Tennyson Bardwell is an American

United States

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 film

Film

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 and TV commercial director

Film director

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 and screenwriter

Screenwriter

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Biography

Tennyson Bardwell received a Bachelor of Fine Arts

Bachelor of Fine Arts

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 degree in acting

Acting

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 and writing from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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. During his time there, won the Pittsburgh Playhouse Award and the Henry Boetchner Award.

His first feature film, Dorian Blues

Dorian Blues

Dorian Blues is a 2004 comedy film about a gay teenager coming to terms with his identity in upstate New York. The film was written and directed by Tennyson Bardwell and is loosely based on Bardwell's college roommate.-Synopsis:...

, made in 2004 and released theatrically in Manhattan

Manhattan

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 on September 23, 2005, won 14 film festival

Film festival

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 awards, including general and first-feature Audience Awards at the Lake Placid Film Festival

Lake Placid Film Festival

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, Outfest

Outfest

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, the Long Island International Film Forum and the Philadelphia Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. His second film, The Skeptic

The Skeptic (film)

The Skeptic is a 2009 American horror film written and directed by Tennyson Bardwell. Starring Tim Daly, Zoe Saldana, and Tom Arnold, and featuring Robert Prosky and Edward Hermann, it depicts the story of an attorney who inherits a seemingly haunted house, though he does not believe in the...

, was completed in 2007, released to pay-per-view

Pay-per-view

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 television

Television

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 on April 29, 2009, and released in New York City

New York City

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 on May 1, 2009. It was filmed in and around Buskirk, New York. As of April 2009, Bardwell is preparing his third feature, June Wedding, a romantic comedy-drama

Romantic Comedy

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His TV-commercial works includes spots for Heinz Tomato Ketchup

Heinz Tomato Ketchup

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As of April 2009, Bardwell lives in New York City with his film producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

and manager wife, Mary-Beth Taylor, and their three sons.

External links

• Union College: Union in the News: Barnes, Steve, "Union makes the 'indie' movie circuit", The Times Union, December 16, 2005