| ZERO GRAVITY (74 min) US |
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Director: Thomas
Verrette
Producers: Haller
Rice, Thomas
Verrette,
Stacy Parks
Description:
Zero Gravity follows
a diverse group of middle-school students from San Jose, CA, who
compete in a nationwide tournament to code satellites aboard the
International Space Station. Seen through the wondrous eyes of three
young students and their first-time coach, they each take an intimate
and personal journey to space as their team grows from amateur coders
to representing California in the ISS Finals Tournament — the
culmination of a summer-long adventure that sees their incredible
accomplishment performed by astronauts in orbit. The competition in Zero
Gravity is
called Zero Robotics and is run by the MIT Space Systems Laboratory
in collaboration with NASA and CASIS, and their goal is to utilize
the International Space Station for student experiments in zero
gravity in support of real-world problems facing space scientists
today. The mission in the film is to create a GPS system around Mars
for future exploration of the red planet.
Biography:
Thomas
Verrette is
an award-winning director, producer, and editor. A 14-year film
veteran, Verrette is a former FOX creative and production executive,
and is most known for producing the 20-episode FOX Sports
docu-series, Phenoms and editing the Goalkeepers episode. He created the promo campaigns
for series Kingdom,
starring Frank Grillo, Nick Jonas, and Jonathan Tucker, and Rogue,
starring Thandie Newton and Cole Hauser, and Ice, directed by Antoine
Fuqua. He directed promos for The
Dan Patrick Show, The
Rich Eisen Show,
and Undeniable
with Joe Buck,
and he was nominated for multiple PromaxBDAawards. He was the
executive producer for the documentary Ordinary
Gods.
Stacy Parks has
overseen and/or been involved in independent
film financing, production, and distribution for over 20 years as a
sales agent, consultant, producer, and executive producer. She began
her career at the William Morris Agency where she spent her tenure in
the indie film packaging and financing department, as well as feature
film lit, talent, and music. Stacey continued a career in
distribution and international sales working for such companies as
Icon and BBC WW. She's been involved in the development, production,
and distribution of several films including Miss
Virginia.
Contact Information:
w: http://zerogravitydoc.com
e: tverrette@skylightcinema.com
