Tom Lowe (writer)

For other people named Thomas Lowe, see Thomas Lowe (disambiguation).

Tom Lowe is a writer and filmmaker from Southern California. A decorated Gulf War veteran,[1] Lowe is best known as the author of Spin (ISBN 0-671-01923-6),[1] a roman à clef based on his experience working as a political operative in California.[2] He is also a former Chief Speech Writer for the Speaker of the California Assembly, and a former producer of the public affairs roundtable The McLaughlin Group.[1]

During the summer of 2006, Lowe shot pre-production footage for a feature film called The Plan for his former production company, Digital Lions.[3] The Plan is about an ex-CIA officer who comes to view religion as the greatest threat to humanity.

In November 2010, Lowe served as 2nd Unit Director and 2nd Unit Director of Photography on Godfrey Reggio's feature film "Visitors".[4] Lowe is the founder and proprietor of the largest timelapse community on the internet, Timescapes.org. He shot a 45-minute non-narrative film entitled TimeScapes in the Southwestern United States. Film was published in 2012 in different formats. Pre-production footage of the film can be seen here: http://www.vimeo.com/16369165 . The genre is similar to Ron Fricke's Baraka.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tom Lowe, director". Digital Lions. Retrieved 2006-08-03.
  2. ↑ "Spin by Tom Lowe". Powell's Books. Retrieved 2006-08-03.
  3. ↑ "Digital Lions". Retrieved 2006-08-03.
  4. ↑ "Filming Godfrey Reggio's New Feature on RED", Reduser forum, December 3, 2010, accessed October 31, 2010.
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