Bart Simpson (filmmaker)
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Bart Simpson (born c. 1970) is a Canadian producer and director of documentary and fiction films.[1] He is most noted as a producer of the 2003 feature documentary The Corporation, which was the winner of the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005.[2]
Born in Victoria, British Columbia, and raised in the suburb of Esquimalt,[3] he is a graduate of Simon Fraser University.[1] His early artistic projects included the short film Vampire's Guide to Sweden, and the fringe festival musical Phat Tank.[1]
Following the success of The Corporation, Simpson acted as Canadian producer on Moebius Redux featuring illustrator Jean Giraud,[4] and acted in the same capacity for the feature documentary Bananas!* with Swedish director Fredrik Gertten.[5] The latter film was hit with a lawsuit from Dole Food Company in summer 2009.[6] Subsequently, Gertten directed the film Big Boys Gone Bananas!*, which featured the Bananas!* filmmaking team including Simpson, and told the story of their fight against Dole as a First Amendment case.[7]
In 2017, Simpson premiered his film Brasília: Life After Design.[8] He is currently in production on The Mad World of Harvey Kurtzman, slated for release in 2025.[9]
Simpson is a past national chairperson of the Documentary Organization of Canada.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Rob Guzyk, "SFU grad learns to love his name". Burnaby Now, August 20, 2003.
- ^ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Genie win leaves Triplets of Belleville speechless". National Post, March 22, 2005.
- ^ Michael D. Reid, "Mom shares movie dream with producer son". Victoria Times-Colonist, February 24, 2004.
- ^ Marc Glassman, "Festival focuses on international copros". Playback, April 16, 2007.
- ^ Peter Debruge, "Bananas!*". Variety, June 22, 2009.
- ^ Alex Rivera, “Documentarians play the most crucial role when they question the official story”. IndieWire, July 5, 2009.
- ^ Katherine Monk, "Canadian producer returns to Sundance with heavy-hitting doc". Telegraph-Journal, January 27, 2012.
- ^ Alison Gillmor, "Doc highlights Brasilia in all its modes, moods: Architecture + Design Film Festival features more than 20 films". Winnipeg Free Press, April 19, 2018.
- ^ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Telefilm commits $5M to 20 English market docs". Playback, July 28, 2023.
- ^ Gerry Flahive, "Docs look to the future". Playback, December 18, 2006.
External links
[edit]- Bart Simpson at IMDb
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