Getting Down and NERDy: Light + Mathematics - Animals & Nature

LM> Well, you know mine already. It's animals and nature.

My wife was really surprised when we started dating that I knew the names of more trees and flowers than she did. Take me down Columbia Road Flower market and I'd do pretty well naming all the flowers on display.

I always have fresh flowers in the house. Goes the same for trees. I get really distracted by grand, beautiful trees. I even have a bit of the tree I was married underlining the inside of my wedding ring.

As for animals, I was fascinated by nearly everything about them. From their anatomy, to their behaviour. I couldn't tell you the last five people I talked to but I could describe the last five dogs I saw. The complexity and design of the animal kingdom puts any human invention to shame.

LM> One project I wish I had been on was Jungle Book. That would have been a joy to obsess over. Animals AND flowers!

LM> New projects? Well, I'm wrapping up a massive VFX job through Light + Mathematics. We are the primary vendor on a SyFy Channel tv movie. It was about 90 VFX that mostly included CG storms and a CG creature (like a squid). It was brutal and exasperating. Looking forward to getting back to directing. One thing I'm pretty excited about is this November I will be shadowing a TV director for a couple of weeks, on a BBC drama. Hoping to crack into TV at some point. Also writing my second feature script.