Eric Leiser

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

Eric Leiser
Born
Los Angeles, California, US
Occupation(s)Artist, filmmaker, animator
Years active1997 – present
Notable workImagination

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. Belanger, Joseph (February 26, 2008). "Interview: Eric Leiser (Imagination)". Ion Cinema. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved August 25, 2009.
  2. Amid (July 4, 2007). "Imagination by Eric Leiser". CartoonBrew.com. Archived from the original on January 16, 2010. 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.
  4. Johans, Jen (December 8, 2007). "Imagination". (review) FilmIntuition.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014.
  5. "Eric Leiser". Los Angeles, California: Museum as Retail Space. November 11, 2017. Archived from the original on November 29, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  6. "Exhibition Detail: Eric Leiser, 'Aleph-Null'". ArtSlant.com. April 19, 2008. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
  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.
  8. "Apocalypsis (Eric Leiser, 2016)". Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. 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.
  10. "Annecy 2011 Programme". Annecy International Animated Film Festival. June 6, 2011. Archived from the original on July 2, 2011.
  11. "Death Is Green". New York City: Whitney Museum of American Art. 2016. Archived from the original on October 21, 2016. 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. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  13. "Eric Leiser: 'Anthropic Principle'". Whitney Museum of American Art. Archived from the original on November 4, 2017. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  14. "Alunae & Alumni" (PDF). Foote Prints. Vol. 37, no. 1. Foote School. Winter–Spring 2010. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2012.
  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. 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. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
  17. Priebe, Ken (2008). "Into the Eyes of a Child". HollywoodJesus.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2012. 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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