
Director
Matthew Barney
Born 1967 · San Francisco
Matthew Barney was born in San Francisco in 1967; at age six, he moved to Idaho with his family. After his parents divorced, Barney continued to live with his father in Idaho, playing football on his high school team, and visiting his mother in New York City, where he was introduced to art and museums. This intermingling of sports and art informs his work as a sculptor and filmmaker. After graduating from Yale in 1991, Barney entered the art world to almost instant controversy and success.
Directed

Cremaster 3
Director · 2002

Cremaster 1
Director · 1996

Cremaster 2
Director · 1999

Drawing Restraint 9
Director · 2006

Cremaster 5
Director · 1997

Cremaster 4
Director · 1995

River of Fundament
Director · 2014

Destricted
Director · 2006

Hoist
Director · 2006

Redoubt
Director · 2019

Blind Perineum
Director · 1991

Secondary
Director · 2023
The Cremaster Cycle
Director · 2003

DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender
Director · 2006
Mile High Threshold: Flight with the Anal Sadistic Warrior
Director · 1991

Drawing Restraint 23
Director · 2015
Drawing Restraint 17
Director · 2010

Scabaction
Director · 1988
Acting

Cremaster 3
The Entered Apprentice · 2002

Cremaster 2
Gary Gilmore · 1999

Drawing Restraint 9
Occidental Guest · 2006

Cremaster 5
Diva / Giant / Magician · 1997

Cremaster 4
The Loughton Candidate · 1995

River of Fundament
The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers · 2014

The Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle
Himself · 2002

Matthew Barney: No Restraint
Self · 2006

Redoubt
Engraver · 2019
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney
Himself · 2004

Blind Perineum
Himself · 1991

Secondary
Ken Stabler · 2023

DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender
Douglas MacArthur · 2006
Redoubt
Engraver
Matthew Barney: Creating Stories
Himself · 1995
Writing

Cremaster 3
Writer · 2002

Cremaster 1
Writer · 1996

Cremaster 2
Writer · 1999

Drawing Restraint 9
Writer · 2006

Cremaster 5
Writer · 1997

Cremaster 4
Writer · 1995

River of Fundament
Writer · 2014

Destricted
Writer · 2006

Hoist
Writer · 2006

Redoubt
Writer · 2019
The Cremaster Cycle
Writer · 2003

Catasterism
Writer · 2022