Bruce Dellis Explained

Bruce Dellis
Occupation:Film director and screenwriter
Years Active:2003–present
Children:1

Bruce Dellis is an American film director and screenwriter based in Tempe, AZ. He has written and directed several award-winning short films and features.

Career

In 2006, Dellis won two Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards for The Intervention of Brad.[1] That same year, he was named Arizona Filmmaker of the Year by the Phoenix Film Foundation.[2]

In 2007, he wrote the feature-length film Netherbeast Incorporated, which premiered at the 2007 AFI/Dallas Film Festival.[3] The offbeat comedy stars Darrell Hammond, Judd Nelson, Robert Wagner, Jason Mewes, Dave Foley, Steve Burns, and Amy Davidson.

Dellis won two more Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards in 2008 for his offbeat short film on the PTA called Fuller PTA: Better Than Stepping on a Rusty Nail.[4]

In all, Dellis has been nominated for a total of 14 Rocky Mountain Emmys, winning five.[5]

Dellis wrote and directed a chapter of the anthology film Locker 13.[6] The chapter, titled "The Benevolent Byzantine Order of the Nobles of the Enigmatic Oracle", stars David Huddleston, Bart Johnson, and Curtis Armstrong. Locker 13 was released in 2014.[7]

In 2019, Dellis wrote and directed "Raising Buchanan," a feature film starring René Auberjonois, Amanda Melby, M. Emmet Walsh, Cathy Shim, Terence Bernie Hines, and Robert Ben Garant.[8] It concerns a woman who steals the body of President James Buchanan with the hope of ransoming him for a large payoff, but finds that no one is particularly interested in getting him back. The film has won several awards on the film festival circuit.[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducer
2019Raising Buchanan[17]
2014Locker 13[18]
2010The Benevolent Byzantine Order of the Nobles of the Enigmatic Oracle[19]
2009Cocktail Wizard[20]
2008Fuller PTA: Better Than Stepping on a Rusty Nail![21]
2007Netherbeast Incorporated[22]
2007Michael's Hearing Problem[23]
2007Bitter Spirits[24]
2007John Philip Sousa Gets a Haircut[25]
2006The Intervention of Brad[26]
2005Doug, Mitch, and the Ironclad Argument[27]
2005Little Victim[28]
2004The Netherbeast of Berm-Tech Industries, Inc.[29] [30]
2004The Inevitable Reggie Vandervan[31]
2003Sick Day[32]
2003The Strange Case of Ray Milland[33]
2003A. Lincoln: A Life Embellished[34]

Personal life

Dellis is a faculty associate at Arizona State University teaching screenwriting.[35] He is married with one child.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IFP/PHX's Screen Wars has been Awarded Four Emmys . IFP . October 10, 2006 . 20 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070222003238/http://www.ifp.org/ifpnews/newsitem.php?id=514 . February 22, 2007.
  2. Web site: Phx Film Foundation Awards . Phx Film Festival . 2 July 2020.
  3. Web site: Dallas-AFI Fest Releases Lineup of Films . Dallas Observer . 2 July 2020.
  4. Web site: 2008 Rocky Mountain Emmy Recipients . NATAS-Rocky Mountain Division . 2 July 2020.
  5. Web site: Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards . NATAS-Rocky Mountain Division . 2 July 2020.
  6. Web site: Locker 13 . IMDB . 2 July 2020.
  7. Web site: Locker 13: Film Review . Variety . 2 July 2020.
  8. Web site: Raising Buchanan . IMDB . 2 July 2020.
  9. Web site: 2019 Phoenix Film Festival award winners . Phx Film Fest . 18 July 2019.
  10. Web site: 2019 Manhattan Film Festival award winners . Manhattan Film Festival . 18 July 2019 . 18 July 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190718004502/https://www.manhattanff.com/awards . dead .
  11. Web site: 2019 New Haven Film Festival Award Winners. 20 June 2020. 3 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140503084554/http://ctfilmfest.com/newhaven/. dead.
  12. Web site: 2019 Franklin International Independent Film Festival Award Winners. 20 June 2020. 2 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200702003352/https://www.fiiff.org/2019-festival. dead.
  13. Web site: 2019 ROFL Madrid Comedy Film Festival Award Winners. 20 June 2020. 8 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200808124626/http://roflfilmfestival.com/. dead.
  14. Web site: 2020 Rocky Mountain Emmy Award Nominees. 20 June 2020. 25 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191125002108/http://rockymountainemmy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-Rocky-Mountain-Emmy-Award-Recipients.pdf. dead.
  15. Web site: 2019 Red Rose International Film Festival Award Winners. 20 June 2020.
  16. Web site: 2020 WorldFest Houston Award Winners. 20 June 2020.
  17. Web site: Raising Buchanan . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  18. Web site: Locker 13 . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  19. Web site: The Benevolent Byzantine Order of the Nobles of the Enigmatic Oracle . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  20. Web site: Cocktail Wizard . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  21. Web site: Fuller PTA: Better Than Stepping on a Rusty Nail! . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  22. Web site: Netherbeast Incorporated . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  23. Web site: Michael's Hearing Problem . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  24. Web site: Bitter Spirits . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  25. Web site: John Philip Sousa Gets a Haircut . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  26. Web site: The Intervention of Brad . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  27. Web site: Doug, Mitch, and the Ironclad Argument . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  28. Web site: Little Victim . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  29. Web site: The SCI-FI-LONDON 2005 festival awards . SCI-FI-London . 20 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050308204151/http://www.sci-fi-london.com/2005web/awards.htm . March 8, 2005.
  30. Web site: The Netherbeast of Berm-Tech Industries, Inc. . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  31. Web site: The Inevitable Reggie Vandervan . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  32. Web site: Sick Day . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  33. Web site: The Strange Case of Ray Milland . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  34. Web site: A. Lincoln: A Life Embellished . IMDB . 18 July 2019.
  35. Web site: ASU Faculty . Arizona State University . 2 July 2020.