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Barry Otto by Gracie Otto

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DIRECTED BY: Gracie Otto
PRODUCED BY: 1937
DOP: Casimir Dickson
STYLED BY: Karla Clarke
GROOMING BY: Taylor Redman @ Company1
DIRECTORS ASSISTANT: Emily Hawe
FASHION ASSISTANT: Nichhia Wippell
EDITED BY: Gracie Otto
POST PRODUCTION BY: The Gingerbread Man
SOUND DESIGNED BY: Lawrence Horne
COLOURIST: Matt Fezz 
MUSIC SUPERVISOR: Andrew Kotatko

Barry wears Gucci throughout (with own hats and sunglasses), please see The Imaginarium of Mr. Otto for full details.

Venture down the rabbit hole and see legendary film and theatre icon, Barry Otto, as you’ve never quite seen him before…
An imaginative BTS of sorts, this moving portrait affords an insight into the character behind some of cinema’s most memorable characters. Playfully intimate, and through the aperture of Otto’s own daughter, Gracie, the film moonlights as a panoramic study on the many facets of influence. -TF

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