who Stole Christmas
The Bitch Who Stole Christmas (2021)
GoodWatch score 62

Executive Producer

Wojnarowicz: Fuck You Faggot Fucker
Wojnarowicz: Fuck You Faggot Fucker (2020)
GoodWatch score 79

Producer

Freedia Got a Gun
Freedia Got a Gun (2020)

Producer

2010s

18 titles · average score 65
Stonewall Outloud
Stonewall Outloud (2019)

Producer, Director

30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing
30/30 Vision: Three Decades of Strand Releasing (2019)

Director

Liberty: Mother of Exiles
Liberty: Mother of Exiles (2019)
GoodWatch score 47

Director, Producer

Can You Keep a Secret?
Can You Keep a Secret? (2019)
GoodWatch score 41

Thanks

Menendez: Blood Brothers
Menendez: Blood Brothers (2017)
GoodWatch score 46

Director, Executive Producer

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016)
GoodWatch score 80

Director

Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing (2016)
GoodWatch score 91

Director

I Am Britney Jean
I Am Britney Jean (2013)
GoodWatch score 76

Director

In Vogue: The Editor's Eye
In Vogue: The Editor's Eye (2012)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
The Strange History of Don't Ask, Don't Tell (2011)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Becoming Chaz
Becoming Chaz (2011)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking (2010)
GoodWatch score 74

Director, Producer

2000s

15 titles · average score 59
When I Knew
When I Knew (2009)

Director

Heidi Fleiss: The Would-be Madam of Crystal
Heidi Fleiss: The Would-be Madam of Crystal (2008)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

Miss Navajo
Miss Navajo (2007)

Executive Producer

Inside Deep Throat
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
GoodWatch score 70

Director, Producer

Tammy Faye Death Defying
Tammy Faye Death Defying (2005)

Executive Producer

The Hidden Führer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality
The Hidden Führer: Debating the Enigma of Hitler's Sexuality (2004)

Executive Producer, Director

Linklater: St. Richard of Austin
Linklater: St. Richard of Austin (2004)

Executive Producer

Party Monster
Party Monster (2003)
GoodWatch score 47

Screenplay, Producer

Monica in Black and White
Monica in Black and White (2002)

Director

Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines (2001)

Director, Producer

The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2000)
GoodWatch score 72

Producer, Director

101 Rent Boys
101 Rent Boys (2000)
GoodWatch score 49

Director, Producer

1990s

7 titles · average score 66
Party Monster: The Shockumentary
Party Monster: The Shockumentary (1998)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragicomedy): The Power of HIV Positive Thinking
Drop Dead Gorgeous (A Tragicomedy): The Power of HIV Positive Thinking (1997)

Director

The Real Ellen Story
The Real Ellen Story (1997)

Director

Shantay
Shantay (1997)

Director

Nelson Sullivan's World Of Wonder
Nelson Sullivan's World Of Wonder (1994)

Director, Producer

RuPaul's Christmas Ball
RuPaul's Christmas Ball (1993)

Director, Producer

Videos, Vigilantes and Voyeurism
Videos, Vigilantes and Voyeurism (1993)

Director, Producer