# Gary Tarn

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{{short description|British filmmaker and composer (born 1962)}}
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| name          = Gary Tarn
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| caption       = Director Gary Tarn
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| occupation    = director and composer
| years_active  = 1985 – present
| notable_works = ''[Black Sun](/source/Black_Sun_(2005_film))''<br />''The Prophet 2011''
| awards        = 2007 Nominated "[BAFTA](/source/BAFTA)" <br /> 2006 "[Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival](/source/Copenhagen_International_Documentary_Film_Festival)" <br /> 2006 "[Newport International Film Festival](/source/Newport_International_Film_Festival)" <br /> 2006 "[Sarasota Film Festival](/source/Sarasota_Film_Festival)" <br /> 2005 Nominated "[British Independent Film Awards](/source/British_Independent_Film_Awards)”
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| website       = {{Official website| www.garytarn.com| www.garytarn.com}} 
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'''Gary Tarn''' (born 1962) is a British filmmaker and composer.

==Biography==
Gary Tarn was a member of the band [Drum Theatre](/source/Drum_Theatre_(musical_group)), which topped the European charts in 1985 with "Eldorado". They released one album "Everyman", which was re-released by [Cherry Red Records](/source/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](/source/Brothers_Quay)'s short The Phantom Museum.<ref name= fluid/>

''[Black Sun](/source/Black_Sun_(2005_film))'' (2005) was Tarn's debut film. He shot, edited, scored, produced and directed the film, which was executive produced by [Alfonso Cuarón](/source/Alfonso_Cuar%C3%B3n) and produced by [John Battsek](/source/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](/source/Wired_(magazine)) | 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](/source/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](/source/BAFTA) [60th British Academy Film Awards](/source/60th_British_Academy_Film_Awards).<ref name= fluid/> The film screened on the [BBC](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Alfonso_Cuaron)'s [The Possibility of Hope](/source/The_Possibility_of_Hope) shot on the set of [Children of Men](/source/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](/source/Kahlil_Gibran)'s 1923 book ''[The Prophet](/source/The_Prophet_(book))''<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](/source/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](/source/Belgrade), [New Bedford](/source/New_Bedford), London,<ref name=fluid/> New York City, [Milan](/source/Milan) and [Lebanon](/source/Lebanon). The Prophet opened at [Copenhagen International Documentary Festival](/source/Copenhagen_International_Documentary_Festival) in 2011 and was an official selection at [Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival](/source/Hot_Docs_Canadian_International_Documentary_Festival), [DOXA Documentary Film Festival](/source/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](/source/BAFTA) / Nominated for Best Debut Film
*2006 [Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival](/source/Copenhagen_International_Documentary_Film_Festival) / Grand Prix Winner
*2006 [Newport International Film Festival](/source/Newport_International_Film_Festival) / Jury Award Winner
*2006 [Sarasota Film Festival](/source/Sarasota_Film_Festival) / Special Jury Prize
*2005 [British Independent Film Awards](/source/British_Independent_Film_Awards) / Nominated for Best Documentary
*Official Selection in 2005 and 2006 at the [London Film Festival](/source/London_Film_Festival)/ [2005 Toronto International Film Festival](/source/2005_Toronto_International_Film_Festival) /[Tribeca Film Festival](/source/Tribeca_Film_Festival) /[Miami International Film Festival](/source/Miami_International_Film_Festival)
*Official Selection in 2011 at the [Copenhagen International Documentary Festival](/source/Copenhagen_International_Documentary_Festival)/ [Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival](/source/Hot_Docs_Canadian_International_Documentary_Festival)/ [DOXA Documentary Film Festival](/source/DOXA_Documentary_Film_Festival)/  Magnificent 7 festival

==References==
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==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 ]
 
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