Barry W. Levy is an award winning filmmaker, actor, screenwriter, and author of the Storytrade Award winning novel The War Machine. A dual US/Canadian citizen, he has garnered numerous festival awards for the movies he's made, and enjoyed a diverse and extensive acting career. Over the years he has portrayed serious roles like the ill-fated pilot of Flight 93 (2006), hammed it up in Scary Movie 4 (2006), gotten scientific on The X-Files (1993), and kicked butt in Scandal (2012) and Supernatural (2005).
The War Machine, his debut spy thriller novel about a Canadian-born US-trained Vietnam era sniper was published in March 2024. He is also an accomplished screenwriter. His two feature films, Spook (2003) and The Shasta Triangle (2019), both of which he wrote and directed, have won many international festival awards, as have his numerous short films.
Barry's feature films include A&E's Emmy Award winning Flight 93 (2006), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Riding the Bullet (2004) by Stephen King, the seasonal favorite Christmas at Dollywood (2019), The Ex (1996), The Risen (2003), and international video artist Stan Douglas's Win, Place, or Show (1998) which was screened at every major museum and visual arts establishment in the world including The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York.
Barry has also worked as a radio broadcaster in Montreal and Ottawa, and holds a BFA degree from The Dept. of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing at The University of British Columbia. He makes his home between Los Angeles and Vancouver with his wife and producing partner, actress Helenna Santos, who is constantly entertained by his attempts at making pickles.
