ACTION! Issue 2 | Page 8

Gothic Cinema

About Bart Mastronardi

Bart Mastronardi is an American director, screenwriter, cinematographer and producer. He resides in Los Angeles, teaching Camera, Lighting, and Director's craft at the prestigious New York Film Academy.

His debut feature Vindication garnered accolades from magazines such as Fangoria Magazine and awards at various international film festivals.

Tales of Poe has been awarded several times and Bart Mastronardi and Allan Rowe Kelly won the prize of best directors at the Chicago Horror Film Festival in October 2016.

"Breathtaking in its beauty. One of the best indie horror anthologies that I have ever seen. The best work (so far) of two of the hardest working and talented mofos in independent horror cinema. Takes the work of a master and puts it into the hands of two of the finest modern craftsmen in the field." Halloween Forevermore

Bart Mastronardi kindly accepted to answer the students' questions about his adaptation of Poe's short story. A great many thanks to him for his generosity!

Watch an extract from Bart's interview HERE.

If you want to see the whole interview,

please contact Gladys Dousson.