Extraordinary People - Stephen Wiltshire

In 1987, 11 year old Stephen Wiltshire featured in a BBC documentary, the misguidedly titled The Foolish Wise Ones, which focused on a small group of autistics with remarkable skills. To the amazement of his schoolteachers, at the age of six, this unhappy, withdrawn, tantrumprone little boy started drawing London buildings from memory, with extraordinary accuracy. The film showed Stephen losing himself in the absorbing task of depicting a controlled a million miles from the anxiety-ridden one he inhabited. Now aged 33 his talent has led to a highly lucrative career, exhibiting and selling his artwork in his own gallery near Trafalgar square. This engrossing film follows Stephen as he returns to school to meet the teachers who encouraged his talents, and embarks on a feat that push even him to his limits - a four meter aerial panorama of London, drawn from memory after a 15-minute helicopter ride. The resulting picture is absolutely astonishing.

Channel: Film & Animation
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: stephenwiltshire

Length: 00:30
Rating: 5.00
Views: 15969

Tags: art  autistic  camera  drawing  extraordinary  human  panorama  people  savant  stephen  wiltshire  

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