Lucifer (2007)

Director:

Ray Griggs

Writers:

Ray Griggs (writer)
David S. Ward (writer)

Genre:

Short | Adventure

Plot:

This is the story of the fall of Lucifer, whose pride would divide the heavenly host into two warring...

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Jason Lewis	...	Lucifer
Bru Muller	...	Michael

Directed by
Ray Griggs

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ray Griggs		writer
David S. Ward		writer

Produced by
Michael Kim Binder	....	executive producer
Ray Griggs	....	producer
John F.K. Parenteau	....	producer

Original Music by
Nathan Lanier

Cinematography by
Russell Carpenter		(director of photography)

Art Direction by
Mark Warren

Makeup Department
Renee Parenteau	....	hair stylist
Renee Parenteau	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Gina Granados Palmer	....	technical production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Wickham Irwin	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ivan Romero	....	concept artist

Special Effects by
Damian Fisher	....	creature effects crew
Joe Viskocil	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Alfred Berger	....	digital compositor: Cafe FX
Everett Burrell	....	visual effects supervisor
Graham Clark	....	digital artist
Krishnamurti Costa	....	modeling and texturing
Doug Cram	....	digital compositor
Rif Dagher	....	effects lead
Leif Einarsson	....	animator
Ron Friedman	....	animation supervisor
Lisa Garner	....	junior compositor: Cafe Fx
Votch Levi	....	cg supervisor
Neil Lim Sang	....	animator: CafeFX
Todd Perry	....	lighting lead
Derek Raymond	....	animator
Adam Stern	....	digital compositor: Cafe FX
Roman Schmidt	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Danny Torres	....	systems administrator (uncredited)

Stunts
Rocky Capella	....	stunt coordinator
Matt Heron	....	stunt rigger

Music Department
David M. Poole	....	scoring assistant
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Austin Wintory	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Nora L. Ferris	....	insurance broker
Ashly Luper	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• RG Entertainment (USA)

Special Effects

• Amalgamated Dynamics
• CafeFX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Hollywood Studio Symphony  orchestra
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  special thanks
• Sonic Magic  sound post-production

Runtime:

USA:8 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

RG Entertainment

Lucifer before the fall

I recently saw this at the 2007 Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films and it certainly is a visually stunning achievement from a talented group of Oscar-winning filmmakers. This is an 8 minute short by a young director/writer Ray Griggs of a segment from his planned feature film about the story of the Heavenly Archangels before the fall of Lucifer. Jason Lewis is Lucifer and Bru Miller is Michael as the two are on a dragon hunt. I spoke with Griggs at the screening and he has plans for a full feature with the other Archangels Gabriel, Raphael and Uriel and battle scenes of Heavenly angels and fallen angels. David S. Ward who won an Oscar as writer of The Sting and was Oscar nominated for his screenplay Sleepless in Seattle is co-writer with Griggs. Russell Carpenter who won an Oscar for Titanic is the director of photography and Joe Viskocil who won an Oscar for Independence day is the special effects director. This is a visual spectacle and wonderfully done and acted but since it's just part of something larger, and knowing that, it's hard to fully review it. I would give this an 8 out of 10 and look forward to see if Grigg's idea is fully realized.