Biography

Simon Barry is a Showrunner, Writer, Director and Producer based in Vancouver and Los Angeles. He holds both Irish (EU) and Canadian passports and has worked in the US, Canada, UK and Spain. He is a founding partner of Reality Distortion Field Inc., a Vancouver based production company, and is best known for creating the TV shows 'Warrior Nun', 'Continuum', 'Bad Blood' and 'Ghost Wars'. Simon is a graduate of the University of British Columbia Film/TV program.
- IMDb mini biography by: Don Logan

Graduated with a B.A. in Film Studies (1989) from the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada.

Brother of Assistant Director Paul Barry.

The February 11, 1998 draft of the script for Deep Blue Sea (1999) credits the following writers: Duncan Kennedy & John Zinman, Simon Barry, Michael Frost Beckner, C.M. Talkington, Donna Powers & Wayne Powers. Duncan Kennedy, Donna Powers & Wayne Powers are the only ones credited in the final film.

[on 'Continuum'] Time travel is a unique concept for telling stories. It opens so many opportunities, dramatically. There are paradoxes, and there's the science and the absence of science. We made a conscious decision early on that our characters are not in control of what's happening to them. They're basically pawns. [They]are part of somebody else's plan. So the mystery of whether or not they are changing time will remain open until the end of the show.