Here is the biography of Renny Bartlett:
Renny Bartlett was born and raised in Ottawa and Montreal, Canada. He received an Elizabeth Greenshield Sculpture Award, which brought him to London, England in 1978. There, his art work became increasingly involved with experimental film, resulting in him being the first person ever to be awarded a 1st Class Honours Degree in Film from St. Martin's School of Art.
His innovative approach to filmmaking soon resulted in a number of stunning shorts, including Dula (1984) and Between Heaven and Earth (1981). This developed into longer films, such as his 1991 film Arktikos, which was a highly praised hybrid essay film using archive, narrative, and documentary.
During his years in Britain, Renny was nominated twice for the British Film Institute's Grierson Award for writing, directing, and producing the best documentary series on British television. He also worked closely with director Sally Potter on the double Academy Award-nominated film Orlando (1992).
He then began research on Eisenstein (2000),a feature film inspired by the life of the Russian revolutionary filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein. His research and writing of Eisenstein became an epic voyage from Mexico to Kazakhstan that lasted eight years.
Eisenstein was shot on location in Russia, Ukraine, and Mexico in 2000. Written and directed by Renny, the Canadian-German co-production stars Simon McBurney as Eisenstein. The film was released in Canada in September 2001 and opened at New York's Film Forum on January 2nd 2002.
Since completing Eisenstein, Renny has written and presented an hour-long documentary on Eisenstein's film The Battleship Potemkin, part of a major BBC2 Arts series entitled Art That Shook The World. He has also written and presented several other documentaries and films, including Zero Hour: Chernobyl, Warrior Women: Joan Of Arc and Boudica, and True Horror: Demons and Zombies.
Renny has two feature-films in development with both British and Canadian producers.
