Wissenswertes

Debut album with The Lec Zorn Project, "It Began in the Underground," released June 16, 2007.

Co-host of "The Side Project," a libertarian podcast, for its entire run, from 2010-2015.

Guest speaker at the Libertarian Party of Illinois 2011 Convention.

Commentates Indiana high school football and basketball games for radio broadcasts.

Father of Aria Kelly and Liam Isaac.

Of Irish, German, and Swedish descent.

Attended every Indianapolis 500 from the year 2000 to 2019. Attended the IndyCar Grand Prix in 2014 and every year from 2016-2019. Both streaks ended because the 2020 races were closed to the public.

Took the name Zorn from Zorn Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, which he often passed on exit 2 on Interstate 71. Invented the name Lec by making random letter combinations in search of a very unusual monosyllabic name.

Nephew of Bob Wichmann, who won the Indiana boys basketball state championship with Milan High School in 1954. That team also included William Jordan and had the smallest enrollment - 161 students - of any team to win the championship in Indiana's 87 years of single class play. Their story was the inspiration for Freiwurf (1986).

Fan of the Indianapolis Colts, Indiana Pacers, Indiana Fever, and Cincinnati Reds.

Great-grandson of Rev. Lloyd Caswell Kelly, founder of Clear Creek Baptist Bible College and Campbellsville University.

Second cousin of Brian Moore, who played quarterback for the University of Georgia football team from the 1988-1992 seasons.

Most of the films he writes are set in fictional Doak City, Indiana, after the setting of one of his all time favorite movies, Der Feind im eigenen Haus (1992).

Host of "Super Deep Movie Analysis," a web cast that profiles one movie in each episode, from 2015 to present.

Uncle of Alec McAtee and Olivia McAtee.

Speaks some Swedish and some Esperanto.

Grandson of Dr. Ott Benton McAtee, superintendent of the Madison State Hospital in Madison, Indiana from 1952-79.

Nephew by marriage of Brigitte Randall, who taught Woody Harrelson at Hanover College.

Studies foreign languages and plays word games in an effort to stay mentally sharp.

Plays HQ Trivia daily.

Studies genealogy.

Made approximately 1,000,000 high school diplomas, college degrees, and other certificates in the course of working for Balfour from 1999-2003. Typing the names of the recipients for hours every day led to his interest in onomastics - the study of names.

Was inspired to go into film by seeing the Icelandic movie Nói albinói (2003) and reading his brother Robert McAtee's screenplay of Trail of Crumbs (2008) a few weeks apart in late Summer/early Autumn of 2005.

10th cousin once removed of Peter Cushing.

First cousin seven times removed of Thomas Jefferson.