Portrait of Barry Gifford

Writing

Barry Gifford

Career

Active from 1990 to 2026, busiest in 1997 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
1
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score60/100
Highest rated
Poster for Lost Highway
Lost Highway
GoodWatch score70/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 7 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Barry Gifford Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    1.7, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.3, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    0.7, average 2.2
  • Physical Comedy
    1.0, average 2.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character Study 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

12
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Tropico
Tropico

Writer

2020s

3 titles ยท average score 46
You Can't Win
You Can't Win (2026)
GoodWatch score 46

Screenplay

My Last Martini
My Last Martini (2025)

Story

Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago (2020)

Original Story

2010s

2 titles ยท average score 63
Nelson Algren Live
Nelson Algren Live (2016)

as Nelson Algren

The Phantom Father
The Phantom Father (2012)
GoodWatch score 63

as Jack

2000s

3 titles ยท average score 56
The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides
The Long Haul of A.I. Bezzerides (2005)

as Narrator (voice)

City of Ghosts
City of Ghosts (2002)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay

Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat
Fernanda Pivano: A Farewell to Beat (2001)

as Se stesso

1990s

3 titles ยท average score 63
Lost Highway
Lost Highway (1997)
GoodWatch score 70

Writer

Dance with the Devil
Dance with the Devil (1997)
GoodWatch score 53

Screenplay, Novel

Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart (1990)
GoodWatch score 66

Novel