Projects - Sloan Science & Film

May Jesse Israel, 15:19

David’s father is a record-holding skydiver, runs a successful business, and has a perfect family. He is also blind. At the age of 50, he discovers that he is a perfect candidate for a new stem cell and cornea transplant procedure. Though there are huge health risks involved, the operation could give him vision after a lifetime of blindness.

CREDITS

Directed and Written by Jesse Israel. Produced by Ryan Key and Nick Panama. Edited by Isaac Cole. Photographed by Adam Newport Berra. Production design by Laura O'hara. Music by Daniel Fujikawa. Principal cast: Ned Cray (as Mark), Matt Nardozzi (Young David), Rob Herring (Grown David), Kim Anderson (Mark’s Mom), Harriet Trangucci (David’s Mom), William Otterson (Sydney Bradford).

SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS

Biology

AWARDS

2008, NYU Tisch School of the Arts: 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.