Tom Lowe
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Tom Lowe is a writer and filmmaker from Southern California. A decorated Gulf War
veteran, Lowe is best known as the author of Spin (ISBN 0-671-01923-6), a roman à clef
based on his experience working as a political operative in California. 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
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During the summer of 2006, Lowe shot pre-production footage for a feature film called The Plan for his former production company, Digital Lions. 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
new Untitled Feature Film. Lowe is the founder and proprietor of the largest timelapse community on the internet, Timescapes.org. He is currently shooting a 45-minute non-narrative film entitled TimeScapes in the Southwestern United States. Pre-production footage of the film can be seen here: http://www.vimeo.com/16369165 The genre is similar to Ron Fricke's Baraka.
Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
veteran, Lowe is best known as the author of Spin (ISBN 0-671-01923-6), a roman à clef
Roman à clef
Roman à clef or roman à clé , French for "novel with a key", is a phrase used to describe a novel about real life, overlaid with a façade of fiction. The fictitious names in the novel represent real people, and the "key" is the relationship between the nonfiction and the fiction...
based on his experience working as a political operative in California. 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
The McLaughlin Group
The McLaughlin Group is a syndicated half-hour weekly public affairs television program in the United States, where a group of five pundits discuss current political issues in a round table format. It has been broadcast since 1982, and is currently sponsored by MetLife...
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During the summer of 2006, Lowe shot pre-production footage for a feature film called The Plan for his former production company, Digital Lions. 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
Godfrey Reggio
Godfrey Reggio is an American director of experimental documentary films.-Life:Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Reggio co-founded La Clinica de la Gente, a facility that provided medical care to 12,000 community members in Santa Fe, and La Gente, a community-organizing project in...
new Untitled Feature Film. Lowe is the founder and proprietor of the largest timelapse community on the internet, Timescapes.org. He is currently shooting a 45-minute non-narrative film entitled TimeScapes in the Southwestern United States. Pre-production footage of the film can be seen here: http://www.vimeo.com/16369165 The genre is similar to Ron Fricke's Baraka.