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About
You can learn more about C. Estes Fowler at www.cestesfowler.com.
Also make sure you visit his blog at chuck.calpernia.net.
Charles Estes Fowler, III was born on November 6, 1985, in Las Junta, Colorado, to Charles Estes Fowler, Jr., and Jean Marie Fowler. His parents were the senior pastors of the First Assembly of God Church in Las Animas, Colorado. At the age of three, his family relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado.
In Colorado Springs, he spent a great deal of time with his extended family: his grandparents, his uncles and aunts, and his eleven cousins. (Visit Calpernia.net to see his family blog.) Together they invented many "other worlds," and played many make-believe games. These games inspired Charles' active imagination and have formed a basis for much of his writing.
In 2004 he graduated from high school at Evangelical Christian Academy. After graduating from high school, he began working in the media department at Church For All Nations in Colorado Springs, Colorado. There he gained three years of experience editing video, graphic design, directing, and administrating a staff of three and a pool of about twenty-five volunteers.
Now, at the age of twenty-one, he is focusing on accomplishing his goals of becoming a published author, a film/television producer, and a pioneer in new media technology. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he spends his free time with his parents, a miniature greyhound named Faith, and a slew of unusual relatives and friends.
He is preparing to go to Oral Roberts University in the spring 2008 semester to complete his college education, double-majoring in Drama/Film/Television Performance and Literary Writing.
The greatest influence in Charles' life has been his faith, but he is vehemently opposed to religion. "I was taught from a young age that Christianity is about having a relationship with Jesus," he says. "Religion takes faith, something that's pure and valuable, and perverts it so that its focus becomes human effort. Religion puts roadblocks between God and man; Jesus bridged the gap." For C. Estes Fowler, being an author and a filmmaker is more than a vocation--it is a calling.
Interests
Storytelling, film, theology, television, multimedia technology, literature, drama, video games, government, art, education, leadership, fitness, history
Music
Call me weird, but I love a diversity of music. I enjoy classical pieces and R&B, rock and film soundtracks. The key is, I like any kind of music as long as it's GOOD MUSIC! Above all, I love worship music: anything from ancient hymns to modern praise anthems. The music that I like that comes to mind right now is: Hillsong United, U2, Elvis, Fred Hammond, James Morrison, Switchfoot, Johnny Cash, David Crowder Band, Lifehouse, Maroon 5, Grits.
Film
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy; Lawrence of Arabia; The Passion of the Christ; Rear Window; Hero; What About Bob?; The Matrix; the Star Wars saga; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe; Psycho; King of Texas; To Kill A Mockingbird; Oscar; The Wizard of Oz; Marco Polo; Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy.
Television
LOST; 24; Smallville; all manner of Star Trek; most forms of Superman; and anything on the History Channel, particularly Lost Worlds or The Universe.
Books
The Bible - God; The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien; Mere Christianity - C.S. Lewis; The Blood Covenant - E.W. Kenyon; "On Fairy-Stories" - J.R.R. Tolkien; King Lear - Shakespeare; the Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis; The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien; T, Jr.; The Screwtape Letters - C.S. Lewis; Eyes Wide Open - William D. Romanowski; Beowulf - Seamus Heaney.
Influences
There are many people who have been a major part of my life and have personally impacted me: Charles and Jean Fowler (parents), Jacob and Antoinette Scalfri (grandparents), Charles and Wanella Fowler (grandparents), Vicki Jamison, Judy Upjohn, my many uncles and aunts and cousins (too many to name here), and my many teachers throughout the years (also too many to name here, though I'd really like to recognize Elaine Viergever, Marge Colgen, Diane Hilger, David Cullen, Mark Spellman, Karen Gulya, and Sandra Vollbracht). There are also people who I have only known from a distance but have inspired and influenced me nonetheless: J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Oral Roberts, E.W. Kenyon, Alfred Hitchcock; George Lucas, J. Arthur Rank, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Jerry B. Jenkins, Ian Somerhalder, Peter Jackson, T.L. Osbourne, Stephen King, G.P. Taylor; J.K. Rowling, John Schneider, and J.J. Abrams. But none of those people I've listed really qualify as "heroes." By definition, a hero is an individual who gives up his life to save another. So I only really have one hero: Jesus Christ.