Tom Lowe (writer)

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Tom Löwe is a filmmaker and writer from Southern California. A Gulf War combat veteran, Lowe is best known as the director of TimeScapes (2012), [1] [ unreliable source? ] a 40-minute non-verbal-narrative film. He was named Astronomy Photographer of the Year in 2010. [2]

Löwe is also the author of Spin, a roman à clef based on his experience working as a political aide in California. [3] He is a former director of public affairs for the Speaker of the California Assembly, and a former producer of the public affairs roundtable The McLaughlin Group. [4]

In November 2010, Löwe served as 2nd Unit Director and 2nd Unit Director of Photography on Godfrey Reggio's feature film Visitors . [5] [ unreliable source? ] Löwe spent five years working as a 2nd Unit Director on Terrence Malick's Voyage of Time . [6] [ unreliable source? ] Löwe is the founder and proprietor of the largest timelapse community on the internet, Timescapes. In 2010 and 2011, Löwe shot a 40-minute non-narrative film entitled TimeScapes in the Southwestern United States. The film was published in 2012 in different formats.

In July 2017, Löwe announced his second film, AWAKEN. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "TimeScapes". IMDb .
  2. ↑ "Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010". Science. The Daily Telegraph . 2010-09-14.
  3. ↑ "Spin by Tom Lowe". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  4. ↑ "Tom Lowe". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  5. ↑ "Visitors (2013)". IMDb.
  6. ↑ "Voyage of Time". IMDb.
  7. ↑ Hardawar, Devindra (2017-07-11). "'Awaken' takes time-lapse filmmaking to new heights". Engadget . Retrieved 2017-07-14.
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