Directing · San Francisco · Born March 25, 1967
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.
MovieSecondary
2023
as Ken Stabler
MovieRedoubt
2019
as Engraver
MovieRiver of Fundament
2014
as The Ka of Norman / Osiris: James Lee Byers
Drawing Restraint 17
2010
MovieMatthew Barney: No Restraint
2006
as Self
MovieDRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender
2006
as Douglas MacArthur
MovieDrawing Restraint 9
2006
as Occidental Guest
The Cremaster Cycle: A Conversation with Matthew Barney
2004
as Himself
The Cremaster Cycle
2003
MovieCremaster 3
2002
as The Entered Apprentice
MovieThe Body as Matrix: Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle
2002
as Himself
MovieCremaster 2
1999
as Gary Gilmore
MovieCremaster 5
1997
as Diva / Giant / Magician
MovieCremaster 4
1995
as The Loughton Candidate
Matthew Barney: Creating Stories
1995
as Himself
MovieBlind Perineum
1991
as Himself
Mile High Threshold: Flight with the Anal Sadistic Warrior
1991
Redoubt
as Engraver
