Eric Leiser

Visual EffectsCrewDirectorProducerWriter Los Angeles, U.S.A 1999–2026 (27 year career)

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Biography

Eric Leiser is an award-winning artist, experimental filmmaker, animator, holographer, puppeteer, writer, and former funeral director working in New York and born in California. An alumni of CalArt’s Experimental Animation program and the Fine Art program, Eric creates animated and live action feature films and shorts as well as intricate works integrating animation, puppetry, painting, holography, live performance and installation. Eric has made 4 feature films to date, Faustbook, Imagination,…

Known For

Film

Forest

Animation

Film

Glitch in the Grid

Eric

Film

Apocalypsis

Animation

Film

Faustbook

Devil

Film

Imagination

self

Film

Pinnacles

Cinematography

Film

Dream: One

Animation

Film

Secret

Animation

Filmography

Acting (8)

Movies (8)

BIRTH

2015

as self

Glitch in the Grid

as Eric

Imagination

as self

Faustbook

as Devil

Eclectic Shorts by Eric Leiser

2006

as self

Psalms

2003

as David

Dreamer

1999

as self

7.5

Vampire

1999

as Vampire/Brother

Crew (169)

Movies (169)

Portals

2026

Animation

Portals

2026

Cinematography

Portals

2026

Director

Ghost Stay

Animation

Ghost Stay

Cinematography

Ghost Stay

Director

The Bell Foundry

Cinematography

The Bell Foundry

Director

A Horseshoe Crab Story

2023

Animation

A Horseshoe Crab Story

2023

Director

Ghost Town

Animation

Ghost Town

Cinematography

Ghost Town

Director

Ghost Town

Producer

Dodo

Animation

Dodo

2023

Cinematography

Dodo

2023

Director

Pinnacles

Cinematography

Pinnacles

Director

Seraphim on the Go!

Animation

Seraphim on the Go!

Cinematography

Seraphim on the Go!

Director

Santa Rosa

Animation

Santa Rosa

Cinematography

Santa Rosa

Director

Cure

Animation

Cure

Cinematography

Cure

Director

Secret

Animation

Secret

Cinematography

Secret

Director

Herione: Deo

Animation

Herione: Deo

2019

Cinematography

Herione: Deo

2019

Director

Régime des Fleurs Chloë Sevigny Little Flower

2019

Animation

Régime des Fleurs Chloë Sevigny Little Flower

2019

Director

Ambient Chaconne

Animation

Ambient Chaconne

Cinematography

Ambient Chaconne

Director

Apocalypsis

Animation

Apocalypsis

Cinematography

Apocalypsis

Director

Apocalypsis

Screenplay

Apocalypsis

Story

Dwell With Me

Animation

Dwell With Me

Cinematography

Dwell With Me

Director

Deathless

Animation

Deathless

2018

Art Direction

Deathless

2018

Cinematography

Deathless

2018

Director

Apocalypsis:Theosis

Animation

Apocalypsis:Theosis

Cinematography

Apocalypsis:Theosis

Director

Set in Stone

Animation

Set in Stone

2017

Art Direction

Set in Stone

2017

Cinematography

Set in Stone

2017

Director

Superfluidity

Animation

Superfluidity

Cinematography

Superfluidity

Director

Escape

Animation

Escape

2017

Art Direction

Escape

2017

Cinematography

Escape

2017

Director

Anthropic Principle

Animation

Anthropic Principle

Cinematography

Anthropic Principle

Director

Elephuck

Animation

Elephuck

2016

Art Direction

Elephuck

2016

Cinematography

Elephuck

2016

Director

Experimental Film of Eric Leiser (Volume 1,2,3)

2015

Animation

7.8

Experimental Film of Eric Leiser (Volume 1,2,3)

2015

Cinematography

7.8

Experimental Film of Eric Leiser (Volume 1,2,3)

2015

Director

7.8

BIRTH

2015

Animation

BIRTH

2015

Cinematography

BIRTH

2015

Director

LAND

Animation

LAND

Cinematography

LAND

Director

If I (Was)

Animation

If I (Was)

Director

Living Waters

Animation

Living Waters

Cinematography

Living Waters

Director

Broken Dream

Animation

Broken Dream

2012

Art Direction

Broken Dream

2012

Cinematography

Broken Dream

2012

Director

Prisms

Thanks

Glitch in the Grid

Animation

Glitch in the Grid

Cinematography

Glitch in the Grid

Director

Glitch in the Grid

Screenplay

Norsk Folksang

Animation

Norsk Folksang

Cinematography

Norsk Folksang

Director

Hastings Conqueror

Animation

Hastings Conqueror

Cinematography

Hastings Conqueror

Director

Maelstrom

Animation

Maelstrom

Cinematography

Maelstrom

Director

Regeneration

Animation

Regeneration

Cinematography

Regeneration

Director

Tír na nÓg

Cinematography

Tír na nÓg

Director

Forest

Animation

Forest

Cinematography

Forest

Director

Irrational Numbers

Animation

Irrational Numbers

2008

Cinematography

Irrational Numbers

2008

Director

Imagination

Animation

Imagination

Art Designer

Imagination

Director

Imagination

Screenplay

Womb

Animation

Womb

2007

Art Direction

Womb

2007

Director

Cymatic Cocoon

Cinematography

Cymatic Cocoon

Director

Beyond the Forest

Animation

Beyond the Forest

Cinematography

Beyond the Forest

Director

Faustbook

Animation

Faustbook

Cinematography

Faustbook

Director

Eclectic Shorts by Eric Leiser

2006

Director

Ephemera

2005

Director

6.0

Ephemera

2005

Director of Photography

Dream: One

Animation

Dream: One

Director

Young Faustus

Director

Iceland

Animation

Iceland

Cinematography

Iceland

Director

Landvættir

Director

Schism

Art Direction

Schism

Director

Psalms

Animation

Psalms

2003

Art Designer

Psalms

2003

Cinematography

Psalms

2003

Director

Psalms

2003

Producer

Psalms

2003

Production Design

Terra Incognita

Animation

Terra Incognita

Director

Prelude

Animation

Prelude

2001

Cinematography

Prelude

2001

Director

Autumn

Cinematography

Autumn

Director

Waking a Dream

Animation

Waking a Dream

2000

Director

Dreamer

1999

Director

7.5

Vampire

1999

Animation

Twilight Park

Animation

Twilight Park

Cinematography

Twilight Park

Director

Twilight Park

Screenplay

Twilight Park (Bell Tower)

Animation

Twilight Park (Bell Tower)

Animation Director

Twilight Park (Bell Tower)

Art Direction

Twilight Park (Bell Tower)

Cinematography

Twilight Park (Bell Tower)

Director

Twilight Park (Bell Tower)

Writer