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Judging 2012
Judging Procedures
Throughout July, committees of preliminary judges ranked media entered into each specific category. Craft categories are judged by peer committees (i.e., writers judge “Best Writing”, editors judge “Best Editing”, etc.). Category finalists, announced July 30th, will be reviewed by our Final Jury of experts (TBD) immediately prior to the Symposium with winners announced at the Awards Ceremony and Gala Celebration. All media entered into the competition are eligible for the TBA Best of Festival Award (TBA).
The quality and credibility of our film competition begins with the preliminary judging! With competition categories in Earth & Environmental Sciences (Including Geology, Paleontology, Energy, Oceanography, Weather, and Climate), Life Sciences (Including Biology, Bio-diversity, Ecology, Genetics, and Genetic Engineering), Medical Sciences (Including Clinical Science, Epidemiology, Pharmacology, and Stem Cell Research), Physical Sciences (Including Astronomy, Cosmology, Physics, Chemistry, and Nanotechnology), Technological Sciences (Including Robotics, Computer & IT, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanical and Systems Engineering) and Human & Social Sciences (Including Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, Forensic Science, Social Culture and History) as well as program and craft categories, we are looking for preliminary judges with diverse specialities!
The commitment was approximately 20-25 hours over the course of several weeks (mid-June-July). Judges in most categories downloaded, screened and ranked the films, then participated in conference calls with fellow committee members to select the category finalists. Preliminary judges in the Immersive category met in Denver, July 17-19. Preliminary judges were given complimentary passes to Symposium 2012 (and Gala Awards event) or discounted passes to Festival 2013 are recognized in all online and printed Science Media Awards/Symposium materials.
Geralyn Abinader, New York Hall of Science |
Allison Argo, Argofilms |
Nigel Ashcroft, Green Umbrella |
Kevin Atkins, Film Historian |
Corwin Bell, VisionShift Studio |
James Bell, Center for the Advancement of Informal Science Education |
Jeanne Brown, Rocky Mountain Performance Excellence |
Mike Brown, Serac Adventure Films |
Violet Carlon, Graphic Designer |
Michael Carroll, Author & Artist |
John Cavanagh, Discovery Channel |
Stella Cha, The Nature Conservancy |
Christine Choate, Independent Filmmaker |
Barry Clark, Telenova Productions |
David Clark, David Clark, Inc. |
Dianna Costello, Pixeldust Studios |
Jane Crayton, University of Colorado |
Greg Diefenbach, Alliant Content |
Deirdre Doherty, National Geographic Channel International |
Chuck Dunbar, Mammoth HD |
John Dutton, John Dutton Media |
Erin Espelie, Natural History Magazine |
Steve Fairchild, Wildlife Conservation Society |
Andrew Ferrone, real D |
Art Fitzsimmons, Cinematographer |
Jay Glass, Ph.D. Neurobiology & Psychology, Academic Medicine, Hi-tech Venture Capital |
Eddie Goldstein, Denver Museum of Nature & Science |
Grant Graves, Cinematographer |
Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, GHSPi/Passport to Knowledge |
David Hamilton, Filmmaker |
Janet Muswell, Visual Effects Producer |
Janet Hess, Thirteen/WNET |
Jeff Hogan, Hoganfilms |
Hilary Hudson, Filmmaker |
Ian Holtum, Denver Museum of Nature and Science |
Joe Imholte, Science Museum of Minnesota |
Emre Izat, Off the Fence Productions |
Sina Knoll, NDR Naturfilm/Studio Hamburg |
Chuck Lee, Fujinon Optical |
Bryan Leister, University of Colorado |
Jared Lipworth, National Geographic Television |
Thomas Macker, Photographer, Filmmaker |
Michael Mavretic, National Geographic Channel |
Michael Mayhew, Ph.D., Science Education Solutions, Inc. |
Cathy McConnell, Artemis Films |
Martin Meszaros, Terra Mater Factual Studios |
Una Morera, Denver Museum of Nature and Science |
Carlos Mosqueda, Denver Museum of Nature & Science |
James Neihouse, Filmmaker |
Rob Nelson, Untamed Science |
Paul Olding, Ph.D., Filmmkaer |
Karen Partridge, Filmmaker |
Charles Poe, Smithsonian Channel |
Paul Polechla, Ph.D., University of New Mexico |
Matt Popke, Denver Art Museum |
Trace Reddell, Denver University |
Carrie Noel Richer, Hole Dance Films |
Sarah Robertson, Arctic Bear Productions, Inc. |
Gianna Savoie, Montana State University |
Annette Scheurich, Marco Polo Film AG |
Paul Sher, M.D. |
Sean Solowiez, Filmmaker |
Pam Stacey, Writer, Producer |
Greg Stickrod, Research Scientist |
James Swan, Snow Goose Productions |
Takahiro Yokosuka, NHK (Japan Broadcasting) |
Wally Ulrich, Geoscientist |
Caroline Underwood, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
Cindy Van Dover, Ph.D., Duke University Marine Laboratory |
Bob Viola, Square One Systems Design |
Andrew Waterworth, Natural History New Zealand |
Stefanie Watkins, Editor |
Pete White, Ph.D. Acoustical Engineering, Filmmaker |
Kristin Wilcox, Discovery Channel
Chung-Wei Yi, Editor |
Jo Young, Earth-Touch, Ltd. |
Kachun Yu, Ph.D. Denver Museum of Nature & Science |
PLANT: Jo Ann Banks, Purdue University
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