{{Short description|Australian writer, filmmaker, and film festival director}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Dean Bertram | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = <!-- {{birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} for living people. For people who have died, use {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}}. --> | birth_place = Australia | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = Writer, filmmaker, film festival director | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}

'''Dean Bertram''' is a freelance writer, filmmaker, and film festival director based in Sydney, Australia. He is the co-founder of A Night of Horror International Film Festival.

== Academic background == In 2006, Bertram graduated with a PhD in American cultural history from the University of Sydney.<ref>[http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/history/research/degree.shtml ''Research Degrees in the Department of History''] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120721175809/http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/history/research/degree.shtml |date=21 July 2012 }} University of Sydney.</ref> His dissertation, ''Flying Saucer Culture: An Historical Survey of American UFO Belief'', traces and examines the development of UFO belief within the context of American culture and society.

== Freelance writing == Bertram has written for a range of publications including ''The Australian'', ''The Australian Financial Review'', ''People Magazine'', IPA Review, ''3D World'' and ''Fortean Times''. Several of his articles are archived online, including a piece on his time studying the Unarius UFO cult,<ref>Bertram, Dean. [http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/45/the_unarius_society.html "The Unarius Society."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907091708/http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/45/the_unarius_society.html |date=7 September 2008 }} Fortean Times. May 2002.</ref> an overview of conspiracy orientated cinema,<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19169913-7583,00.html "Dean Bertram: Cracking the conspiracy code."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609171045/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19169913-7583,00.html |date=9 June 2007 }} ''The Australian''. 18 May 2006.</ref> and an exposé of the fascist ideology that lurks behind ''The Da Vinci Code''.<ref>[http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18315619-7583,00.html "Dean Bertram: Jesus hoax born of a fascist's fantasies."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925215934/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,18315619-7583,00.html |date=25 September 2008 }} ''The Australian''. 2 March 2006.</ref> He was a regular contributor and columnist for The Spectator Australia from 2010 to 2014.

== Filmmaking == In an interview for the horror news website ''HorrorScope'', Bertram traces his love of the horror genre to having watched John Carpenter's seminal horror film ''Halloween'', at the age of ten.<ref>{{cite web|archivedate=February 15, 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215075938/http://www.horrorscope.com.au/2007/09/interview-dr-dean-bertram-part-1.html|url=https://ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com/2007/09/interview-dr-dean-bertram-part-1.html|title=Interview: Dr. Dean Bertram|publisher=OzHorrorscope|date=21 September 2007}}</ref> This is the time that Bertram shot his first Super 8 film.

His two most recent short films are ''Annie Get Your Whale Boy'' (2004)<ref>{{imdb title|id=0825467|title=Annie Get Your Whale Boy}}</ref> and ''Foresta Rossa'' (2006).<ref>{{imdb title|id=0884731|title=Foresta Rossa}}</ref>

In February 2008, he completed principal photography on his first feature film ''Sick Day''.<ref>''Time Out Sydney'', 23–29 April 2008, pg. 48</ref> Bertram who wrote the film, co-directed it with his brother Grant. As of June 2008, ''Sick Day'' is still in post-production.<ref>''Smoke and Mirrors magazine'', June–August, 2008, pg. 30</ref>

== A Night of Horror International Film Festival == Bertram founded A Night of Horror International Film Festival, along with Lisa Mitchell and Grant Bertram in 2006.<ref>''Encore Magazine'', June 2008, pg. 46</ref> Bertram and Mitchell remain the festival's directors.<ref>Drum Media, 1 April, no. 899, pg. 71</ref>

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==External links== *[https://ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com/2007/09/interview-dr-dean-bertram-part-1.html Interview part 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215075938/http://www.horrorscope.com.au/2007/09/interview-dr-dean-bertram-part-1.html |date=15 February 2012 }} for ''HorrorScope''. *[https://ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com/2007/09/interview-dr-dean-bertram-part-2.html Interview part 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235909/http://ozhorrorscope.blogspot.com/2007/09/interview-dr-dean-bertram-part-2.html |date=3 March 2016 }} for ''HorrorScope''. *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110202091009/http://sickdaythemovie.com/ Sick Day, the Movie.] *[http://www.prospectsolution.com/ Freelance Writing Jobs]

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