Paul Bartel

Last film role as Osric in "Hamlet", directed by Michael Almereyda

Acted in the comedy "Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss"

Had occasional role of a teacher on TV series version of "Clueless" (ABC)

Co-starred in PBS miniseries "Armistead Maupin's 'Tales of the City'"

Directed "Shelf Life", adapted from the play by O-Lan Jones, Andrea Stein and Jim Turner

Stage musical based on "Eating Raoul" produced

Garnered critical acclaim for writing and directing "Scenes From the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills"

First film as producer, "Eating Raoul"; also co-wrote, acted in and directed

First directed for small screen with TV-movie ""The Hustler of Muscle Beach" (ABC)

Wrote, produced and acted in "Cannonball"; selected to open Edinburgh Film Festival

Feature film directing debut, "Private Parts"

Played uncle Tom Wood in Brian DePalma's "Hi, Mom!"

Directed the short "The Secret Cinema"

Worked for the summer at the New York studio of UPA Cartoons

In Rome, wrote and directed first short theatrical film, "Progetti"; shown at 1962 Venice Film Festival

Raised in Nutley and Montclair, New Jersey

Worked for US Army Pictorial Center

Wrote and directed documentary series for US Information Agency