Brett Leonard

Brett Leonard (born May 14, 1959) is an American film director, producer, and music video director specialising in the science fiction and horror genres. A few of his films, such as The Lawnmower Man (1992) and Virtuosity (1995), feature groundbreaking computer animation and visual effects. Leonard's work with the IMAX 3D process set him apart from most directors, having gained early experience with this cutting-edge presentation medium directing T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous 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, with guest Billy Idol, implemented one of the first live webcasts ever from the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Creative Artists Agency and Intel Corporation hired him to direct a state-of-the-art "interactive show" for CAA/Intel Media Lab to introduce the Hollywood community to the "future of entertainment," digitising actor Danny 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. In 2009, Brett directed the documentary Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed. This feature-length documentary tells the story of Vertus Hardiman and nine other young children, attending the same elementary school in Lyles Station, Indiana, who, in 1927, were severely irradiated during a medical experiment conducted at the local county hospital. The experiment was misrepresented as a newly developed cure for the scalp fungus known as ringworm. In reality the ringworm fungus was merely the lure used to gain access to innocent children whose unsuspecting parents blindly signed permission slips for the treatment. Vertus was five years old and the youngest; after 20 years of friendship with writer/producer Wilbert Smith through their church choir, Vertus tells Wilbert his story, exposing the severe physical complications caused by the experiments. This crime had severe physical complications for Vertus—namely a harshly irradiated and malformed head, with an actual hole in his skull. In 2012, Brett formed a new concept in musical cinema called PopFictionLife. Seeing the proliferation of small high-definition screens on smartphones, tablets, and laptops, PopfictionLife "FragFilms" are full-length feature movies with existing artists that have multiple free "Frags" (fragments) of the movie that are watchable, shareable, and embeddable in social media, blogs, and webpages. Brett's latest film is a PopFictionLife FragFilm called The Other Country—Starring Burlap to Cashmere. The film also stars Samantha Lockwood and America's Next Top Model winner Nicole Fox. In 2017, he called for a use of the term "virtual experience" instead of "virtual reality." Description above from the Wikipedia article Brett Leonard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

布雷特·伦纳德（Brett Leonard，1959年5月14日出生于美国俄亥俄州托莱多）是美国电影导演、制片人和音乐视频导演，擅长科幻和恐怖类型。他的一些电影，如《割草机人》和《精湛技艺》（1995），都采用了开创性的计算机动画和视觉效果。《割草机人》被认为是第一部以“虚拟现实”为警示故事的开创性电影，成为 1992 年商业上最成功的独立电影，预算略低于 600 万美元，最终全球收入超过 1.5 亿美元。 《精湛技艺》成为第一部以赛博朋克为背景的纳米技术的主要电影，布雷特·伦纳德（Brett Leonard）将罗素·克劳（Russell Crowe）和丹泽尔·华盛顿（Denzel Washington）一起选角了整整12年，然后他们再次联合主演，并在2007年的一个项目中获得了许多奥斯卡提名。 他在IMAX 3D流程方面的工作使他与大多数导演不同，他在IMAX 3D中执导《霸王龙：回到白垩纪》中获得了这种尖端演示媒体的早期经验。这部电影成为第一部全球票房超过1亿美元的热门3D电影（仅在IMAX银幕上）。 当他与杰伊·雷诺（Jay Leno）和嘉宾比利·偶像（Billy Idol）一起将他的“Swarm Cam-Fusion Station”带到《今夜秀》（The Tonight Show）上时，他引起了轰动，并在洛杉矶蓝调之家（House of Blues）实施了有史以来第一次网络直播之一。 Creative Artists Agency 和英特尔公司聘请他为 CAA/英特尔媒体实验室执导一场最先进的“互动表演”，向好莱坞社区介绍“娱乐的未来”，将演员丹尼·德维托数字化，并使用现场表演动画创建互动动画角色“Mr. Head”，引导观众/参与者完成体验。 在音乐录影带类型中，布雷特执导了彼得·加布里埃尔的《亲吻那只青蛙》，这是第一部全计算机图形（CGI）音乐录影带/运动模拟器骑乘电影，在世界各地巡回演出，成为广受欢迎的主题娱乐景点，为他赢得了1994年MTV音乐录影带奖。布雷特的最新项目是纪录片《Hole in the Head》。

佈雷特·倫納德（Brett Leonard，1959 年 5 月 14 日出生於美國俄亥俄州託萊多）是美國電影導演、製片人和音樂視頻導演，擅長科幻和恐怖類型。他的一些電影，如《割草機人》和《精湛技藝》（1995），都採用了開創性的計算機動畫和視覺效果。《割草機人》被認為是第一部以“虛擬現實”為警示故事的開創性電影，成為 1992 年商業上最成功的獨立電影，預算略低於 600 萬美元，最終全球收入超過 1.5 億美元。 《精湛技藝》成為第一部以賽博朋克為背景的奈米技術的主要電影，佈雷特·倫納德（Brett Leonard）將羅素·克勞（Russell Crowe）和丹澤爾·華盛頓（Denzel Washington）一起選角了整整 12 年，然後他們再次聯合主演，並在 2007 年的一個項目中獲得了許多奧斯卡提名。 他在 IMAX 3D 流程方面的工作使他與大多數導演不同，他在 IMAX 3D 中執導《霸王龍：回到白堊紀》中獲得了這種尖端演示媒體的早期經驗。這部電影成為第一部全球票房超過 1 億美元的熱門 3D 電影（僅在 IMAX 銀幕上）。 當他與傑伊·雷諾（Jay Leno）和嘉賓比利·偶像（Billy Idol）一起將他的“Swarm Cam - Fusion Station”帶到《今夜秀》（The Tonight Show）上時，他引起了轟動，並在洛杉磯藍調之家（House of Blues）實施了有史以來第一次網絡直播之一。 Creative Artists Agency 和英特爾公司聘請他為 CAA/英特爾媒體實驗室執導一場最先進的“互動表演”，向好萊塢社區介紹“娛樂的未來”，將演員丹尼·德維託數字化，並使用現場表演動畫創建互動動畫角色“Mr.Head”，引導觀眾/參與者完成體驗。 在音樂錄影帶類型中，佈雷特執導了彼得·加布裏埃爾的《親吻那隻青蛙》，這是第一部全計算機圖形（CGI）音樂錄影帶/運動模擬器騎乘電影，在世界各地巡迴演出，成為廣受歡迎的主題娛樂景點，為他贏得了 1994 年 MTV 音樂錄影帶獎。佈雷特的最新項目是紀錄片《Hole in the Head》。