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

  1. 1 2 3 Rob Guzyk, "SFU grad learns to love his name". Burnaby Now , August 20, 2003.
  2. ↑ J. Kelly Nestruck, "Genie win leaves Triplets of Belleville speechless". National Post , March 22, 2005.
  3. ↑ Michael D. Reid, "Mom shares movie dream with producer son". Victoria Times-Colonist , February 24, 2004.
  4. ↑ Marc Glassman, "Festival focuses on international copros". Playback , April 16, 2007.
  5. ↑ Peter Debruge, "Bananas!*". Variety , June 22, 2009.
  6. ↑ Alex Rivera, “Documentarians play the most crucial role when they question the official story”. IndieWire , July 5, 2009.
  7. ↑ Katherine Monk, "Canadian producer returns to Sundance with heavy-hitting doc". Telegraph-Journal , January 27, 2012.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Telefilm commits $5M to 20 English market docs". Playback , July 28, 2023.
  10. ↑ Gerry Flahive, "Docs look to the future". Playback , December 18, 2006.
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