- Brett Leonard
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name = Brett Leonard
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caption = Brett Leonard, November 2007
occupation = Director,Writer , ProducerBrett Leonard (born May 14, 1959 in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A.) is an American
film director , producer and Music video director specializing in thescience-fiction and horror genres. A few of his films such as "The Lawnmower Man" and "Virtuosity " (1995) feature groundbreakingcomputer animation andvisual effect s. "The Lawnmower Man" is considered the first, seminal film to feature "Virtual Reality" as a cautionary tale becoming the number one commercially successful independent film of 1992, budgeted at just under $6 million and eventually earning over $150 million worldwide.Virtuosity became the first major film to featurenanotechnology set in acyberpunk based future with Brett Leonard castingRussell Crowe andDenzel Washington together a full 12 years before they would again co-star and many Oscar nominations later in a 2007 project. His work with theIMAX 3D process set him apart from most directors having gained early experience with this cutting-edge presentation medium directing in IMAX 3D. The film became the first number one hit 3D movie to gross over $100 million worldwide (on IMAX screens alone).He created a sensation when he took his "“Swarm Cam-Fusion Station”" onto the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and guest
Billy Idol , and implemented one of the first live web-casts ever, from the House of Blues, LA.Creative Artists Agency andIntel Corporation hired him to direct a state-of-the-art "interactive show" for the "CAA/Intel Media Lab" to introduce the Hollywood community to the "future of entertainment" digitizing actorDanny DeVito , and using live performance animation to create the interactive animated character "Mr. Head", who guided the audience/participants through the experience.In the music video genre Brett directed
Peter Gabriel 's: "Kiss That Frog", the first all computer graphic (CGI) music video / motion simulator ride film to tour the world becoming the wildly popular themed entertainment attraction to win him a 1994 MTV Music Video Award.Works
Film
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The Dead Pit 1989
* The Lawnmower Man 1992
* Hideaway 1995
*Virtuosity 1995
* (3D IMAX) 1998
*Siegfried & Roy : The Magic Box (3D IMAX) ] 1999
* Texas: Documentary withRussell Crowe (DVD) 2002 (as Producer)
* Man-Thing (DVD box title) 2005
* Feed 2005
* 2007Music videos
* MC Twist: "Step Off" 1990
*Peter Gabriel : "Kiss That Frog" 1993
*Billy Idol : "Shock To The System 1993
* Billy Idol: "Heroin 1993
* Peter Gabriel: "Play" 2004External links
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* [http://www.lsqr.com L-Squared Entertainment]
* [http://www.imax.com/t-rex/Tprod.html T-Rex production]
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