Life Beyond Earth
Brief Synopsis
Special tells the story of humanity's search for extraterrestrials. The first hour investigates the origin and evolution of life on Earth and traces the search for life on other planets. Part 2 investigates the attempt to detect signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.
Cast & Crew
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Timothy Ferris
Director
Timothy Ferris
Narration
Timothy Ferris
Host
France Cordova
Freeman Dyson
Gerald Edelman
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Kcts; Lark International
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
Synopsis
Special tells the story of humanity's search for extraterrestrials. The first hour investigates the origin and evolution of life on Earth and traces the search for life on other planets. Part 2 investigates the attempt to detect signals from extraterrestrial civilizations.
Director
Timothy Ferris
Director
Cast
Timothy Ferris
Narration
Timothy Ferris
Host
France Cordova
Freeman Dyson
Gerald Edelman
J Richard Gott Iii
Stephen Jay Gould
David Grinspoon
Norman Pace
Crew
Eric Beck
Grip (Bonneville Salt Flats)
K Robbins Bell
Science Editor
Wendy Blackstone
Music
Stacy Bloom
Assistant Producer
Damian Boudreau
On-Line Assistant
Stuart Bowyer
Science Editor
Randy Brinson
Additional Editing
Randy Brinson
Post-Production Supervisor
Elizabeth Brock
Executive Producer
Gretchen Burger
Post-Production Researcher
Clara Byrne
Production Manager (Devillier Donegan Enterprises)
Steve Cammarano
Additional Editing
John Chater
Camera Assistant
Brett Colvin
Still Photographer (Bonneville Salt Flats)
John Davidson
Colorist
Don Davis
Special Effects
Greg Day
Additional Editing
Lisa Day
Editor
Ron Devillier
Executive Producer (Devillier Donegan Enterprises)
Greg Diefenbach
Supervising Producer (Devillier Donegan Enterprises)
Brian Donegan
Executive Producer (Devillier Donegan Enterprises)
Doug Dunderdale
Sound Recordist
Greg Eichman
Gaffer (Florence)
Bob Elfstrom
Cinematographer
Jon Else
Cinematographer
Chris Espeset
Grip (Florence)
Ken Estep
Publicist (Pbs/Los Angeles)
Moreschina Fabricotti
Production Assistant (Florence)
Brian Fahey
Grip (Stanford)
Jack Farmer
Science Editor
Bill Fast
Sound Designer
Linda Feferman
Producer; Series Producer
Timothy Ferris
Writer
Johnny Fontana
Gaffer (San Francisco)
Harry Forbes
Publicist (Pbs/New York)
Andrew Fraknoi
Science Editor
Gale Franko
Additional Editing
Jill Freidberg
Associate Producer
Jill Freidberg
Additional Editing
Denise Glennon
Production Manager (Devillier Donegan Enterprises)
Ronit Greenstein
Publicist (Devillier Donegan)
Tam Halling
Unit Production Manager/ 1st Assistant Director (Bonneville Salt Flats)
John Haptas
Sound Recordist
Toby Higashi
Sound Designer
Manty Hunter
Additional Camera Assistant
Leslie Jirsa
Production Assistant
David Ko
Rostrum Camera
M Novella Loni
Production Assistant (Florence)
Paul Marbury
Camera Assistant
Sue Marcoux
Line Producer
Richard Martinez
Music Producer
Mike Mcauliffe
Adr Recordist
John Mikulenka
Associate Producer
Richard A Mitchell
Grip (Bonneville Salt Flats)
Simon C Miya
Art Assistant (Bonneville Salt Flats)
David E Moreno
Art Direction (Florence)
Stephen Most
Additional Screenplay
Stephen Most
From Idea
Stephen Most
Co-Producer
Jim O'keefe
Production Assistant (Bonneville Salt Flats)
Kim Paulsen
Production Assistant (Bonneville Salt Flats)
Yvonne Pendleton
Science Editor
Alex Perrault
Additional Editing
Rick Phelps
Grip (Hawaii)
Phil Piga
Publicist (Pbs/Virginia)
Marc Pingry
Additional Cinematography
Gail Pyburn
Assistant Director/ Location Manager (Hawaii)
Deb Rosof
Post-Production Researcher
Lauren Schaub
Additional Camera Assistant
David Schirmer
On-Line Editor
Seth Shostak
Science Editor
Arlene Silbey
Art Direction (Bonneville Salt Flats)
Jeanne Slater
Editor
Tom Speer
Rostrum Camera
Marina Spinola
Line Producer (Florence)
Jamie Stobie
Producer
Rob Swain
On-Line Assistant
Peter Thomas
Gaffer (Stanford)
Kevin Tone
Sound Designer
Roger Treece
Additional Music
Rod Tryon
Chalk Artist (Bonneville Salt Flats)
Alessio Vlad
Music Conductor (Florence)
Terra Weikel
Production Associate
Diane Wooden
Science Editor
Film Details
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Kcts; Lark International
Technical Specs
Duration
60m
