Vulcan Productions

Vulcan Productions is a production company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, led by Paul Allen and Jody Allen. Vulcan Productions produces feature films, educational films, and documentaries. Their documentaries have won a number of Peabody Awards, including the 2007 award for Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial.

Vulcan Productions
Type	Private
Industry	Motion picture
Founder	Paul Allen and Jody Allen
Headquarters	Seattle, Washington
Key people	Paul Allen (Founder and Chairman) Carole Tomko (General Manager and Creative Director)
Products	Movies, documentaries, television films and specials

Films

Year	Film	Type	Release Date	Director	Co-producers	Starring	Distributor
1997	Inspirations (film)	Documentary film	1997	Michael Apted	Argo Films
1999	Titus (film)	Feature film	25 December 1999	Julie Taymor	Overseas Film Group	Anthony Hopkins Jessica Lange Alan Cumming Colm Feore	Fox Searchlight Pictures
1999	Me & Isaac Newton	Documentary film	1999	Michael Apted		Gertrude B. Elion Ashok Gadgil Michio Kaku Maja Matarić	First Look International Home Vision Entertainment
2001	Nova: Cracking the Code of Life	Television documentary	17 April 2001	Elizabeth Arledge	PBS	Robert Krulwich (Journalist)	PBS
2001	Evolution	Television special	2001	David Espar "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" Susan K. Lewis "Darwin's Dangerous Idea" Joel Olicker "Great Transformations" Kate Churchill "Extinction!" Richard Hutton "Extinction!" Gail Wilumsen "Evolutionary Arms race"	PBS	Liam Neeson (Narrator)	PBS
2003	Far from Heaven	Feature film	10 January 2003	Todd Haynes	Focus Features	Julianne Moore Dennis Quaid Dennis Haysbert Patricia Clarkson	Focus Features
2003	The Blues (film series)	Documentary series	28 September 2003	Martin Scorsese "Feel Like Going Home" Wim Wenders "The Soul of a Man" Richard Pearce (director) "The Road to Memphis" Charles Burnett (director) "Warming by the Devil's Fire" Marc Levin "Godfathers and Sons" Mike Figgis "Red, White and Blues" Clint Eastwood "Piano Blues"	Road Movies Filmproduktion	B.B. King Laurence Fishburne (Narrator) Ray Charles	PBS
2004	Black Sky: The Race For Space	Documentary film	3 October 2004	Sandy Guthrie Jill Shinefield Scott B Gail Willumsen	Discovery Channel Gemini Productions Antenna Films	Burt Rutan Paul Allen James Benson	Discovery Channel
	Lightning in a Bottle	Documentary film	5 August 2004	Antoine Fuqua	Jigsaw Productions	Aerosmith India Arie John Fogerty Gregg Allman	Sony Pictures Classics
	Strange Days on Planet Earth	Television series	2004	David Elisco	Sea Studios Foundation National Geographic Society	Edward Norton (Narrator)	PBS
2005	Hard Candy (film)	Feature film	21 January 2005	David Slade	Launchpad Productions	Ellen Page Patrick Wilson (American actor) Sandra Oh	Lionsgate Films
	Success at the Core	Educational film	2005	Richard Hutton	Education Development Center		Teaching Channel
	Rx For Survival	Documentary series	2005	Mike Beckham (Producer) “Disease Warriors” Sara Holt (Producer) “Rise of the Superbugs” Andy Young (Producer) “Deadly Messengers” Tabitha Jackson (Producer) “Back to the Basics” Rob Whittlesey (Producer) “How Safe Are We?”	WGBH Educational Foundation	Brad Pitt (Narrator)	PBS
2007	Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial	Documentary film	13 November 2007	Gary Johnstone Joseph McMaster	WGBH Educational Foundation		PBS
2007	Where God Left His Shoes	Feature film	2007	Salvatore Stabile		John Leguizamo Leonor Varela David Castro (actor)	IFC Films
2010	This Emotional Life	Documentary series	4 January 2010	Matt Boatright-Simon	Kunhardt Films McGee Media	Daniel Gilbert (psychologist)	PBS
2013	Girl Rising	Documentary film	2013	Richard E. Robbins	The Documentary Group Double Exposure Studios	Narration by Anne Hathaway Cate Blanchett Selena Gomez Liam Neeson Meryl Streep Kerry Washington	CNN Films Netflix
2013	Pandora's Promise	Documentary film		Robert Stone (director)	Robert Stone Productions		CNN Films
2014	We The Economy: 20 Short Films You Can't Afford To Miss	Documentary film	2014	22 directors including, but not limited to: Morgan Spurlock Catherine Hardwicke Adrian Grenier Adam McKay Lee Hirsch	Cinelan	Morgan Spurlock James Schamus Adrian Grenier Judah Friedlander among others	45 different distribution partners Including, but not limited to: Amazon Video Netflix Comcast Google Play Time Warner Cable
2015	Body Team 12	Documentary film	2015	David Darg	RYOT Films		HBO
2015	Racing Extinction	Documentary film	18 September 2015	Louie Psihoyos	Oceanic Preservation Society Okeanos Li Ka Shing Foundation Insurgent Docs	Elon Musk Jane Goodall Leilani Munter Joel Sartore	Discovery Channel
2016	Midsummer in Newtown	Documentary film	1 April 2016	Lloyd Kramer	Participant Media	Jimmy Greene
2016	Naledi: A Baby Elephant's Tale	Documentary film	5 June 2016	Ben Bowie Geoffrey Luck	Off the Fence

Where God Left His Shoes

Winner – The Humanitas Prize: 2008 Best Sundance Feature Film^[1]
2008 Imagen Awards
- Nominated - Best Film ^[2]
- Nominated - Best Actor - John Leguizamo ^[2]
- Nominated - Best Supporting Actor - David Castro^[2]
- Winner - Best Supporting Actress - Leonor Varela ^[3]

Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

2006 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival
- Best Actress - Olivia Wilde^[4]

Hard Candy (film)

2006 Malaga Film Festival
- Best Film
- Best Director - David Slade
- Best Actress - Ellen Page
- Best Cinematographer - Jo Willems
2005 Sitges Film Festival
- Best Motion Picture
- Best Screenplay
- Audience Award for Best Motion Picture ^[5]

Coastlines

Far from Heaven

75th Annual Academy Award nominations^[6]
- Best Actress in a Leading Role - Julianne Moore
- Best Cinematography - Edward Lachman
- Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Todd Haynes
- Best Music (Score) - Elmer Bernstein
Independent Spirit Awards winner:^[7]
Best Picture
Best Director - Todd Haynes
Best Female Lead - Julianne Moore
Best Supporting Male - Dennis Quaid
Best Cinematography - Edward Lachman, A.S.C.
Golden Globe Award nominations:^[8]
- Best Actress - Julianne Moore (Drama)
- Best Supporting Actor - Dennis Quaid
- Best Screenplay - Todd Haynes
- Best Music Score - Elmer Bernstein

The Safety of Objects

Deauville Festival of American Film
- International Critics Prize
- Best Performance: Patricia Clarkson,
- Ralph Lauren Fragrances Prize
Seattle Women in Cinema Film Festival
- Third-place prize
San Sebastian International Film Festival
- Nominated: Golden Seashell Award

The Luzhin Defence

Titus

2000 Academy Awards
- Nominated: Best Costume Design
2000 Art Directors Guild
- Nominated: Excellence in Production Design Award
2000 Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
- Winner: Silver Ribbon Award – Best Production Design
2000 Edgar Allan Poe Awards
- Nominated: Best Motion Picture
2000 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
- Nominated: Sierra Award – Best Costume Design
- Best Screenplay – Adapted
2000 Satellite Awards
- Winner: Gold Satellite – Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, Drama
- Nominated: Best Art Direction, Production Design
- Best Costume Design
- Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, Drama
- Best Screenplay – Adapted
- Best Visual Effects
2001 London Critics Circle Film Awards
- Nominated: Best British Actor of the Year

Men with Guns

References

↑ "The Humanitas Prize, Past Winners". Retrieved May 2, 2011.
1 2 3 "Imagen Awards 2008 Nominees". Retrieved May 2, 2011.
↑ "Imagen Awards 2008 Winners". Retrieved May 2, 2011.
↑ "IMDb > Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006) > Awards". Retrieved May 2, 2011.
↑ "IMDb > Hard Candy (2005) > Awards". Retrieved May 2, 2011.
↑ "Nominees & Winners for the 75th Academy Awards". Retrieved May 2, 2011.
↑ "Twenty-Six Years of Nominees & Winners (.pdf)" (PDF). Retrieved May 2, 2011.
↑ "2003 Golden Globe Nominees and Winners". Retrieved May 2, 2011.

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