Film, of course. Also weight lifting, bike riding, some roller blading (although I often stop with my face) reading, and writing. On the writing front, a short story I wrote, "Souvenir," that was runner-up in the Mary Shelley awards for new stories of Fantasy, Horror and Science Fiction in 2005. Another story I wrote, "Converts," is a runner up this year, I can't believe it! I'm also working on some novels that I hope I won't have to self-publish.
Music
Warren Zevon was my favorite singer. In the huge vacuum created by his untimely death, I have begun to enjoy Rachel Sage and Ringside. A little further down the list is Gwen Stefani, Bruce Springsteen, the music of John Williams and Hans Zimmer.
Movies
Jaws, Citizen Kane, Ikiru, Manny & Lo, Soylent Green (It's people!) Matewan, James Bond films, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Syriana, An Inconvenient Truth, original Night of the Living Dead (and Romero directed sequels) Ghostbusters (first one only!) Too many more to name in such a small space.
Television
Lost, The 4400, 24, The X-Files, Star Trek (well, most of them, anyway) Law and Order, Battlestar Galactica (the NEW one!)
Books
Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell, Frankenstein, Dracula, The Stand, The Great Gatsby, Collapse, by Jared Diamond, The Assault on Reason, by Al Gore, The End of Iraq by Peter W. Galbraith, Soon I Will be Invincible by Austin Grossman
Heroes
John Sayles, Stephen Spielberg, George Romero, Roger Corman, John F. Kennedy, Sir Edmund Hillary, Bruce Lee, Al Gore, Stephen King, Stan Lee (and that reminds me--Spider-Man!)
Born in 1959 in Cleveland, Ohio, Sheldon Gleisser graduated from the Ohio State University in 1982 with a degree in photography and cinema. Sheldons short film Still Life with White Bread took first place at the Cleveland International Film Festivals FilmOhio 82 competition. Other short films are Mime Legend (1986) which went on to win first place in the Central Florida Film Festival, the Northern Kentucky Film and Video festival, the Atlanta Fantasy Fair, and took a bronze plaque at the Greater Columbus Film and Video Festival. Tellers Ticket, based on the award-winning short story by Delaware, Ohio author Robert Flanagan, netted an honorable mention at the Houston International Film Festival, as well as taking the 1991 Hometown USA video festival award in the Arts and Entertainment category. Survivors Guilt, a short film about Holocaust Denial completed in 1995, won honorable mention at the Jewish Video completion and was screened at the Dresden Film Festival in Dresden, Germany. Fountain of Youth was Sheldons first feature film, completed in 1997. It was screened at the Wexner Center in Columbus and has been picked up by THF Pictures for overseas distribution. Since then, Sheldon was cinematographer on the feature film Me and Grandma and has made the short films Dinner at the Tarantino Home (which took home the Pyramid award from ACTV in Columbus as best filler) Battle Babe, and Republican Spots I and II. In 2000, Always Independent Films in San Francisco contracted with him to do the internet series Trailer Trash, a series of short film satires that includes Moses: The Legend Continues and Xada: Jewish American Warrior Princess. Gleisser's short film NecroGenesis premiered at the 2005 Wexner Center short film and video showcase. Bless You, another short, was shown at the 2005 Dances with Films film festival in Los Angeles. He has recently completed shooting his second feature length independent film, After the Invasion of the Giant Termites with frequent collaborator Robert Flanagan.
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Who I'd like to meet: Interesting people with a viewpoint. People who try to stay informed, keep a good sense of humor, stay in shape, people trying to make the world better than it is. Even a LITTLE better than it is would work.
Yo Sheldon! Happy New Year! Corey & I gotta get you a copy of our film to sometime. We've already been regected from Sundance, but theres plenty more fests. Lettme know if and when youll be around campus. Or I could just send a dvd by mail.
