Projects - Sloan Science & Film

Map of the Universe Tim Firth

An astronomer is poised to make scientific history in his quest to find an outer solar planet—until his findings are disputed by a prodigiously talented, eccentric teenaged star spotter.

CREDITS

Writers: Tim Firth, Dan Futterman
Producers: Nick Barton, Suzanne Mackie

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

Astronomy

AWARDS

2010, Tribeca Film Institute: Filmmaker Fund: Production Award

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Short Films
Feature Films

A science focused teaching framework for short and feature films, all of which have received awards from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their depictions of scientific themes or characters.