Alec Lorimore

Alec Lorimore (born October 21, 1948 ) is an American film producer and screenwriter .

Life

Lorimore earned a bachelor's degree in film studies from the University of Southern California Film School in 1971 .

He specialized in large format documentaries , especially IMAX and 70mm formats. From 1993 to 2005, he served as Vice President on the MacGillivray Freeman Films production and development team . He is one of three producers of the IMAX classic Everest - Summit Without Mercy from 1998, the most successful IMAX production ever.

At the Academy Awards in 1996 he was nominated for an Oscar as one of three producers of the film Wonder World of the Seas in the Best Documentary Short Film. At the 2001 Academy Awards he was also nominated for the film Dolphins .

He was also successful with The Magic of Flight and At Sea , for which he received the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Literary Achievement from the Navy League .

Lorimore is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS).

Filmography

1983: Behold Hawaii (screenplay)
1989: To the Limit
1992: At Sea
1993: The Discoverers
1994: Neighbors
1995: Wonder World of the Seas (The Living Sea)
1995: Stormchasers - In the eye of the storm (Stormchasers)
1996: The Magic of Flight
1998: Everest - summit without mercy (Everest)
2000: Dolphins (Dolphins)
2000: Adventures in Wild California
2001: Journey Into Amazing Caves
2003: Coral Reef Adventure
2003: MacGillivray Freemann's Top Speed
2006: Greece: Secrets of the Past
2013: Spark: A Burning Man Story

Web links

Alec Lorimore in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Production & Film Crew. In: Coral Reef Adventure. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
↑ Martin Morcinek: Call from the death zone - "Everest" brings the mountain to the cinema. In: n-tv . September 17, 2015, accessed October 30, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Lorimore, Alec
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American film producer and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	October 21, 1948

[:0-1] Production & Film Crew. In: Coral Reef Adventure. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .

[ntv_2015-09-17-2] Martin Morcinek: Call from the death zone - "Everest" brings the mountain to the cinema. In: n-tv . September 17, 2015, accessed October 30, 2016 .