Dean Bertram
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| Occupation(s) | Writer, filmmaker, film festival director |
Dean Bertram is a freelance writer, filmmaker, and film festival director based in Sydney, Australia. He is the co-founder of A Night of Horror International Film Festival.
Academic background
[edit]In 2006, Bertram graduated with a PhD in American cultural history from the University of Sydney.[1] His dissertation, Flying Saucer Culture: An Historical Survey of American UFO Belief, traces and examines the development of UFO belief within the context of American culture and society.
Freelance writing
[edit]Bertram has written for a range of publications including The Australian, The Australian Financial Review, People Magazine, IPA Review, 3D World and Fortean Times. Several of his articles are archived online, including a piece on his time studying the Unarius UFO cult,[2] an overview of conspiracy orientated cinema,[3] and an exposé of the fascist ideology that lurks behind The Da Vinci Code.[4] He was a regular contributor and columnist for The Spectator Australia from 2010 to 2014.
Filmmaking
[edit]In an interview for the horror news website HorrorScope, Bertram traces his love of the horror genre to having watched John Carpenter's seminal horror film Halloween, at the age of ten.[5] This is the time that Bertram shot his first Super 8 film.
His two most recent short films are Annie Get Your Whale Boy (2004)[6] and Foresta Rossa (2006).[7]
In February 2008, he completed principal photography on his first feature film Sick Day.[8] Bertram who wrote the film, co-directed it with his brother Grant. As of June 2008, Sick Day is still in post-production.[9]
A Night of Horror International Film Festival
[edit]Bertram founded A Night of Horror International Film Festival, along with Lisa Mitchell and Grant Bertram in 2006.[10] Bertram and Mitchell remain the festival's directors.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ Research Degrees in the Department of History Archived 21 July 2012 at archive.today University of Sydney.
- ^ Bertram, Dean. "The Unarius Society." Archived 7 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine Fortean Times. May 2002.
- ^ "Dean Bertram: Cracking the conspiracy code." Archived 9 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine The Australian. 18 May 2006.
- ^ "Dean Bertram: Jesus hoax born of a fascist's fantasies." Archived 25 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine The Australian. 2 March 2006.
- ^ "Interview: Dr. Dean Bertram". OzHorrorscope. 21 September 2007. Archived from the original on 15 February 2012.
- ^ Annie Get Your Whale Boy at IMDb
- ^ Foresta Rossa at IMDb
- ^ Time Out Sydney, 23–29 April 2008, pg. 48
- ^ Smoke and Mirrors magazine, June–August, 2008, pg. 30
- ^ Encore Magazine, June 2008, pg. 46
- ^ Drum Media, 1 April, no. 899, pg. 71
External links
[edit]- Interview part 1 Archived 15 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine for HorrorScope.
- Interview part 2 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine for HorrorScope.
- Sick Day, the Movie.
- Freelance Writing Jobs