Gary Tarn is a filmmaker and composer, born in London, England. A keen traveller, he became captivated by the music of Indonesia, Africa and India, and studied these, alongside the work of European orchestral composers. A passion for film led to a career as a media composer, and it was a natural progression to consider shooting and editing images of his own. In 2000, against all rational advice, he decided to try to make a film of his own, alone. Using a classic 1970's 16mm film camera he started to shoot his debut essay feature Black Sun, travelling in the USA, Iceland and India. Based on interviews with the blind author Hugues de Montalembert, the film was released in 2005, won a number of international awards, and was nominated for a film BAFTA. His second film The Prophet, based on the book by Kahlil Gibran, with narration by British actress Thandie Newton, was released in 2012.

FILMS          

THE PROPHET (2011)  

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BLACK SUN (2005) 

WINNER CPH:DOX GRAND PRIX 2006

WINNER NEWPORT FF 2006 GRAND JURY

WINNER SARASOTA FF 2006 SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

NOMINATED  BAFTA CARL FOREMAN AWARD 2007

NOMINATED BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS BEST DOCUMENTARY 2006

The Prophet  Screenings

THE PROPHET

CPH:DOX

Copenhagen, Denmark November 2011

THE PROPHET

Black Nights Film Festival,

Tallinn, Estonia Dec 2011

THE PROPHET

Magnificent 7

Belgrad, Serbia January 2012

THE PROPHET

HotDocs

Toronto, Canada April 2012

THE PROPHET

DOXA

Vancouver, Canada May 2012

THE PROPHET

Planete Doc Review / Against Gravity FF

Poland May 2012

The PROPHET

Festivaletteratura

Mantova, Italy September 2012

BLACK SUN

51:zeroº Voyager

Whitstable, England  September 2012

THE PROPHET

Institute of Contemporary Art

London September 2012

THE PROPHET

RITZY cinema

London September 2012

THE PROPHET

Lexi Cinema

London October 2012

THE PROPHET

Tyneside Cinema

Newcastle October 2012

THE PROPHET

Broadway Cinema

Nottingham October 2012

THE PROPHET

Hackney Picture House

London October 2012

THE PROPHET

Duke of York's

Brighton October 2012

THE PROPHET

Riverside Studios

London November 2012

THE PROPHET

Little theatre cinema

Bath November 2012

THE PROPHET

At The Chapel

Bruton, Somerset

November 2012