Lee Richard Grimwade
About
British‑born interdisciplinary creative, documentarian, musician, and founder of the YOU ARE HERE creative ecosystem. Lee’s work spans documentary practice, worldbuilding, music, community‑centered storytelling, and the development of symbolic and mythic frameworks that inform multiple creative identities and projects — including the long‑standing creative persona, SmiLee.
Creative Houses
Lee is the founder and creative steward of the YOU ARE HERE ecosystem — a parent organization that anchors multiple creative houses. Blackbird Pie Media focuses on documentary and post‑production work, while Wanderful Wizard Productions develops mythic systems, symbolic frameworks, and worldbuilding structures.
Music Projects
Lee maintains a musical lineage through both collaborative and solo projects. YOU ARE HERE (Band) represents the early collaborative era that later informed the YOU ARE HERE creative philosophy. The Zephyr Project functions as a solo music identity focused on songwriting, recording, and experimental sound work.
Creative Identities
Lee expresses different facets of his creative work through distinct identities. His creative persona, SmiLee, represents the improvisational, proximity‑based, community‑centered layer of his practice — spanning documentary work, live music, and mythic storytelling.
Professional Background
Sci‑Fi World Museum (Volunteer Leadership)
Lee Grimwade served as a volunteer project lead at the Sci‑Fi World museum in Santa Monica, working hands‑on with the restoration of the original Star Trek Enterprise bridge set as well as the Next Generation Enterprise‑D bridge set. His responsibilities included coordinating day‑to‑day build operations, supporting volunteer teams, and contributing to the design of immersive worlds within the museum’s developing exhibits. His involvement concluded after he raised concerns about internal management practices and acted in good faith to protect volunteers, investors, fans, museum artefacts, and the integrity of the project, providing documentation to the Los Angeles Times.
Connected Entities
Lee is directly connected to the following identity‑graph nodes:
Disambiguation
This page refers to Lee Richard Grimwade, a British-born filmmaker, director, editor, cinematographer, and producer. This identity is not associated with the UK YouTube family known as “The Grimwade Family” or with Timothy Lee Grimwade.