Tennyson Bardwell

Award winning writer/director Tennyson Bardwell's second film, The Skeptic, starring Tim Daly (Diner, ABC's Private Practice, Wings) Zoe Saldana (Star Trek, Avatar), and Tom Arnold (True Lies), was released worldwide by IFC Films in 2011 and became one the hottest VODs (videos on demand) within its genre that year for IFC. Tennyson's first feature, Dorian Blues, won 14 awards on the festival circuit; including the coveted HBO Best First Feature prize at LA's Outfest, New York NewFest's Best Screenplay award, the Audience award at the Lake Placid film festival, both the Audience and Director awards at Cinequest; as well as ten other US and International awards. Although made on a shoestring budget Dorian Blues received a Domestic and Foreign limited theatrical release and much critical acclaim: "Throughout the film the writing remains cleverly acrid...Bardwell gently lights a footpath between two ways of living." - The New York Times "A brilliantly well written script - insightful, hilarious, and ultimately profoundly moving." - The London Times "A film with a lot of heart." The New York Post "Well written and well acted." The Los Angelos Times Tennyson is a graduate of the esteemed Carnegie-Mellon University, where he received a BFA and, while in attendance, was the recipient of two of the University's most prestigious awards: The Pittsburgh Playhouse Award, and the Henry Boetchner Scholarship Award.