Bart Gavigan
Bart is a writer and film-maker who runs clinics for major European and Hollywood screenwriters with his creative partner, Martina Nagel. He is an advisor to Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute, and he acted as advisor to Equinox and British Screen in Europe.
Bart’s Recent Films include:
"End Of The Spear" (writer/producer) 2006
This independently produced and distributed film, with no star names, opened
in the USA Top Ten in January 2006 and made $12 million at the box office.
"Exodus" (writer/director) 2006
This epic documentary, filmed over five years, explores whether the Exodus event is a myth or a reality.
"Christmas Child" (co-director) 2004
Starring William R. Moses, Megan Fellows and Steven Curtis Chapman, and based on a Max Lucado
best-seller, the film premiered on Lifetime at Christmas 2004.
"Luther" (writer/creative producer – including Final Cut) 2003
Starring Joe Fiennes, Alfred Molina, Sir Peter Ustinov and Bruno Ganz.
Screen International placed "Luther" in the top six truly independent films at the
box office in 2003, alongside "Whale Rider" and "Girl With A Pearl Ear-Ring".
Bart is well respected and experienced in a variety of films:
" I just call him Yoda. Working with Bart, Martina and the team verges on being a "spiritual" experience. To me it is where the creative demons find common ground with the storyteller's soul. "
James V Hart, writer ("Hook", "Dracula", "Contact", "Sahara")
" What he and his brilliant young partner, Martina Nagel, achieve with writers is incomparable. "
Stewart Stern, writer ("Rebel Without A Cause", "The Ugly American", "Rachel, Rachel", "The Rack", "The Last Movie")
" Working with Bart and Martina is to discover the hidden potential of your story or script. Enlightening, encouraging, exceptional! "
Iain Smith, producer ("Alexander the Great", "Cold Mountain", "The Fifth Element", "Entrapment", "Seven Years in Tibet")
" Everything I know about film structure I learnt from Bart Gavigan. "
Mike Radford, writer-director ("The Merchant of Venice", "Il Postino")