{{short description|British filmmaker and composer (born 1962)}} {{Use British English|date=June 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Gary Tarn | image = | image_size = 250px | caption = Director Gary Tarn | birth_date = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = director and composer | years_active = 1985 – present | notable_works = ''Black Sun''<br />''The Prophet 2011'' | awards = 2007 Nominated "BAFTA" <br /> 2006 "Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival" <br /> 2006 "Newport International Film Festival" <br /> 2006 "Sarasota Film Festival" <br /> 2005 Nominated "British Independent Film Awards” | spouse = | children = | website = {{Official website| www.garytarn.com| www.garytarn.com}} }}
'''Gary Tarn''' (born 1962) is a British filmmaker and composer.
==Biography== Gary Tarn was a member of the band Drum Theatre, which topped the European charts in 1985 with "Eldorado". They released one album "Everyman", which was re-released by Cherry Red Records, in 2014.<ref name=Cherry>{{cite web |author= unknown |url= http://www.cherryred.co.uk/cherryred-exd.asp?id=4449 |title= Everyman – Expanded Edition – Drum Theatre |publisher= Cherry Red Records |accessdate= 18 November 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141118211802/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/cherryred-exd.asp?id=4449 |archive-date= 18 November 2014 |url-status= dead }}</ref> For several years he created soundtracks for commercials, and short films, including the Brothers Quay's short The Phantom Museum.<ref name= fluid/>
''Black Sun'' (2005) was Tarn's debut film. He shot, edited, scored, produced and directed the film, which was executive produced by Alfonso Cuarón and produced by John Battsek.<ref name= fluid>{{cite web|author= Gianmarco Del Re |url= http://www.fluid-radio.co.uk/2012/11/to-see-a-world-in-a-grain-of-sand-interview-with-gary-tarn/|title=Launch pad |publisher= Fluid Radio | date=3 August 2003 | accessdate=1 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=filmmmag>{{cite web|author= Peter Bowen |url= https://www.filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/winter2007/features/seeing_dark.php#.U_HkYYBdUoN| title=SEEING IN THE DARK |work= Filmmaker Magazine |year=2007 | accessdate=29 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=wired>{{cite web|author= Theresa Everline |url= https://www.filmmakermagazine.com/archives/issues/winter2007/features/seeing_dark.php#.U_HkYYBdUoN| title=Capturing a Blind Man's Vision |work= Wired | date=28 February 2007 | accessdate=6 November 2014}}</ref> It was based on the best selling book Eclipse<ref name=people>{{cite web|author= Joshua Hammer | url= http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20092970,00.html | title=Injured in a 1978 Mugging, Artist Hugues De Montalembert Finds Hope and Light in His Blindness |work= People | date=17 February 1986 | accessdate=6 November 2014}}</ref> by the artist and filmmaker, Hugues de Montalembert, who was permanently blinded in 1978.<ref name=filmmmag/> It is also narrated by de Montalembert.<ref name=filmmmag/> Released in 2005, the film won a number of International Awards and was nominated for ''The Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director in their First Feature Film'' at the 2007 BAFTA 60th British Academy Film Awards.<ref name= fluid/> The film screened on the BBC<ref name=TheT>{{cite web|author1=imon Horsford |author2=Matt Warman |author3=Patricia Wynn Davies |author4=Gillian Reynolds |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/3665297/Todays-TV-and-radio-choices.html |title= Today's TV & radio choices |work= The Telegraph| date=22 May 2012 | accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref> and HBO in 2007<ref name=filmmmag/> and was number 12 in Tim Robey's top 100 films of the decade.<ref name= Guard>{{cite web|author= Philip French |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/may/07/philipfrench7?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Black Sun |work= The Guardian | date=7 March 2006 | accessdate=30 September 2014}}</ref>
In 2007 Tarn was cinematographer for Alfonso Cuaron's The Possibility of Hope shot on the set of Children of Men.<ref name=Screend>{{cite web|author= Sarah Cooper |url= https://www.screendaily.com/features/one-on-one/gary-tarn/5034179.article |title= Gary Tarn |publisher=ScreenDaily Magazine| date=3 November 2014 | accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref>
In 2011, Tarn released his feature adaptation of Kahlil Gibran's 1923 book ''The Prophet''<ref name=bomb>{{cite web|author= Pamela Cohn |url=http://bombmagazine.org/article/6378/ |title= Gary Tarn|work= Bomb Magazine | date=24 January 2012 | accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref> with narration by Thandie Newton.<ref name=fluid/> The Prophet switches between digital and 16mm film<ref name=lwl>{{cite web|author= David Jenkins |url=http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/theatrical-reviews/the-prophet-21911| title= The Prophet Review |publisher= Little White Lies Magazine | date= 28 September 2012| accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref> and is presented as a series of brief sequences mirroring the book's structure.<ref name=bomb/> It was shot in Belgrade, New Bedford, London,<ref name=fluid/> New York City, Milan and Lebanon. The Prophet opened at Copenhagen International Documentary Festival in 2011 and was an official selection at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, DOXA Documentary Film Festival and Magnificent 7 festival.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|author= Gary Tarn |url=https://www.garytarn.com/garytarn/BIO.html |title= Bio- Gary Tarn|publisher= GaryTarn.com | accessdate=1 October 2014}}</ref>
==Awards== *2007 BAFTA / Nominated for Best Debut Film *2006 Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival / Grand Prix Winner *2006 Newport International Film Festival / Jury Award Winner *2006 Sarasota Film Festival / Special Jury Prize *2005 British Independent Film Awards / Nominated for Best Documentary *Official Selection in 2005 and 2006 at the London Film Festival/ 2005 Toronto International Film Festival /Tribeca Film Festival /Miami International Film Festival *Official Selection in 2011 at the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival/ Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival/ DOXA Documentary Film Festival/ Magnificent 7 festival
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080221113519/http://www.passion-pictures.com/flash.html Passion Pictures] * [https://www.landmedia.com/LAND_media/HOME.html Land Media ] * [https://www.theprophetfilm.com/ The Prophet Film ] {{Authority control}}
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