ENTERTAINMENT
AN EXTREME CLIMB FOR AN EXTREME CRISIS
Kenna, Grammy-nominated musician, philanthropist, "actionist" and mastermind behind "Summit on the Summit: Kilimanjaro," was joined atop Africa's largest free standing mountain with fellow climbers Lupe Fiasco, Isabel Lucas, Emile Hirsch, Jessica Biel, Santigold, Elizabeth Gore, Alexandra Cousteau, Bernise Ang, Kick Kennedy, Simon Isaacs, Michael Muller, Jimmy Chin, Melissa Arnot & Dr. Greg Allgood to raise awareness of the global clean water crisis.
An emotional portrait that honors 1984 Olympic athlete and former world record high jumper Zhu Jianhua, who faced the difficult decision to sacrifice silver in order to go for gold. Premiering on CCTV and 7 other Chinese networks, the television documentary and integrated digital, print and television-based support campaign showcase athletes discussing the fear of failure at a time when their country was singularly focused on victory.
ON SPEED TV
Directed by Jeff Zwart, this five-part series goes beyond your dream job. Can a video game develop the skills needed to become a professional racecar driver? To find out, Nissan has brought America's fastest 16 out of nearly 54,000 Gran Turismo 5 gamers who participated in a National tournament and thrown them into a competition for a shot at becoming a motorsports professional.
Directed by Michael Bonfiglio, this hour-long documentary series follows some of the world's most iconic innovators and takes audiences inside their creative process, offering never-before-seen views of true masterminds at work. The series features Tyler Perry, along with fashion icon Tom Ford, filmmaker James Cameron, musician will.i.am, and world-renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz as they reveal the experiences, challenges and rewards of bringing their ideas to life.
MAKING THE IMPOSSIBLE REAL
Launched at the Sundance Film Festival, the series of short online films designed to bring ‘Power of Dreams’ messaging to an online audience, communicate Honda brand values of honesty and authenticity. One of the films, "Living with Robots", received an honorable mention in TED's Ads Worth Spreading competition.
Project Shiphunt, a joint venture between Sony Electronics and Intel Corp., is on a mission to hunt for a sunken ship in the waters of Lake Huron’s Shipwreck Alley, investigate its identity, and document it for future generations. The team – which includes five high school students Arthur Hill High School in Saginaw, Michigan – embarked on their adventure of a lifetime in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, which protects the famed Shipwreck Alley.
This Grammy Award®-winning film documents the memorial concert held in honor of George Harrison at London’s Royal Albert Hall, and features appearances by Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton and Tom Hanks, to name a few.
RISING HIP-HOP STAR TO HOUSEHOLD NAME
A rare glimpse into the life of a rising hip-hop star as he transforms from an up-and-coming rapper into a household name. The film gives the audience and Drake fans alike uncensored access to the rapper’s most intimate moments as he deals with the reality of his rising stardom and the responsibility that comes with it, the difficulty of creating a great live show, and the pressure to deliver one of the year’s most anticipated albums.
"THE ROCKET PROJECT"
Eight incredibly gifted high school students began a journey to achieve the improbable– to design, build and launch a rocket into space. Led by Tom Atchison– one of the nation’s premier civilian rocketry experts– the students embark on a crash course in rocket science. Over the course of their eight-month journey, the students emerge as heroes in the grand story of the American Dream, and the rocket launch becomes the symbolic culmination of eight students achieving the improbable, in science and in life.
A special pre-show, featuring behind-the-scenes exclusive access of the Canadian indie rock band, Arcade Fire, captured by filmmaker Terry Gilliam.
2022 FIFA WORLD CUP
These four short films were designed to be the cornerstone of a compelling and successful final bid presentation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The goal was to invite the voting members of FIFA’s Executive Committee to "make history" by bringing the FIFA World Cup to Qatar and the Middle East.
MY TIME NOW
Over the course of the hour-long documentary, fans are given unprecedented access to Minaj as she travels back to her native Trinidad, visits her family in Queens where she buys her mother a home, preps for her first VMA performance, and in the studio where she painstakingly works to put the final touches on her debut album. The documentary also features exclusive interviews with Minaj where she opens up about her past, working with the world's biggest artists, as well as the pleasures and perils of fame.
The Academy Award®-winning film documents the firsthand accounts of major turning points in American history, as seen through the eyes of the former U.S. Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNarmara.
A POP-STAR SPEAKS FOR HERSELF
The one-hour television show, directed by Phil Griffin, gives viewers a no-holds-barred peek inside the mind, heart and soul of Britney Spears, and provides a revealing glimpse into her future hopes and aspirations.
A story of love found and love lost told in moments past and present. This honest and moving portrait follows Ryan Gosling and Michelle William who star as Dean and Cindy, a married couple, as they journey through the brutal heartbreak that comes with fading love and broken promises.
Dean Kamen is a globally renowned inventor with more than 400 patents, including the Segway, the insulin pump and the robotic prosthetic "Luke Arm". In this original series, the inventor plays the role of an investigator- leaving his private island to jet around the world in search of the technologies of tomorrow.
SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION
A six-part web series and television special taking the theory of “six degrees of separation” and adding its own twist in a uniquely Australian fashion: over a beer.
Crafted around the making of hip-hop superstar Jay-Z’s hit "The Black Album" and his legendary farewell concert at Madison Square Garden, this documentary features guest performances from such stars as Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, R. Kelly, Foxy Brown and Pharrell, along with appearances by hip hop icons Damon Dash, Rick Rubin, Slick Rick, P. Diddy and others.
BETWEEN TWO VISIONARIES LIES GREATNESS
The Sundance Channel debuted our television series Iconoclasts in 2005. Each one-hour episode features intimate, unscripted encounters between two individuals who have transformed our culture by staying true to their passions.
ROCK STAR ACCESS
This feature-length documentary, directed by Phil Griffin, provides a behind-the-scenes look at Bon Jovi, one of rock-n-roll’s most enduring bands, both on and off the road during their Lost Highway World Tour. In addition, we created and produced all promotional materials for the film, which had its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
In its third season, "Rising Icons" is a series that recognizes seven of the most influential artists currently taking the music scene by storm. Premiering on VEVO, the series will chronicle the lives of these musical revolutionaries both on and off the stage, at home and on the road. Each artist will be showcased in three unique installments that capture a day-in-the-life account of their journey to stardom. Talent for this season includes: Big Sean, Band of Skulls, Ellie Goulding, Future, Jake Troth, Miguel and Marsha Ambrosius.
EVERY STORY HAS A LESSON.
Master Class offers an unprecedented first-person insight into the brilliant minds of famous people we love, respect and admire. First season masters include Diane Sawyer, Jay-Z, Dr. Maya Angelou, Simon Cowell, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, Lorne Michaels and Oprah herself.
BASKETBALL LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE
The weekly series hosted by NBA’s brightest superstar, Lebron James, with Andre Iguodala and Ben Gordon, the NBA’s newest rookie standouts.
Directed by Joe Berlinger, Under African Skies follows musician Paul Simon as he reunites with his South African collaborators and revisits the controversy behind the Grammy-winning album Graceland. Luminaries like Oprah Winfrey, Quincy Jones, Lorne Michaels, David Bryne and Sir Paul McCartney share their thoughts on what the album meant to them.
12 CULTURAL TRAILBLAZERS
The one-hour special features exclusive interviews with twelve real "characters" who are changing the face of American culture. The show pays tribute to the honorees who are chosen from a cross-section of creative disciplines: architecture, art, design, fashion, film, food, music, social good, technology, theatre and writing.
THE 84TH ACADEMY
AWARDS NOMINEE
FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
JOE BERLINGER & BRUCE SINOFSKY
INSIDE THE OUTSIDE"
A compelling documentary that allows viewers to look beyond the outlandish outfits, spectacular live performances, and controversy, and instead appreciate the forces, events and influences that shaped Stefani Germanotta’s ascension into one of pop music’s most influential and successful artists of our time – through her own words.
PING PONG TOURNAMENT LAUNCHES A NEW BRAND
This self-initiated project created a new brand for the classic game of table tennis, played by more than 250 million people around the world
WHAT IS WATSON?
A series of short docs that follow one of IBM's top research teams as they work on creating a highly advanced Question & Answering system, codenamed "Watson". Designed to rival the human mind's ability to understand natural language, IBM's "Watson" is a computing system that can understand and answer complex questions with enough precision and speed to compete against some of the best Jeopardy! contestants out there.