Martin Lisius
| Martin Lisius | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 19, 1960 (age 61) Arlington, Texas |
| 🎓 Alma mater | The University of Texas at Arlington |
| 💼 Occupation | Filmmaker, storm chaser |
| 📆 Years active | 1987–present |
Martin Edward Lisius (born February 19, 1960), commonly referred to as The Storm Whisperer[1], is an American cinematographer, producer, meteorologist, and storm chaser.[2] Lisius, a veteran storm chaser, has been chasing across the United States and Great Plains since 1987. With an emphasis on severe weather education and safety, Lisius has made major contributions to the meteorology and storm chasing communities.[3] Lisius has also been noted to be on the forefront of innovation in severe weather photography.
Biography[edit]
Lisius attended the University of Texas at Arlington from 1982-84 where he studied Television and Film.[4][5] During that time, he interned with the marketing department at Warner Bros. After graduation, Lisius founded Prairie Pictures, a production company, in 1986. The company mainly produces weather-related content for broadcast, theatrical, and commercial purposes.[5] During this time, he began storm chasing; capturing footage of tornadoes, thunderstorms, hurricanes and other weather phenomena.
For 11 years (1988-1999), Lisius worked as a producer for the city of Plano where he wrote, produced, directed, and edited programs for Plano Television Network (PTN), the city's cable television channel. In 1993, Lisius founded StormStock, a stock footage company specializing in severe weather. Lisius and his company hold the distinctions of capturing the first-ever violent class tornado on 35mm film (1998), the only 35mm images of Hurricane Katrina making landfall (2005), the first-ever tornado on 3D (June 2011), and are the first company to license 16K video (2018).[6] Footage from StormStock's library has been featured in over 50 movies and television shows.[7] In the same year (1993), Lisius founded the Texas Severe Storms Association (TESSA), a national non-profit organization whose purpose is to bring together meteorologists and severe weather enthusiasts in order to better understand dangerous storms and weather phenomena. The conference is now sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association. Lisius was influential in developing the national Skywarn storm spotter training program. Alongside fellow chasers Alan Moller and Gary Woodall, he produced the program's advanced training video Storm Watch (1995).[8] He is credited as a technical advisor on the production of Twister (1996).[9] Lisius is noted in the storm chasing community as a member of the "Spencer 4". This is a group that, in 1998, forecasted and tracked the most destructive tornado in South Dakota's history.[10] Lisius is also recognized for his role in the 1999 Chevrolet "Storm Chaser" commercial for the S-10 model.[1]
In 2000, Lisius founded Tempest Tours, a travel company that takes guests on storm chasing expeditions. The company began after Lisius was inundated with requests to join him on storm chases.[10] In 2018, Lisius released a short time-lapse film titled, “Prairie Wind” that he produced using a 2-camera Canon EOS 5DS system he developed. Two still images were stitched together to create one 15,985 x 5792 pixel image and then rendered as 16K resolution video with an extremely wide aspect ratio of 2.76:1.[11] This is among one of the first known 16K videos to exist.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Tornado warning - Arlington Today Magazine". 2020-01-02. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ↑ "Filmmaker Focus: Martin Lisius". STALKR. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ↑ "Texas Severe Storms Association (TESSA)". Texas Severe Storms Association (TESSA). Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ↑ "Weather is Business for Alumnus Martin Lisius". UTArlington - The University of Texas at Arlington Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Carter, O. K. (2019-12-23). "Commentary: Arlington-based Martin Lisius turned a fascination with severe weather into two businesses". Fort Worth Business Press. Retrieved 2021-08-09. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Footage.net Expands Extreme Weather Footage with StormStock". www.businesswire.com. 2011-10-31. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
- ↑ "With StormStock (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-08-11.
- ↑ Doswell, Charles A.; Moller, Alan R.; Brooks, Harold E. (1999-08-01). "Storm Spotting and Public Awareness since the First Tornado Forecasts of 1948". Weather and Forecasting. 14 (4): 544–557. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(1999)014<0544:SSAPAS>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1520-0434.
- ↑ Stories, Local. "Meet Martin Lisius of Tempest Tours Storm Chasing Expeditions in Arlington - Voyage Dallas Magazine | Dallas City Guide". voyagedallas.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Tripping down tornado alley: Storm chaser Martin Lisius on tourists and tornadoes". RMetS. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
- ↑ "Photographer Captures Incredible 16K HDR Timelapse Using Two 50MP DSLRs at Once | PetaPixel". petapixel.com. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
External Links[edit]
1999 Chevy S-10 "Storm Chaser" Commercial
Martin Lisius IMDb Filmography and Credits
Category:Biographical works Category:Meteorologists Category:Storm chasers
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