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Renny Bartlett is a Canadian film and television director. [1] Primarily a documentary filmmaker, he is best known for his narrative feature film Eisenstein , for which he was a two-time Genie Award nominee at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002, in the categories of Best Screenplay and Best Director. [2]

His other credits have included the documentary television series Zero Hour , Locked Up Abroad , I Shouldn't Be Alive and Andrew Marr's History of the World .

Originally from Ottawa, Ontario, [1] he has also taught at Vancouver's Praxis Centre for Screenwriters. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Turning the camera on Russia's film pioneer: Sergei Eisenstein was a true revolutionary conflicted by Stalin's tyranny". Vancouver Sun , November 16, 2001.
  2. "Nominees for this year's Genie Awards". Toronto Star , December 13, 2001.