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Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time. (T.Pratchett, Hogfather)

About Me


"There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!"
-- (Terry Pratchett, The Truth)
My biggest passion is cinematography and creating images. I admire the work of Darius Khondji, Roger Deakins, Janusz Kaminski, Floria Sigismondi, Pedro Almodovar, Woody Allen, Tim Burton, H.R.Giger, Niki de Saint-Phalle/Jean Tinguely (and of course many more, but those are the ones I'd quote first).
I also love music. There are thousands of bands and musicians I like, though I tend to favour "alternative" types.
What is important to me in life is being broad minded, open to new ideas and concepts, I don't like the idea of conforming blindly to norms, though I can see that it is also important to value previous experience and understand why those norms have come to be there in the first place. I hate the idea of living a routine - it scares me to think of being stuck in a place or situation in life, no matter how comfortable it may be.
I find it difficult to describe my personality in a few blurbs - Just get in touch and find out for yourself...
All the images on this page are examples of my work and subject to copyright. Please click here to take a look at my webpage for further examples.

My Interests

Too many to mention - everything is interesting, it's your point of view that matters.

Obviously my work is a huge interest of mine, here is a clip I directed for the fantastic P.M.T.

I'd like to meet:



“The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it”
T.Pratchett, who else...

don't let that stop you though, I like getting to know new people!

I have gorgeous friends.

Look at ALL the beautiful people

Music:

Indie, Rock, Alternative, Goth, Jazz, etc... I love music. And no, I won't write down a list of all my favourite bands here, that is about as interesting as reading a phone directory... These are just a few I can think of right now that have been with me ever since I was a little boy: The Cure, REM, Pink Floyd, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joy Division, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, Jane's Addiction...

Movies:

Yes!!!!!!!! I love movies.... just a few in no particular order: "His Girl Friday", "Some Like It Hot", "Bringing Up Baby", "The Bourne Identity", "Alien", "The Matrix", "American Splendor", "Cinema Paradiso", "Leon", "Nikita",
"Heat", "Moulin Rouge", "Annie Hall", "The Third Man", "Hair", "Rocky Horror Picture Show", "The Nightmare Before Christmas", "Kill Bill", "Laurel Canyon" and hundreds more...

Television:

I detest that whole reality tv stuff, but there are a number of series I really like - Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Weeds, Dirt, Sopranos, Medium, CSI NY, Deadwood, the first series of 24 was great as well, West Wing, Tru Calling and I admit I used to watch Buffy and Angel as well, though preferred Angel for being much darker....

Books:

Again, too many to list them all: Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, Robert Rankin, Primo Levi, Michael Ende, Franz Kafka, Kurt Vonnegut, Oscar Wilde, Kurt Tucholsky, George Orwell, P.G.Wodehouse...

Heroes:

Sam Vimes

Pussycats rule!

My Blog

Spiders in the dressing room...

  a few of the photos I took with the Spiders Superstars ......
Posted by pix on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:22:00 PST

Devine Burlesque March 2007

launch party of Devine Burlesque at Pacha London.... ...
Posted by pix on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:14:00 PST

St. Valentine's Day Massacre 2007

Just a few images from the Valentine's Day Massacre by Lost Vagueness, featuring the phantastic DangerousDolly, Lucifire and many more...(will update with relevant links later...)...
Posted by pix on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:57:00 PST

must see movie...

If you're into great cinematography "The Illusionist" is an absolute must. Just spent the evening at a masterclass with it's DOP Dick Pope - very inspiring, that ASC achievement nomination is soo...
Posted by pix on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:59:00 PST

at long last...

I've finally updated my website - wanted to do it for so long and things kept getting in the way... Have a look, any feedback is very welcome....   www.ericlehner.com ...
Posted by pix on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:10:00 PST

Kittens!

here you go, by popular demand:haha, and a new one:...
Posted by pix on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 09:36:00 PST

Switzerland Feb/Mar 2006

As some of you may know I've mainly been busy with a clip for the brilliant P.M.T. in Lausanne, London and Zurich over the past 2 months... Ouchy, Lausanne:The new P.M.T. album will be released very s...
Posted by pix on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:44:00 PST

Edinburgh December 2005

my first time in Scotland... ...
Posted by pix on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 07:13:00 PST

Antiproduct - December 2005

live at the garage in Islington:     more photos can be found hereband profile here...
Posted by pix on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:13:00 PST

Die So Fluid - December 2005

some of the pics from their gig at the garage in Islington:     more photos can be found hereband profile here...
Posted by pix on Tue, 20 Dec 2005 01:34:00 PST