Stephen Wiltshire from London is a star among
savants. Stephen is autistic. He did not
speak his first words "pencil" and "paper"
until he was 5. Yet, when he was 11 he drew a
perfect aerial view of London after only one
helicopter ride. For this film we're testing
the "Living camera" in Rome. (ColourField
production) Tags :stephenwiltshireromememorydrawingautisticsavant
Stephen Wiltshire has been called the "Human
Camera." In this short excerpt from the film
Beautiful Minds: A Voyage into the Brain,
Wiltshire takes a helicopter journey over
Rome and then draws a panoramic view of what
he saw, entirely from memory. Tags :StephenWiltshireTheHumanCameraRomeAutisticsavant
(www.stephenwiltshire.co.uk)
One of Stephen's extraordinary abilities is
to memorize landscapes up to the highest
detail. During this flight he had a thorough
look at the view of the Japanese capital from
the helicopter including thousands of
buildings, towers, high-ways, cars, buses,
even down to intricate details of trees and
windows. Following the 30 minutes ride
Stephen seemed to be very excited and ready
for the challenge. Tags :stephenwiltshiretokyopanoramamemorydrawingautisticsavant