Biography:Eric Leiser

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Eric Leiser
Born
Los Angeles, California, US
OccupationArtist, filmmaker, animator
Years active1997 – present
Notable work
Imagination

Eric Leiser is an American, filmmaker, animator and holographer.

Career

Born in California, Leiser earned a bachelor's degree in animation at the California Institute of the Arts[1][2] while developing the stop-motion series Twilight Park.[3] During its conception, Leiser worked props on SpongeBob SquarePants.[4] Leiser's holograms have been shown at a number of galleries.[5][6]

He has made numerous short films, eight of which appear in the DVD release Eclectic Shorts by Eric Leiser, and four features: Faustbook, Imagination,[1] Glitch in the Grid,[7] and Apocalypsis.[8]

Leiser conceived Glitch in the Grid in response to a fallout with a producer over a film Leiser wrote that was set in Iceland.[9] On June 6, 2011, Glitch in the Grid premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.[10]

Leiser's 2016 short film "Anthropic Principle" was included in "Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016" (October 28, 2016 – February 5, 2017) at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City.[11][12][13]

Personal life

After Leiser married Jenny Colville on October 31, 2009, he and his wife lived briefly in Hastings, England,[14] and by February 2010 were residing in New York City.[15]

An Orthodox Christian,[1][16] Leiser in 2008 said of his work, "I don't really want to make 'Christian film' necessarily, like the things you find in Christian bookstores. I prefer to explore experimental film techniques that still glorify God without being blatant or preachy. I do like to leave much of the symbolism to the audience's own interpretations."[17]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Belanger, Joseph (February 26, 2008). "Interview: Eric Leiser (Imagination)". Ion Cinema. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927123545/http://www.ioncinema.com/news/id/1395/interview_eric_leiser_imagination. Retrieved August 25, 2009. 
  2. ↑ Amid (July 4, 2007). "Imagination by Eric Leiser". CartoonBrew.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100116112458/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/imagination-by-eric-leiser.html. Retrieved August 25, 2009. 
  3. ↑ "Exhibition Detail: Eric Leiser, 'A Puppet Show'". ArtSlant.com. April 12, 2008. Archived from the original on July 23, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090723100006/http://www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/16269-a-puppet-show. 
  4. ↑ Johans, Jen (December 8, 2007). "Imagination". (review) FilmIntuition.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140324102331/http://reviews.filmintuition.com/2007/12/imagination.html. 
  5. ↑ "Eric Leiser". Los Angeles, California: Museum as Retail Space. November 11, 2017. Archived from the original on November 29, 2017. https://archive.today/20171129014315/http://www.marsgallery.net/eric-leiser/. Retrieved November 29, 2017. 
  6. ↑ "Exhibition Detail: Eric Leiser, 'Aleph-Null'". ArtSlant.com. April 19, 2008. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716095049/http://www.artslant.com/la/events/show/16204-aleph-null. 
  7. ↑ Brown, Todd (February 25, 2010). "Experimental Animator Eric Leiser Returns with 'Glitch in the Grid'". TwitchFilm.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100621190708/http://twitchfilm.net/news/2010/02/experimental-animator-eric-leiser-returns-with-glitch-in-the-grid.php. 
  8. ↑ "Apocalypsis (Eric Leiser, 2016)". Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161020223016/http://wexarts.org/film-video/apocalypsis. Retrieved October 20, 2016. 
  9. ↑ Leiser, Jeffrey; Leiser, Eric (April 15, 2010). "Glitch In The Grid: Young Artists in the New American Recession". Campus Circle. Los Angeles. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160309121644/http://www.campuscircle.com/review.cfm?h=-i-glitch-in-the-rid-i-young-artists-in-the-new-american-recession&r=10558. 
  10. ↑ "Annecy 2011 Programme". Annecy International Animated Film Festival. June 6, 2011. Archived from the original on July 2, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110702123847/http://www.annecy.org/annecy-2011/festival/programmes%3A201155. 
  11. ↑ "Death Is Green". New York City: Whitney Museum of American Art. 2016. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161021182813/http://whitney.org/Events/DeathIsGreen. Retrieved October 21, 2016. 
  12. ↑ "Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016". Whitney Museum of American Art. Archived from the original on November 4, 2017. https://archive.today/20171104193328/https://whitney.org/Exhibitions/Dreamlands. Retrieved November 4, 2017. 
  13. ↑ "Eric Leiser: 'Anthropic Principle'". Whitney Museum of American Art. Archived from the original on November 4, 2017. https://archive.today/20171104193003/https://whitney.org/WatchAndListen/13. Retrieved November 4, 2017. 
  14. ↑ "Alunae & Alumni". Foote Prints (Foote School) 37 (1): p. 40. Winter–Spring 2010. Archived from the original on February 26, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120226135640/http://www.footeschool.org/alumnae/images/%20FP_sp10.pdf. 
  15. ↑ Leiser, Eric (February 11, 2010). "Catching Up-December–February Blessings". Glitch in the Grid (Eric Leiser blog). Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111008090002/http://glitchinthegrid.blogspot.com/2010/02/catching-up-december-february-blessings_11.html. Retrieved October 11, 2011. 
  16. ↑ Walker, Angela (March 2, 2010). "Christian Filmmakers Create a Glitch in the Grid". ChristianCinema.com. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120403030613/http://www.christiancinema.com/catalog/newsdesk_info.php?newsdesk_id=1280. Retrieved October 11, 2011. 
  17. ↑ Priebe, Ken (2008). "Into the Eyes of a Child". HollywoodJesus.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120922193327/http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/dvdDetail.cfm?i=EA254F1D-0493-543A-AAC39DD7341F5190&ia=EA2AF652-ECE3-B01A-D92B29C01F2314F4&pageNumber=2. Retrieved September 22, 2012.  Jeffrey Leiser: "Eric and I are both Christians, but a lot of other Christians don't understand us."



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