Brett Leonard

For the American dramatist, screenwriter and producer, see Brett C. Leonard.

Brett Leonard
Born (1959-05-14) May 14, 1959 (age 65)
Toledo, Ohio
Occupation(s)Director, writer, producer

Brett Leonard (born May 14, 1959) is an American film director, producer and music video director specializing 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.[1] The Lawnmower Man is considered the first, seminal film to feature "virtual reality" as a cautionary tale becoming the number one commercially successful independent film of 1992, budgeted at just under $6 million and eventually earning over $150 million worldwide.[2]

  1. ^ Leonard, Brett, Jeff Fahey, and Pierce Brosnan. The Lawnmower Man. België 1, 1992.
  2. ^ Woodward, Kathleen. "From virtual cyborgs to biological time bombs: Technocriticism and the material body." Culture on the brink: Ideologies of technology (1994): 47-64.