Dr. Dan Handley

Filmmaker

Dan is an engineer/scientist, musician, writer, and filmmaker. He has studied playwriting and science journalism at Johns Hopkins University as well as documentary filmmaking at Pittsburgh Filmmakers, where he is currently an Artist Member. His technical education include:

• Johns Hopkins University, Biophysics, B.A.
• Carnegie Mellon University, Logic and Computation, M.S.
• University of Pittsburgh, Human Genetics, Ph.D.

David Conrad

Narrator

Juilliard-trained David Conrad is an accomplished film and television actor (Wedding Crashers, Men of Honor, Boston Public). The Pittsburgh native currently co-stars with Jennifer Love Hewitt on the hit CBS series The Ghost Whisperer.

Bill Peduto

Executive Producer

Bill Peduto is the Pittsburgh City Councilman for District 8 and serves as the Chairman for the Committee on Finance and Law. Councilman Peduto created the city's first Committee on the Arts and was recognized by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as one of the 50 Cultural Forces of the region. As a member of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Mr. Peduto works with organizations and individual artists to promote arts and culture as a way of increasing economic growth in the region.

Mark Knobil

Director of Photography

Mark Knobil has been a professional cinematographer for over 20 years. He has over two dozen credits as Director of Photography for National Geographic, PBS Nova, and the Discovery Channel. Among his many credits include: The First Flower (Nova, PBS); The Great Robot Race (Nova, PBS); Volcanoes of the Deep (Nova, PBS); TITANIC: Anatomy of a Disaster (Discovery Channel); The Shape of Life, Cats: Caressing the Tiger (National Geographic) and Bali: Masterpiece of the Gods (National Geographic). Two of his projects have been nominated for Emmy awards.

Jeff Garton

Director of Photography

Jeff Garton has shot three features, a dozen short films, and hundreds of commercials and documentary projects. He has traveled extensively for National Geographic, Nova, and the Discovery Channel. Other credits include projects for the BBC, Unsolved Mysteries, the Shoah Foundation, and the White House Historical Society. Closer to home, he was the gaffer on the Pittsburgh independent features Daddy Cool, Out of the Black, and The Bread, My Sweet. Jeff also teaches film production and lighting classes and workshops.

Bryan Scibelli

Animation and Computer Graphics, Cinemanix, Inc.

Cinemanix is a full-service video production, computer-generated graphics, and post-production company. Their credits include the acclaimed planetarium digital dome show, A Traveler's Guide to Mars.

Glenn Syska

Additional Camera & Custom Graphics

Glenn has produced professional titles, logos, and motion graphics for numerous clients including the City Theatre, Comcast On Demand, TJL Productions (My Music 60s and 70s series frequently seen on PBS), Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Three Rivers Film Festival, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, WQED Multimedia Teens on Q, and Argentine Productions.