Scott Barley

Scott Barley is an artist-filmmaker and Teaching Fellow in Film Directing at Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh (since 2025), and Research Associate at Falmouth University's Sound/Image Cinema Lab (since 2024). His work bridges cinematic practice, digital art, and ecological philosophy.

• Primary Affiliation: University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh College of Art)
• Secondary Affiliation: Falmouth University

Research Interests include:

• Experimental and avant-garde film
• Anthropocene studies and environmental sustainability
• Phenomenology and sensory ethnography
• Non-digital and post-digital ecologies
• Haptics and tactility in cinema

Scientific Awards highlight his impact:

• 2022 - Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time Decennial Poll
• 2017 - Jury Award for Best Film at Fronteira Festival, Brazil
• 2020 - BFI Doc Society Production Fund

Professional Engagements include co-founding the collective Obscuritads, mentoring at Film London's FLAMIN Fellowship, and cinematography collaborations with Academy Award nominees.