2012 FINALISTS & WINNERS
Best Earth & Environmental Program
Sponsored by One World One Ocean
Best Life Sciences Program
Sponsored by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Life Force: Madagascar
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.), NHNZ, Science Channel, Animal Planet and France Télévisions View Clip |
Best Medical Sciences Program
Sponsored by Science Channel
Best Physical Sciences Program
Sponsored by The Nature Conservancy
WINNER
The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene: What is Space? A NOVA Production by 32-12 Media, with ARTE France and National Geographic Channel View Clip |
Best Technological Sciences Program
Sponsored by Discovery Channel
From Waterwheels
to MegaJets Lion Television/All3Media with Words Make Pictures for National Geographic Channel View Clip |
Best Human & Social Sciences Program
Sponsored by the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education
Best Series or Limited Series
Sponsored by Terra Mater Factual Studios
NOVA: The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene
A NOVA Production by 32-12 Media, The Film Posse, Spine Films, and Lone Wolf Documentary Group, with ARTE France and National Geographic Channel View Clip |
Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman
The Incubator, Revelations Entertainment and Science Channel View Clip |
Best Short Program
Sponsored by the Wyoming Film Office
WINNER
The Making of the Fittest: Natural Selection in Humans Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Holt Productions, LLC View Clip |
The Making of the Fittest: The Birth and Death of Genes
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Holt Productions, LLC Entry #12215 View Clip |
CoCoRaHS Presents:
The Water Cycle Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow Network and Noah Besser Entry #12115 View Clip |
Best Theatrical Program
Sponsored by Fujinon Optical Devices
Best Immersive Program - 3D
Sponsored by National Geographic Television
Best Immersive - Fulldome Program
Sponsored by Global Immersion
WINNER
Undiscovered Worlds: The Search Beyond our Sun Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science, Boston Entry #12198 View Clip |
Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth's Climate Engine
Spitz Creative Media, the Advanced Visualization Lab at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (University of Illinois), NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio, Thomas Lucas Productions and Denver Museum of Nature & Science Entry #12023 View Clip |
Best Institutional Media Installation
Sponsored by the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Daily Planet Media Installation
batwin + robin productions & North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences--Nature Research Center Entry #12134 View Clip |
Best Interactive & New Media Program
Sponsored by Scientific American
Best Nonprofessional Program
Sponsored by Animal Planet
Best Hosted or Presenter-Led Program
Sponsored by Qube
WINNER
Australia: The Time Traveller's Guide, The First Steps Essential Media and Entertainment with NOVA Host/Presenter: Dr. Richard Smith Entry #12152 View Clip |
Bones of Turkana
National Geographic Television Host/Presenter: Dr. Richard Leakey Entry #12119 View Clip |
The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene:
What is Space? A NOVA Production by 32-12 Media, with ARTE France and National Geographic Channel Host/Presenter: Dr. Brian Greene Entry #12281B View Clip |
Flying Monsters 3D
Atlantic Productions & SKY3D with National Geographic Entertainment Host/Presenter: Sir David Attenborough Entry #12202 View Clip |
Best Writing Program
Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
WINNER
Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene: Quantum Leap A NOVA Production by Spine Films, with ARTE France and National Geographic Channel Written by: Josh Rosen, Julia Cort and Joseph McMaster. Based on the book, The Fabric of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene Entry #12283A View Clip |
The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene:
What is Space? A NOVA Production by 32-12 Media, with ARTE France and National Geographic Channel Written by: Graham Judd, Sabin Streeter and Joseph McMaster. Based on the book, The Fabric of the Cosmos, by Brian Greene Entry #12281C View Clip |
NOVA:
Secrets Beneath the Ice A NOVA Production by NET Television and Lone Wolf Documentary Group Written by: Steven Reich and Gary Hochman Entry #12267 View Clip |
Best Editing Program
Sponsored by Sony Electronics
NOVA: The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene: The Illusion of Time
A NOVA Production by The Film Posse, with ARTE France & National Geographic Channel Edited by: Steve Audette, Jonathan Sahula and Nathan Hendrie Entry #12282A View Clip |
Best Visualization
Sponsored by Panasonic Solutions
Planet You
Terra Mater Factual Studios Cinematography: Johannes Poetscher and Christoph Groppenberger Science Visualization Team: Reinhold Fragner, Rudi Erlach and Alfred Vendl Entry #12176 View Clip |
Curiosity:
Can You Live Forever? Dangerous Productions and Discovery Channel Cinematography: Duane McClunie Visual Effects and Animation: Jellyfish Studios - Will Rockall and Tom Brass Entry #12085 View Clip |
Wonders of the Universe: Children of the Stars
BBC and Science Channel Cinematography: Chris Openshaw and Kevin White Visual Effects: Burrell Durrant Hifle and Nicola Kinghamr Entry #12016 View Clip |
The Fabric of the Cosmos with Brian Greene:
What is Space? NOVA Visual Effects and Animation: Pixeldust Studio - Ricardo Andrade, Richard Hawkins, Nick Jernigan Cinematography: Mike Coles and Robert Humphreys Entry #12065 View Clip |
Special Jury Award
Sponsored by Sony Electronics