Dennis Bartok is a filmmaker, distributor, art-house exhibitor, nonprofit executive and author. He currently serves as Co-Founder for the film distribution company Deaf Crocodile which restores and distributes World Cinema and World Animation. For nearly thirty years he was a key executive in programming and management for the nonprofit Hollywood film organization the American Cinematheque. He directed the Irish horror film Nails in 2017 which recently streamed on Netflix and wrote the non-fiction book, A Thousand Cuts: the Bizarre Underground World of Collectors and Dealers Who Saved the Movies, hailed as one of the “Best Film Books of 2016” in the Huffington Post. From 2022-2024 he served Executive Director of the nonprofit Philosophical Research Society in Los Feliz, which presents concerts, film screenings, art exhibits and theatre events.