Gabriel Bartalos

Filmmaker Gabe Bartalos is the writer and director of two feature films Skinned Deep 2004 and his latest film Saint Bernard 2013 Both films are celebrated for their highenergy surrealist quality giving Bartalos a reputation for realitybending enigmatic themes Gabe also brings his ripe imagination and artistic vision to the world of music He has worked with bands such as The Damned 2003 Street Dogs 2006 The Briggs 2008 and David Byrne and St Vincent 2013 Early in his special makeup effects career Bartalos left his mark on the horror genre by teaming up with director Frank Henenlotter on horror classics such as Brain Damage 1988 Frankenhooker 1990 and Basket Case 2 1990 In 2008 Bartalos was executive producer for Henenlotters Bad Biology Gabe has handled the prosthetic makeup effects for renowned artistfilmmaker Matthew Barney since 1991 with works including The Cremaster Cycle spanning 19942002 March of the Anal Sadistic Warrior 1998 De Lama Lamina 2007 Drawing Restraint 9 2005 and on the 2008 Los Angeles live performance of Ren Gabe has also designed and executed the special makeup effects on films such as Leprechaun 1993 Sometimes They Come Back 1991 and The Hollow 2004 and most recently Tim and Erics Billion Dollar Movie 2012 Jack and Diane 2012 and The Wound 2013 In 2009 Gabe also produced the film The Mercy Man