Mid career

NATO and I were born on the same day. Different azimuts. I like to think of myself as the "good twin."

I'm concerned about the role of art, and the role of the artist, in a world that is increasingly driven and dominated by armed forces beyond the control of the citizens and inhabitants of this globe. What are we doing? 

WorkSide: (3D)

Last Projects (OnAir)

FreeSide: (GOA)

Upcoming Liveacts

• _ < Trinity feat. "The BR Labelnight" / 23 Nov 07 / Munich Temple >

   

Last LiveActs

• < SUBCULTURE / 18 Mar 06 / Munich Backstage >
• < CULTURE CLASH 2 /
  02 Sep 06 / Munich >
• < BR vs. FLAMMENTANZ / 13 Apr 07 / Osnabrück >
• < ShivaMoon Intern. Festival 07 / 24 Aug 07 / Hungary >
• < CULTURE CLASH 3 /
  08 Sep 07 / Munich Backstage >

My art is a reflection of what lies beneath… a
description of reality, illustrated in my own words, through the language of
the ancients. From the early days of my childhood, I lived in a world of my
own. The statement is not a cliché as much as it’s about the most accurate
description I can explain my views through. At points, I used to believe that I
am not from this Earth and that I belong to the moon, swimming, like a mermaid,
side by side the Loch Ness monster. I was always under the impression that monsters
are following me. When I grew up and it was time for me to exit my childhood
cocoon, I found myself metamorphosing, within another cocoon, into a butterfly,
and that is when I entered the School of Fine Arts. It was probably then that I
have felt, for the first time, that I am safe from this world’s ogres. It is
only then that I realised that the secret gate to the outside world exists, and
it actually had a key: the key of Art.

As is the case with many artists, I was
fascinated by the greats before me, and as I acquired a better understanding of
the visual realm, my fascination developed into a mature appreciation of
self-knowledge. I am a person who believes in constant development; I look at
myself now and I see that there is a vast space for me to still develop and
explore the several virgin paths within me.

Born in 1980 in Lebanon, I graduated from
the Lebanese University of Fine Arts at the age of 23. Upon graduation, I moved
to the United Arab Emirates where I entered the world of advertising with a
leading advertising agency called Team Young & Rubicam. Spending almost
three years with the agency, I was introduced to various visual approaches from
photomontage and layout design to digital illustration, which is my most recent
station. My affinity for digital illustration fostered, as it was, a bridge
between my fine art passion and digital interest.

Till now I am still working in advertising
industry, and still discovering the secret of the visual encoding.

NIGEL LESMOIR-GORDON worked for Donovan, Pink Floyd, 10cc,
Squeeze, Rainbow, Joe Cocker, Big Country, Wings, Paul Nicholas and Leo Sayer
amongst others in the 70’s.

Nigel concentrated on commercials and corporate videos
throughout the 80s and early 90s.

In 1995
he made the award-winning television documentary THE COLOURS OF INFINITY,
presented by Sir Arthur C. Clarke with music by David Gilmour. COLOURS has been
broadcast in over fifty territories. His first book, INTRODUCING FRACTAL
GEOMETRY was published in 2000.

Following
COLOURS Nigel wrote, produced and directed the two broadcast documentaries IS
GOD A NUMBER? and CLOUDS ARE NOT SPHERES.

Nigel
then made the feature film, REMEMBER A DAY and has just completed MANDELBROT’S
WORLD OF FRACTALS, which he directed and presented for the NSF. Nigel’s second
book based on THE COLOURS OF INFINITY was published in 2004. The short film THE
MYSTERIOUS MICHAEL A was written, directed and produced by Nigel in 2005. This
film has been featured at seven film festivals and at over a dozen film clubs
worldwide.

NIGEL LESMOIR-GORDON began writing while still a student and subsequently
published poems and short stories in the UK,
the USA and in France.
He toured the UK
performing at poetry and poetry & jazz readings with the New Departures
Group. Nigel's interest in film took him to the London School
of Film Technique.

From film
school he joined the industry as a trainee editor working on TV commercials,
then moved to the BBC as an editor, cutting dramas and documentaries.

Nigel
formed his first production company, Green Back Films, with the partners of the
record sleeve design company, Hipgnosis. They worked on music promotions for
Donovan, Pink Floyd, 10cc, Squeeze, Rainbow, Joe Cocker, Big Country, Wings and
Paul Young, producing ground-breaking and award-winning commercials and pop
videos

He later
joined the creative team at the Central Office of Information, writing and
directing for the international TV documentary series This Week in Britain
and Living Tomorrow.

Nigel is
recognised for his ability to make difficult and technical subjects accessible
through his exciting and thought-provoking films. His most outstanding work
includes an acclaimed series of films for the UK’s Royal Air Force and Royal
Navy, SAVING THE CHILDREN, a television documentary on women who work for
children’s’ charities.

He also
directed The Bobby Charlton Story, Reflections, Satguru, Rainbow - Live Between
The Eyes and the series Whatever You Want for the UK’s Channel Four.

He then wrote and directed documentaries for GLAXO, HEINZ, FORD,
SCHERING, DUPHAR, LEDERLE and Training Programmes for INLAND REVENUE, DHSS, THE
HALIFAX. Sales
Promotions for THE ELECTRICITY COUNCIL, WATERWAYS BOARD, ACROW, PEUGEOT TALBOT.
Corporate Communications for BAA GATWICK, VCI, LLOYDS OF LONDON, BLACK &
DECKER, BRITISH TELECOM, CIBA GEIGY, NATWEST, MIDLAND AND BARCLAYS BANKS.

Gordon Films was founded in 1995.

Nigel’s television documentary THE COLOURS OF INFINITY, a one-hour film
presented by Sir Arthur C. Clarke on the discovery of the Mandelbrot Set and
the development of Fractal Geometry, has thus far been broadcast in over thirty
territories world-wide and in four languages. It is available on video in the UK, the USA,
Australia and throughout Europe.

Following the success of COLOURS
Nigel has since written, produced and directed the broadcast documentary IS GOD
A NUMBER? On the mystery of consciouness and CLOUDS ARE NOT SPHERES, a biographical broadcast documentary on the life
and work of the mathematician, Benoît Mandelbrot. Recently Nigel completed his
first feature film REMEMBER A DAY, which is currently making the rounds of the
festivals. Nigel’s first book, INTRODUCING FRACTAL GEOMETRY was published by
Icon Books in the USA and
the UK
January 2001. Nigel has just completed a film called MANDELBROT’S WORLD OF FRACTALS,
which he directed and presented for the NSF. Nigel’s second book based on THE COLOURS OF INFINITY was published in 2004.

The short drama THE MYSTERIOUS MICHAEL
A was written, directed and produced by Nigel in 2005.

Nigel completed the documentary
BRIXTON BEACH in 2007.

I want to make more films, BOTH documentaries and features