Dad who woke from a coma with amazing talents to see his life turned into movie

A dad who woke from a coma with new artistic talents he never had before is to have his extraordinary story turned into a movie. Moe Hunter, 41, baffled medics after coming out of a month-long coma with newfound creative abilities that hadn’t existed previously.

Despite being “rubbish at art at school” Moe suddenly discovered he had a knack for drawing, painting and model building. He went from working at Burger King to using his new skills as a professional carpenter and model maker.

Filmmakers were left blown away by his story and plans are now in place to make a documentary film about Moe’s experience. Producers Jake Parker, who has worked on films such as Deadpool & Wolverine, Barbie and Wonka and William Osborne are now raising funds to get the film made.

For the past year, Moe has also been selling books based on his paintings of the visions he had while in a state of unconsciousness. But he says finding out his life is to be turned into a film was a real ‘pinch yourself moment’.

Moe, of Hereford, said: “It’s just surreal really. To start with I never really wanted to talk about what happened. But I’ve since had people from all over the world contacting me saying they have been inspired by my story.

“Some have even said they’ve had similar experiences in comas and had the same visions as me. So I thought I’d continue to share my experiences and when Jake said he’d do a film, I was blown away as his CV is remarkable.

“I’d only reached out to him for a bit of advice and he asked me ‘well what’s the story?’ When I told him, he was like “I’ll make that’.

“I was pinching myself really. It’s everyone’s story really as most people have experienced illness and loss in their life.

“I’m still model-making now. My disabilities have got worse but my skills have continued to get better.

“I’m now pretty good at woodwork too, which was another complete surprise to me. When it all comes together I’m still questioning whether I’ve just done that. I’m just going to continue doing what I do.”

Moe was struck down by a rare form bacterial meningitis and tuberculosis in his brain which left him fighting for his life in 2004. He was left in a coma as doctors performed vital lifesaving surgery by installing a shunt to drain fluid from his brain at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

After waking from his coma, he soon left his friends and family gobsmacked when he started to display a special gift he didn’t possess before. Moe began building intricate life-size model replicas from the world of TV and film, including Star Wars, and has seen this artwork displayed at Comic-Con events across the country.

Dad-of-one Moe has also sold pieces of his artwork and continues to work as a self-employed carpenter.

Jake, 27, an independent filmmaker, who is based in London, said: “Moe reached out to us and we got talking on social media and when I found out about his story I just found it so fascinating.

“It’s sort a story of going from death to life and unlocking something within the brain that a person never knew existed. I just found it so inspiring and thought it would work really well as a documentary because it is just a remarkable story.

“We want to tell it in a sensitive and ethical way, not just focusing on how this might have happened but the emotive impact of it too, both good and bad.

“Moe has lost some memories of his life before but at the same time unlocked this incredible creative talent he never knew he had. Working within the creative industries myself I think just it firs with my ethics and also sends a message of hope to others.

“Moe wants to inspire a whole new generation of TB survivors and thriving creatives to pursue their dreams. He appeared on Keith Lemon’s TV show and we’ve got him on board to appear in the movie too.

“The fundraiser will go towards production costs and any money left over will go towards charities which has helped Moe. We just want to share his story properly and do it justice because it truly is something else.”

Moe says medical professionals were left flabbergasted by the freak phenomenon before his neurologist told him: “Just enjoy it.”

He said he has since found that people who are blown away by his incredible story always ask what he saw, if anything, while in his coma. Medics say the comatose brain shows no sign of normal sleep-cycle which allows for dreaming – but many people who recover from comas report doing so.

This was also the case for Moe, who has now shared an insight into the bizarre visions he saw ‘while on the other side’. He has since documented his experience in a book and released artwork which depicts the ‘places he went to’ in his coma.

Moe added: “I really wasn’t creative before in the slightest, in fact people used to laugh at my drawings. I was more interested in going out, football and computer games. Even to this day some of my family can’t believe it, they’re still completely shocked.

“It’s insane but when I spoke to the neurologist he just said ‘enjoy it’ and said there’s so much about the brain they still can’t decipher and this is just a phenomenon.

“I look at all of my stuff now and I’m like ‘never in a trillion years could I do this stuff’. I have no idea how it happened.

“Nobody has really given a medical explanation for it. I just know comas can do crazy things to a human brain.”

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