Friday, March 29, 2024

2014 Jackson Hole Science Media Awards Finalist & Winners Announced

Jackson Hole, WY, USA — More than 480 entries competed for 27 awards this year! 100+ preliminary judges screened 3,000+ hours to select the finalists. The 2014 Science Media Award winners were selected by a distinguished panel of judges preceding the three-day Science Media Symposium


2014 GRAND HELIX AWARD WINNER

Sponsored by PBS Distribution & Sony
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WINNER
14-193
Particle Fever
PF Productions, LLC & Anthos Media, LLC
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Special Jury Awards

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WINNER
14-118
Hawking
Darlow Smithson for PBS & Channel 4
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WINNER
14-184
Orbi
BBC Earth Productions
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WINNER
14-308
Untamed Science
Untamed Science
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WINNER
14-324
Years of Living Dangerously
Roaring Fork Films
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Best Earth Sciences Program

 Sponsored by Terra Mater Factual Studios
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WINNER
14-064
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive 3D
Colossus Productions
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14-253
The Day the Mesozoic Died
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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14-329
Your Inner Fish: Your Inner Reptile
Tangled Bank Studios & Windfall Films, for PBS
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Best Biological/Life Sciences Program

 Sponsored by Nature/WNET
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WINNER
14-326
Your Inner Fish: Your Inner Fish
Tangled Bank Studios & Windfall Films, for PBS
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14-068
Decoding Neanderthals
A NOVA Production by Arrow International Media, Ltd. for WGBH
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14-306
Unnatural Selection
Sky Vision & Terra Mater Factual Studios, GmbH
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Best Environmental & Conservation Sciences Program

Sponsored by Tangled Bank Studios 
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WINNER
14-020
Battle for the Elephants
Everwild Media for National Geographic Television
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WINNER
14-197
Earth a New Wild: Plains
National Geographic Television & Passion Planet for PBS
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14-144
Killer Whales – Fins of Change
Terra Mater Factual Studios, GmbH, Brian Leith Productions, WNET/Thirteen & NDR Naturfilm Doclights
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14-130
Inside the Megastorm
Dragonfly Film & Television Productions, Ltd. for NOVA/WGBH in association with BBC
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Best Medical Sciences Program

Sponsored by AAAS 
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WINNER
14-134
Jabbed: Love, Fear and Vaccines
Genepool Productions
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14-085
Kids on Speed? Episode 1
Essential Media and Entertainment
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14-011
American Experience: The Poisoner’s Handbook
An Apograph Productions, Inc. film for American Experience
American Experience is a production of WGBH
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14-302
Toxic Bees – Nature’s Mayday
Public Television Service, Taiwan
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Best Physical Sciences Program

 Sponsored by the Smithsonian Channel
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WINNER
14-193
Particle Fever
PF Productions, LLC & Anthos Media, LLC
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14-092
Eyes of the Atacama
Terra Mater Factual Studios, GmbH
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14-241
COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey — Standing Up in the Milky Way
Fuzzy Doors Productions, Cosmos Studios, Inc. in association with FOX Broadcasting Company & National Geographic Channel
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Best Technological Sciences Program

 Sponsored by Discovery Communications
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WINNER
14-330
Zeppelin Terror Attack 
Windfall Films, Ltd. for NOVA/WGBH, Channel 4 & National Geographic Channel
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14-108
Genius of Nature: Sensing
Terra Mater Factual Studios, GmbH, Oxford Scientific Films & BBC
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14-219
Rise of the Drones
Pangloss Films, LLC for NOVA/WGBH
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14-262
The Incredible Bionic Man
Darlow Smithson Productions, Ltd. for Smithsonian Channel
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Best Human & Social Sciences Program

Sponsored by Vulcan Productions 
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WINNER
14-247
The Perfect Runner
Clearwater Documentary Inc. for Smithsonian Channel
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14-084
Enigma Man – A Stone Age Mystery
Electric Pictures
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14-291
The Ultimate Formula: What is the Universe Made of?
NHK
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Best Limited Series

Sponsored by Off the Fence
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WINNER
14-325
Your Inner Fish
Tangled Bank Studios & Windfall Films, for PBS
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14-058
COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey
Fuzzy Door Productions and Cosmos Studios, Inc. in association with FOX Broadcasting Company & National Geographic Channel
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14-216
Richard Hammond’s Miracles of Nature
Terra Mater Factual Studios, GmbH, Oxford Scientific Films & Hamster’s Wheel
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14-324
Years of Living Dangerously
Roaring Fork Films
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Best Short Program

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WINNER
14-214
Return of the Cicadas
Samuel Orr
www.MotionKicker.com
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14-132
Invisible Ocean: 
Plankton & Plastic
Emily V. Driscoll/BonSci Films
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14-236
Snows of the Nile
Day’s Edge Productions
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14-314
Your Inner Fish: We Hear with the Bones that Reptiles Eat With
Tangled Bank Studios & Windfall Films, for PBS
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Best Short Series Program

 Sponsored by PBS Distribution
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WINNER
14-101
Freaks of Nature
Off the Fence Productions
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14-285
QUEST: The Science of Sustainability
KQED in collaboration with five partner stations
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14-320
WildFIRE PIRE: Wildfires, Climate Change & the Ecosystem
Dennis Aig and Daniel Schmidt, Montana State University, Department of Science and Natural History Filmmaking
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Best Radio & Podcast Media

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WINNER
14-277
The STEM Story Project — The Poison Squad: A Chemist’s Quest for Pure Food
Sruthi Pinnamaneni
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14-070
Desperate for a Cure: The Search for New Alzheimer’s Treatments
WCAI – The Cape and Islands’
NPR Station
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14-232
Shared Planet
BBC Natural History Unit
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Best Hosted or Presenter-led Program

Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy
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WINNER
14-245
Richard Hammond’s Miracles of Nature – Super-Bodies
Terra Mater Factual Studios GmbH
Host: Richard Hammond
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14-241
COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey — Standing Up in the Milky Way
Fuzzy Doors Productions & Cosmos Studios, Inc. in association with FOX Broadcasting Company & National Geographic Channel
Host: Neil deGrasse Tyson
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14-064
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive 3D
Colossus Productions
Host: David Attenborough
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Best Children’s Education Program

 Sponsored by the Science Festival Alliance
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WINNER
14-316
Wild Kratts: When Fish Fly!
KrattBrothers Company, Ltd. & 9 Story Entertainment
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14-202
Plum Landing
WGBH Educational Foundation & Global Mechanic
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14-248
Survival of the Sexiest, Parts I & II
Animator: Baker & Hill
Developed by National Geographic & Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
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14-312
Watermelon Magic
Spring Garden Pictures
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Best Integrated/Cross Platform Media

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WINNER
14-153
Live from Space
Arrow Media, Channel 4 & National Geographic Channel
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14-032
Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution
Developed by National Geographic & Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology
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14-250
Tales from the Poisoner’s Handbook
American Experience/WGBH Educational Foundation
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Best Student/Emerging Science Filmmaker

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WINNER
14-231
Seizing the Unrecorded
Ingrid Pfau
Montana State University, MFA Science and Natural History Filmmaking Program
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14-205
Pride
Rosh Patel
Montana State University, MFA Science and Natural History Filmmaking Program
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14-317
When the Peacock Sings: A Prequel to the Monsoons
Shaz Syed
University of Salford: Mediacity
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Best Immersive Cinema (3D/Large Format)

 Sponsored by the Boston Museum of Science
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WINNER
14-173
Mysteries of the Unseen World (IMAX)
National Geographic Entertainment & Day’s End Pictures
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14-100
Flight of the Butterflies 3D
SK Films
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14-137
Jerusalem 3D
A Cosmic Picture/Arcane Pictures Film, National Geographic Ventures
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Best Immersive Cinema (Fulldome)

Sponsored by SkySkan 
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WINNER
14-062
Dark Universe
American Museum of Natural History
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14-023
Bella Gaia: Beautiful Earth
Remedy Arts, LLC & Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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14-170
Moons: Worlds of Mystery
Charles Hayden Planetarium & Boston Museum of Science
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14-247
Supervolcanoes
Spitz Creative Media, Mirage3D & Thomas Lucas Productions in association with Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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Best Online and Interactive Media

 Sponsored by World Wildlife Fund
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WINNER
14-238
Sound Uncovered: An Interactive Book for the iPad
Exploratorium
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14-065
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive App
Colossus Productions
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14-282
The RNA Lab
NOVA
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Best Visualization

Sponsored by Sony 
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WINNER
14-021
Battlefield Cell
A Wide Eyed Entertainment Production for BBC/Discovery Channel
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14-064
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive 3D
Colossus Productions
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14-241
COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey — Standing Up in the Milky Way
Fuzzy Doors Productions, Cosmos Studios, Inc. in association with FOX Broadcasting Company & National Geographic Channel
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14-326
Your Inner Fish: Your Inner Fish
Tangled Bank Studios & Windfall Films, for PBS
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Best Writing

Sponsored by National Geographic Studios
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WINNER
14-326
Your Inner Fish: Your Inner Fish
Tangled Bank Studios & Windfall Films, for PBS
Writer: David Dugan
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14-052
Making Stuff II: Colder
A NOVA Production by Little Bay Pictures, LLC for WGBH/Boston
Writer: Vincent Liota
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14-114
The Great Cathedral Mystery
A NOVA Production by National Geographic Television Production in association with Camera One Productions
Writer: David Murdock
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Best Editing

Sponsored by Fujifilm
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WINNER
14-193
Particle Fever
PF Productions, LLC & Anthos Media, LLC
Editor: Walter Murch
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14-134
Jabbed: Love, Fear & Vaccines
Genepool Productions
Editor: Mark Atkin A.S.E.
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14-241
COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey — Standing Up in the Milky Way
Fuzzy Doors Productions, Cosmos Studios, Inc. in association with FOX Broadcasting Company & National Geographic Channel
Editors: John Duffy, Michael O’Halloran & Eric Lea
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14-329
Your Inner Fish: Your Inner Reptile
Tangled Bank Studios & Windfall Films, for PBS
Editor: Garry Crystal; Online Editors: Tamer Osman & Stef Henley; Visual Effects: Jellyfish Pictures
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Best Audioscape

Sponsored by PBS 
14-072
Disneynature Bears
Disneynature
Sound Designers: Tim Owens & Kate Hopkins; Re-recording Mixers: Andrew Wilson & Matthew Gough
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14-062
Dark Universe
American Museum of Natural History
Sound Supervisor & Re-Recording Mixer: Peter Hylenski; Music: Robert Miller; Sound Designer, Sound Effects Editor, & Narration Editor: Brian Langman
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14-140
Jungle Book Bear
Gulo Film Productions
Sound Recording: Oliver Goetzl & Ivo Nörenberg; Music: Jörg Magnus Pfeil & Siggi Mueller; Sound Mix: Anton Hering & Jonathan Jenkins
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14-241
COSMOS: A SpaceTime Odyssey — Standing Up in the Milky Way
Fuzzy Doors Productions, Cosmos Studios, Inc. in association with FOX Broadcasting Company & National Geographic Channel
Sound Editors: Christopher Harvengt & Richard Steele; Sound Mixers: Mark Hensley & Joel Catalan; Production Mixer: Darryl L. Frank, C.A.S; ADR Mixer: Paul Aronoff; Foley Mixer: David Torres
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Special Consideration Finalists

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14-112
Google Glass Explorer Story: WWF’s Sabita Malla
Anomaly & Logan East
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14-161
Marshland Dreams
Mill Valley Film Group
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Joe Kleiman
Joe Kleimanhttp://wwww.themedreality.com
Raised in San Diego on theme parks, zoos, and IMAX films, InPark's Senior Correspondent Joe Kleiman would expand his childhood loves into two decades as a projectionist and theater director within the giant screen industry. In addition to his work in commercial and museum operations, Joe has volunteered his time to animal husbandry at leading facilities in California and Texas and has played a leading management role for a number of performing arts companies. Joe previously served as News Editor and has remained a contributing author to InPark Magazine since 2011. HIs writing has also appeared in Sound & Communications, LF Examiner, Jim Hill Media, The Planetarian, Behind the Thrills, and MiceChat His blog, ThemedReality.com takes an unconventional look at the attractions industry. Follow on twitter @ThemesRenewed Joe lives in Sacramento, California with his wife, dog, and a ghost.

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