Bart Simpson (filmmaker)

{{short description|Canadian film director}}

Bart Simpson (born c. 1970) is a Canadian producer and director of documentary and fiction films.Rob Guzyk, "SFU grad learns to love his name". Burnaby Now, August 20, 2003. 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.J. Kelly Nestruck, "Genie win leaves Triplets of Belleville speechless". National Post, March 22, 2005.

Born in Victoria, British Columbia, and raised in the suburb of Esquimalt,Michael D. Reid, "Mom shares movie dream with producer son". Victoria Times-Colonist, February 24, 2004. he is a graduate of Simon Fraser University. His early artistic projects included the short film Vampire's Guide to Sweden, and the fringe festival musical Phat Tank.

Following the success of The Corporation, Simpson acted as Canadian producer on Moebius Redux featuring illustrator Jean Giraud,Marc Glassman, [https://playbackonline.ca/2007/04/16/copro-20070416/ "Festival focuses on international copros"]. Playback, April 16, 2007. and acted in the same capacity for the feature documentary Bananas!* with Swedish director Fredrik Gertten.Peter Debruge, [https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/bananas-2-1200475008/ "Bananas!*"]. Variety, June 22, 2009. The latter film was hit with a lawsuit from Dole Food Company in summer 2009.Alex Rivera, [https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/alex-rivera-documentarians-play-the-most-crucial-role-when-they-question-the-official-story-70198/ “Documentarians play the most crucial role when they question the official story”]. IndieWire, July 5, 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.Katherine Monk, "Canadian producer returns to Sundance with heavy-hitting doc". Telegraph-Journal, January 27, 2012.

In 2017, Simpson premiered his film Brasília: Life After Design.Alison Gillmor, "Doc highlights Brasilia in all its modes, moods: Architecture + Design Film Festival features more than 20 films". Winnipeg Free Press, April 19, 2018. He is currently in production on The Mad World of Harvey Kurtzman, slated for release in 2025.Taimur Sikander Mirza, [https://playbackonline.ca/2023/07/28/telefilm-commits-5m-to-20-english-market-docs/ "Telefilm commits $5M to 20 English market docs"]. Playback, July 28, 2023.

Simpson is a past national chairperson of the Documentary Organization of Canada.Gerry Flahive, [https://playbackonline.ca/2006/12/18/docs-20061218/ "Docs look to the future"]. Playback, December 18, 2006.