Awards Spotlight: National Geographic - Years of Living Dangerously
By International Documentary Association
Location
The Landmark
Westside Pavillion 10850 W. Pico Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90064Description
IDA invites you to its Awards Spotlight: National Geographic - Years of Living Dangerously with moderated Q&A. Great documentaries come from great stories. IDA's showcase of awards-worthy docs takes you behind the scenes of the year's key films and programs.
Awards Spotlight:
National Geographic
Years of Living Dangerously
featuring:
Q&A with Creators/Executive Producers Joel Bach, David Gelber and Years of Living Dangerously: Gathering Storm Correspondent, Ian Somerhalder, moderated by Matt Grobar, Assistant Editor of Awardsline
National Geographic
Years of Living Dangerously
featuring:
Q&A with Creators/Executive Producers Joel Bach, David Gelber and Years of Living Dangerously: Gathering Storm Correspondent, Ian Somerhalder, moderated by Matt Grobar, Assistant Editor of Awardsline
DATE & LOCATION:
Wednesday, June 14th
Check-in: 6:00 PM
Screening: 7:00 PM
Q&A to follow
The Landmark Theater
Westside Pavillion
10850 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064 (Map)
Wednesday, June 14th
Check-in: 6:00 PM
Screening: 7:00 PM
Q&A to follow
The Landmark Theater
Westside Pavillion
10850 W. Pico Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064 (Map)
Parking is located inside the Westside Pavilion Parking structure.
Free for the first three hours, and $5 for an additional three hours with validation.
Seating is first come, first served. Admittance is not guaranteed.
Seating is first come, first served. Admittance is not guaranteed.
"Gathering Storm" with Ian Somerhalder"Emmy award-winning series Years of Living Dangerously features Hollywood's biggest influencers who are passionate about environmental issues. On "Gathering Storm," Ian Somerhalder journeys to the Bahamas to investigate the threat of superstorms, whose devastating effects could reach biblical proportions. He joins scientists on a deep dive to explore blue holes, underwater caves that have collected the remnants of storms for centuries. Jack Black is in Miami to find out if and how low-lying coastal areas can survive rising seas.
Joel Bach, Co-creator and Executive ProducerJoel Bach is the co-creator and executive producer of YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, which won the 2014 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction TV Series. He is primarily responsible for the visual design and narrative look of the show. Bach is the recipient of three other Emmy Awards, two of which he won while producing stories at 60 MINUTES. There he worked alongside Scott Pelley, Steve Kroft, Lesley Stahl and the late Ed Bradley. Prior to his tenure at CBS, Bach worked at ABC and NBC; freelance directed music videos, short films and PSAs; and produced national commercials in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
David Gelber, Co-creator and Executive ProducerDavid Gelber is co-creator and executive producer for Years of Living Dangerously. He previously served as Ed Bradley’s producer at 60 Minutes® for twenty-five years, during which he won every major journalism award, including a Peabody, two DuPont Awards and eight Emmy® Awards. During the nineties, Gelber was executive producer of Peter Jennings Reporting at ABC News®. He spent two winters in Sarajevo producing documentaries on the Bosnian Conflict. He returned to CBS News® in 1996 to head the Ed Bradley Unit. Most recently, a story he did with Scott Pelley on medical charlatans who peddle bogus stem cell therapy to patients dying of ALS won the Emmy for Best Investigative Story of 2010 by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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Founded in 1982, the International Documentary Association (IDA) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that promotes nonfiction filmmakers, and is dedicated to increasing public awareness for the documentary genre. Our major program areas are: Advocacy, Filmmaker Services, Education, and Public Programs and Events.