The documentary " Worrell...Emerging From The Garden Of Thorns" was written, shot and edited by Erik Thienes of Newport Beach, California. Thienes received his BA in Film and Video Production from Metropolitan State University in 1998. For over a decade, he was a field photographer/photojournalist for ABC and CBS. The bustle of travel and daily filming, lighting, interviewing, & editing helped develop his abilities as a jack of all trades documentarian. He started Floating Lantern Production House in 2007. Beyond completing this 7 year in the making documentary, there have been two other notable projects from the past year. In November of 2018, Erik Thienes was Director of Photography for Elizabeth Turk's 1,000 participant art installation "Shoreline Project" in conjunction with Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, California. The other project is a film that will be played for one year at Elizabeth Turk's "Tipping Points" installation at Catalina Island Museum in Avalon, California.