Awards

Apart from over 60 awards for his films Barry has been awarded an Outstanding Achievement Award from Stoke Your Fires Festival in Stoke, the hugely prestigious John Owens Award from Manchester University, an honorary Doctorate from Staffordshire University and the Golden Dinosaur award from a Polish Film festival for artists who give their time to students.

Barry’s OSCAR nominated film ‘Screen Play’ was voted 40th best animated film of all time by an ASIFA (Association Internationale du Film d’Animation) poll of professionals. Bournemouth University and the Brazil Stop Motion Festival awarded Barry lifetime achievement awards and he received a prestigious Romics d’Oro from Rome. Barry was made a Fellow of UCLAN (University of Lancashire) in 2017.

Barry was awarded a Fellowship at the Manchester Animation Festival in 2018 and in 2023 he received the highly prestigious Cristal d’honneur from the Annecy International Animation Festival. In 2024, ANIMAC the International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia awarded their Animation Master Award to Barry.

Major achievement awards

John Owens Prize, University of Manchester, 1995

Outstanding Achievement Award, Stoke Your Fires Festival

Golden Dinosaur, Poznan festival, Poland, 1996

Honorary Doctorate, Staffordshire University, 2011

Lifetime Achievement Award, Bournemouth University, 2013

Lifetime Achievement Award, Brazil Stop Motion Festival, 2013

Romics d’Oro, Rome, 2014

Honorary Fellowship, University of Lancashire (UCLAN), 2017

Fellowship, Manchester Animation Festival, 2018

Crystal of Honor, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, 2023

Animation Master Award, ANIMAC, International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, 2024

Cinema & Opera Outstanding Achievement Award, Messina Opera on Film Festival, 2025