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Paul Bartel (August 6, 1938 – May 13, 2000) was an American actor, writer and director. He was perhaps most known for his 1982 hit black comedy Eating Raoul, which he co-wrote, starred in and directed. Bartel appeared in over 90 movies and TV episodes, including such titles as Eat My Dust!
Paul Bartel. Actor: Eating Raoul. Paul Bartel was born in Brooklyn in 1938. He decided he wanted to direct animated movies when he was 11 and by 13 had spent a summer working at New York's UPA animation studio.
- January 1, 1
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
Mr. Bartel, in later years a heavyset man with a white beard, achieved his greatest acclaim in 1982, when his ''Eating Raoul'' was chosen for the 20th New York Film Festival. ''One has to be ...
Eating Raoul is a 1982 American black comedy film written, directed by and starring Paul Bartel with Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Ed Begley Jr., Buck Henry, and Susan Saiger. It is about a prudish married couple (Bartel and Woronov) who resort to killing and robbing affluent swingers to earn money for their dream restaurant.
Paul Bartel. Actor: Eating Raoul. Paul Bartel was born in Brooklyn in 1938. He decided he wanted to direct animated movies when he was 11 and by 13 had spent a summer working at New York's UPA animation studio.
- August 6, 1938
- May 13, 2000
Paul Bartel, the character actor and filmmaker whose 1982 picture, "Eating Raoul," became a 1992 musical of the same title, died May 13 in his Manhattan home several weeks after cancer surgery,...
Paul Bartel is best known for his unconventional, subversive style-- his films as provocative as they are sophisticated. After his early work at Roger Corman’s New World Pictures (including directing the cult classic Death Race 2000) he went on to write, direct and star in his 1983 breakthrough cannibal sex comedy Eating Raoul (recently ...
