THIRD REICH: THE RISE & FALL | HISTORY | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, EDIT, SOUND DESIGN
4 HOUR SPECIAL AIRED DEC, 2010
EMMY NOMINATED | OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL SPECIAL: LONG FORM
BANFF NOMINATED | OUTSTANDING SPECIAL
Nazi Germany… their words, their films. A simple concept and yet incredibly fucking profound.
This was a two year project consisting of deep archival research on an international scale – pouring over some 1500 hours of footage… some of it very hard to watch. I remember one reel of film that began with off duty soldiers on a fishing expedition in the Ukraine, the next bit of footage was also shot in the Ukraine – the same soldiers, this time in uniform, overseeing the extermination of Jews and Communists in a muddy village. The last footage on the reel contained a soldier from the previous scene back in Berlin at Christmastime, smiling for the camera and bouncing a small boy, perhaps his son, on his knee.
“Vividly captures the times, from a very unique perspective… After having watched a great number of documentaries about World War II and the Nazis in general, I have to say that ‘The Third Reich – The Rise And Fall’ is one with a very unique slant on those terrifying years. This set is highly recommended.”
– BLOGCRITICS
Production Company: NEW ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS
Writer: NICOLE RITTENMEYER
Additional Editor: CODY ROGOWSKI
Composer: BRENDON ANDEREGG
Assistant Editor: JACK POROBIL
HOW WE BUILT THE BOMB | DISCOVERY | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER & DIRECTOR
2 HOUR SPECIAL AIRING… T.B.D. (ask Discovery).
In 1943, top scientist from around the country receive a mysterious and classified letter, it says “Go to 109 East Palace Avenue, Sante Fe, New Mexico. There you will find out how to complete your trip.” Upon arriving they are transported to a lonely mesa, this will be their home for the next two years. Here amongst the sand and rock, cactus and weeds, barracks and shacks, in this primitive place they would change everything, invent new science, win a world war and bring everyone closer to extinction.
This film offers a unique and visually spellbinding look into the making of the first atomic bomb.
Production Company: NEW ANIMAL PRODUCTIONS
Co-Executive Producer: NICOLE RITTENMEYER
Writer: DAVID BOODELL
Editor: CODY ROGOWSKI
Cinematography: ANDREAS BURGESS
Macro Photography: KIM PIMMEL
Composer: BRENDON ANDEREGG
Set Designer: DANNY CISTONE
Production Co-ordinator: ALEX FEIDMAN
AP & Research: VIRGINIA MOHLER
Line Producer: ALLISON FERNER, PBA
Assistant Editor: JOSEPH KELL