Favorite visual artist Favourite traditional artist: Leonardo da Vinci; Favourite artist-cinematographer: Roger Deakins; Favourite comicbook artist: Dustin Weaver Favorite movies Films by Terrence Malick, Sam Mendes, Lars von Trier, Andrei Tarkovsky, David Fincher, Charlie Kaufman and the Coen Brothers Favorite TV shows 24, The Borgias Favorite bands / musical artists John Williams, Zbignew Preisner, Danny Elfman, Philip Glass, Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, James Newton Howard, Carter Burwell, David Arnold, John Powell, John Barry, Mark Griskey, Alexandre Desplat, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles Favorite books "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov, "Das Schloss" by Franz Kafka, "Rosenkrantz and Gulidenstern are Dead" and "The Coast of Utopia" by Tom Stoppard, "Watchmen" and "V for Vendetta" by Alan Moore, "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri, "Das Nibelungenlied" Favorite writers All those mentioned above, plus William Somerset Maugham, William Shakespeare, Bernard Werber, Tom Clancy, John Jackson Miller Favorite games Assassin's Creed (series), Call of Duty (series), Metal Gear Solid (series), Heavy Rain, Medieval II: Total War, World in Conflict: Soviet Assault, Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance Favorite gaming platform PC, NDS, PS3 Tools of the Trade The Pen, The Keyboard, The DSC-T90, The Word 2010 and, most importantly, The Head Other Interests Travels, history, geopolitics, conspiracy theories