Bart Mastronardi

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Bart Mastronardi
Born23 May 1972
Queens, New York
Website https://www.bartmastronardiphotography.com/
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Bart Mastronardi

Bart Mastronardi is an American director, screenwriter, cinematographer and producer. He resides in New York City, teaching camera, lighting, and directing at the New York Film Academy. His debut feature Vindication received positive coverage in Fangoria Magazine.[ citation needed ]

His feature film Tales of Poe, released in 2014, won the Audience Choice Award at the Screams in the Dark Festival held in Omaha, Nebraska. [1]

Filmography

YearFilmDirectorCinematographerProducerWriterActorNotes
2006 Vindication YesYesYesYesplayed Demon
2007Ding Dong Date (short)Yes
The Blood ShedYes
2008 Pink Eye Yes2nd unit Cinematographer
2009CrossedYes
Experiment 7Yesplayed Plaid Mutant
Contact (short)YesYesCo-Producer
2011The SadistYesplayed Mental Patient
2012Razor DaysYes
2013 Gallery of Fear YesYes
2014 Tales of Poe [1] YesYesYesYespost-production

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