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Name | Paul Bartel |
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Birth date | August 06, 1938 |
Birth place | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Death date | May 13, 2000 |
Death place | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor, director, writer |
Yearsactive | 1968–2000 |
Paul Bartel (August 6, 1938 – May 13, 2000) was an American actor, writer and director. Bartel was perhaps most known for his 1982 hit black comedy Eating Raoul, which he wrote, starred in and directed.
In 1979, he was a member of the jury at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival.
Bartel directed 11 low-budget films, including three which attained modest celebrity: Eating Raoul (1982), Lust in the Dust (1985) and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989), two of which featured co-star and fellow Brooklynite, Mary Woronov. Perhaps the most exciting preview of Bartel's eccentric genius was the short film "The Secret Cinema" a paranoid delusional fantasy masterpiece of self-referential cinema. Bartel and Woronov appeared together in 17 different films, including the 1975 cult film Death Race 2000, which he also directed; the 1979 cult classic Rock 'n' Roll High School; and Joe Dante's Hollywood Boulevard (1976). In the 1986 horror flick Chopping Mall, Bartel and Woronov reprised their characters from Eating Raoul.
Bartel made an appearance in Tim Burton's short film, Frankenweenie, as Victor's science teacher. Bartel directed ten movies, mostly low-budget comedies that he was hired to direct after the success of Eating Raoul. He sometimes contributed to the writing of these movies as well. He also made many guest appearances on TV shows.
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