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Barry Gifford

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Barry Gifford
Narrated by Willem Dafoe, Matt Dillon, and Lili Taylor. Barry Gifford's gritty autobiographical stories of growing up in 1950s Chicago are the backdrop for an impressionistic portrait of a vanished time and place.
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Barry Gifford was born on 18 October 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Lost Highway (1997), Wild at Heart (1990) and Black Wings Has My Angel.
BornOctober 18, 1946
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Known for

Patricia Arquette and Bill Pullman in Lost Highway (1997)
Lost Highway
7.6
  • Writer
  • 1997
Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern in Wild at Heart (1990)
Wild at Heart
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1990
Black Wings Has My Angel
  • Writer
    Glenne Headly in Hotel Room (1993)
    Hotel Room
    6.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Writer

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    Writer

    • Tropico
      • Pre-production
    • You Can't Win
      • Post-production
    • Manon Gage in Immortality (2022)
      Immortality
    • Barry Gifford in Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago (2020)
      Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago
    • Willem Dafoe and Nelson Algren in Nelson Algren Live (2016)
      Nelson Algren Live
    • American Falls (2013)
      American Falls
    • The Phantom Father (2011)
      The Phantom Father
    • Ball Lightning
    • Matt Dillon in City of Ghosts (2002)
      City of Ghosts
    • Javier Bardem and Rosie Perez in Perdita Durango (1997)
      Perdita Durango
    • Patricia Arquette and Bill Pullman in Lost Highway (1997)
      Lost Highway
    • Glenne Headly in Hotel Room (1993)
      Hotel Room
    • Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern in Wild at Heart (1990)
      Wild at Heart

    Actor

    • The Phantom Father (2011)
      The Phantom Father

    Producer

    • Willem Dafoe and Nelson Algren in Nelson Algren Live (2016)
      Nelson Algren Live
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    ROY'S WORLD official trailer 1
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    ROY'S WORLD official trailer 1
    Nelson Algren Live
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    Nelson Algren Live

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      • October 18, 1946
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Other works
      (novel) "Cat Face"
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      • 1 Interview
      • 2 Articles

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