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Bart Simpson

b. 1901

Canadian film director

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Born 1901. Bart Simpson was a Canadian film director and film producer.

Bart Simpson (born c. 1970) is a Canadian producer and director of documentary and fiction films. He is most noted as a producer of the 2003 feature documentary The Corporation, which was the winner of the Genie Award for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005.

Born in Victoria, British Columbia, and raised in the suburb of Esquimalt, he is a graduate of Simon Fraser University. and acted in the same capacity for the feature documentary Bananas!* with Swedish director Fredrik Gertten. The latter film was hit with a lawsuit from Dole Food Company in summer 2009. Subsequently, Gertten directed the film Big Boys Gone Bananas!*, which featured the Bananas!* filmmaking team including Simpson, and told the story of their fight against Dole as a First Amendment case.

In 2017, Simpson premiered his film Brasília: Life After Design. He subsequently entered production on The Mad World of Harvey Kurtzman, which is slated to premiere at the 2026 Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Simpson is a past national chairperson of the Documentary Organization of Canada.

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Important facts

Born
1901
Birth century
Nationality

Frequently asked questions

Who was Bart Simpson?

Canadian film director

When was Bart Simpson born?

Bart Simpson was born in 1901.

What was Bart Simpson's occupation?

Bart Simpson was a film director and film producer.

What nationality was Bart Simpson?

Bart Simpson was Canadian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Bart Simpson

· Wikidata: Q4865108

· DBpedia: Bart Simpson (filmmaker)

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