Dennis Bartok
- Writer
- Producer
- Executive
The son of noted avant-garde filmmaker and conceptual artist LeAnn
Bartok, Dennis graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the
Arts Film program. At NYU he directed the 10-minute short "Quarter
'Til" starring Sean Young and John Heard for HBO's Cinema Showcase
series. After graduation he worked for one year for Robert DeNiro's
Tribeca Productions in New York. From 1992 - 2005 he served as Head of
Programming for the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles, a non-profit
film organization that screens foreign, classic and rare films. While
he was there the Cinematheque restored and re-opened the historic 1922
Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and the classic 1940s era Aero Theatre
in Santa Monica. During that time he sold several spec screenplays to
20th Century Fox and New Line. In 2005/2006 he produced & wrote the
anthology horror film "Trapped Ashes" which screened as a work in
progress at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and world premiered at the
Toronto Film Festival that year in the Midnight Madness program. He has
also appeared as a TV commentator on film history for AMC's "Behind The
Screen" program, and is featured interviewing directors on a number of
DVD releases including the "Alien" boxed set with Ridley Scott, "Black
Hawk Down" with director Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer and
"Amelie" with director Jean-Pierre Jeunet. He is the brother of
actor/writer Jayce Bartok, and his wife Susan is a TV and film
producer. He has one son, Sandor Ace.
