Webinar: Meet the Showrunner – Simon Barry
Join us for a free online conversation with Showrunner Simon Barry (Bet), in conversation with screenwriter Rachel Langer.
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Monday February 9, 2026
6pm on Zoom
Free Registration
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Simon Barry
Simon Barry is a Vancouver based Show-Runner / Director / Writer / Producer and a founding partner of Reality Distortion Field Inc, a Film & TV production company.
After graduating from the University of British Columbia, Simon worked as an Assistant Cameraman on several Feature Films and Television Series before relocating to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a Screenwriter. His first feature credit was the 2000 Action thriller The Art of War starring Wesley Snipes. Simon followed up with several uncredited rewrites on films such as Deep Blue Sea and Formula 51 before moving into Television, working for companies such as CBS, FX, USA, Spelling and Bell Media before returning to Canada and creating and show-running the Saturn Award winning series Continuum which ran for 4 seasons on SyFy and Showcase.
Following Continuum, Simon helped launch the SyFy series Van Helsing as Executive Producer and followed this up creating the award winning Mafia drama Bad Blood and show-running the SyFy series Ghost Wars.
His next series was creating and show-running the critical and fan favourite, Warrior Nun for Netflix which ran for 2 seasons. At the same time he produced Fakes for CBC and Netflix. His latest series is Bet the Netflix adaptation of the Manga ‘Kakegurui’, which was recently renewed for season 2. Simon also just directed the pilot for the new Netflix series Crew Girl.
Rachel Langer
Rachel Langer is a screenwriter for dramatic television. She recently served as writer and executive producer on the critically acclaimed hit drama Transplant for CTV/NBC. Additional credits include the hit CBC/Netflix series North of North (Netflix), The Order (Netflix), Ghost Wars (SYFY), The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco and This Life (CBC). Rachel writes and produces independent short films, is an avid gamer and a published essayist.
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