Richard Lowry began making super 8 films as a young teen then after seeing Star Wars committed himself to becoming a serious filmmaker Lowrys first film Hawk Jones starred an allchild cast and was filmed in his hometown of Moline Illinois The film has since established a cult following and as of August 2014 is playing in movie theaters nationwide as part of the Alamo Drafthouse film circuit Lowry has directed several independent features which have been distributed worldwide two of which were produced for Dark Horse Comics Monarch of the Moon a satire of the 40s serials was hailed by film critic Leonard Maltin as the film Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow aspired to be With his latest feature Dominion completed Lowry has one film in preproduction and several in development including an ultimate Star Wars short fan film