Barry J. Spinello

Barry J. Spinello (born January 17, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York City) is an American film director, film producer, screenwriter, and film editor. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1975.

Biography Barry J. Spinello, who attended Midwood High School and graduated from Columbia University, He spent two years in Florence to pursue painting. He shot his first film, Broken Soldiers, sponsored by the Church Council, using a camcorder. In 1968, during the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the Berkeley Film Society screened Spinello's short film, Sonata for Pen, Brush and Ruler, in the Wheeler Auditorium.

Spinello's film Mel on Wheels (1981) won the Ribbon Award at the American Film Festival and the Chris Plaque Award at the Columbus Film Festival.

The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York keeps three early film images by Spinello in its collection for preservation purposes.

Filmography

1968: Sonata for Pen, Brush and Ruler (short film; also producer, author and editor) 1969: Soundtrack (short film; also producer, author + editor) 1970: Six Loop Paintings (short film; also producer, writer + editor) 1972: Daily Routine in the Life of Dave Harvey (documentary; also producer, writer, editor + camera) 1973: Goatman of Briones (short film; also producer + editor) 1973: Film Graphics Abstract Aspects of Editing (documentary short film; also producer and author) 1974: Making Pottery (short film; also author) 1975: A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo (documentary short film; also producer) 1976: It's the Difference (documentary) 1977: Counseling the Terminally Ill: Three Lives (documentary; also producer and author) 1978: A Force of Five Thousand (documentary; also editor) 1979: Oxnard Robot (documentary short film; also editor) 1981: Mel on Wheels (documentary short film; also producer) 1983: Postcard from Paris (documentary; also producer) 1995: Peter Andrews Putnam (documentary short film; also producer, author, editor + camera) 2013: Towards (short film; also producer, writer + editor)

Controversy In 1994, Spinello sued Amblin Entertainment, over his script Adrian and the Toy People. He claimed that Amblin Entertainment's film "Small Soldiers" was based on his script "Adrian and the Toy People". He lost the case.

Awards and recognition In 1975, he was nominated for his film A Day in the Life of Bonnie Consolo in the category "Best Short Film".