Renny Bartlett

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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] Bartlett won the 2001 St. Petersburg International Film Festival’s 'Prize of the City' for "Creative contribution to International cinema" for his film Eisenstein. <ref> Renny Bartlett

His other credits have included the television documentaries RUSSIA 1917: COUNTDOWN TO REVOLUTION (2017), TITANIC’S TRAGIC TWIN: THE BRITANNIC DISASTER (2016), BLOODY QUEENS – ELIZABETH & MARY (2016), BORDER COUNTRY (2014), ISAAC NEWTON – THE LAST MAGICIAN (2014), two episodes in the television documentary series AMERICA: THE STORY OF US (2010), WARRIOR WOMEN: JOAN OF ARC and BOUDICA (2003), <ref> Renny Bartlett Zero Hour , Locked Up Abroad , I Shouldn't Be Alive and Andrew Marr's History of the World (2012).

Originally from Ottawa, Ontario, [1] he lives in London UK <ref> Renny Bartlett and has also taught at Vancouver's Praxis Centre for Screenwriters. [1]

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.