Art Director Behind Joe Camel Is Subject of Short Documentary

Art Director Behind Joe Camel Is Subject of Short Documentary

David Bartels spent 50 years as an art director. He worked on iconic campaigns for Wendy’s and StarKist and dreamed up Joe Camel, the smooth but controversial character at the core of the Camel cigarettes campaign. All the while, he schmoozed and collaborated with the likes of Joe Sedelmaier, John Hughes and Andy Warhol. But Bartels is not well known, which is why directors Noah Readhead and Matt Richmond give him his due in the documentary Davi…