Bob DeNatale

Bob DeNatale, also credited as Robert DeNatale, is a filmmaker, film editor, professional butoh dancer, and former Marvel editor/writer.

Bob DeNatale first entered the creative scene as an editor and writer for Marvel Comics. Starting in 1983 and continuing through 1991, DeNatale edited The Amazing Spider-Man, The Spectacular Spider-Man, and Marvel Team-Up.[1]

Although editing Spider-Man was his primary focus, during his time at Marvel, DeNatale also wrote for Dazzler, and edited Marvel Super Special #34, an adaptation of the Sheena, Queen of the Jungle film.[1] Following his departure from Marvel Comics, DeNatale focused on his career in butoh, the avant-garde Japanese dance art.

In 1992, DeNatale founded the Flesh & Blood Mystery Theater to spread the art of butoh.[2] Performing throughout the United States, Flesh & Blood Mystery Theater was a regular participant in the San Francisco Butoh Festival of which DeNatale was an Associate Producer.[3] DeNatale's other butoh credits include performing in the film Oakland Underground (2006)[4] and touring Germany and Poland with Ex…it! ’99 International Dance Festival.[5]

During the late 1990s, DeNatale co-founded the performance group XSX with former members of the bands Vivisection and Her Majesty the Baby.[6] He later served as the lead singer for the punk art band Kill The Messenger from 1986 to 1989. In the 2000s, DeNatale's creativity embarked on a new path as he began working in film.

His first film, a short entitled Prospect Park, Cleaning (2009), featured three butoh dancers improvising on a sunny day in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.[4] His second short, Tales of Creation (2011), which questioned whether hearing voices was God, the Devil, or insanity, was an Official Selection of the 2011 New Filmmakers New York Festival.[7] DeNatale's third project, The Art of Dreaming (2013), was a Semi-Finalist of the 2013 Moondance International Film Festival.[8] DeNatale is currently working on his first feature film, Kim.