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Explosion of Life
Narrated by
Peter Coyote

Series Producer
David Elisco

Executive Producers
Nancy Burnett
Mark Shelley

Produced and Written by:
Lionel Friedberg

Editor
Glen Ebesu

Associate Producer
Brook Holston

Directors of Photography
Mark Knobil, Characters
Martin Dohrn, Natural History
Mark Shelley, Underwater

Supervising Producer
Steve Bennett

Line Producer
Chris Sondreal

Music Composed and Conducted by
Michael Whalen

Animation by
4:2:2 Limited

Science Content Director
Charles Baxter

Science Editor
Tierney Thys

Script Consultant
Tim Dilworth

Cinematographers
Andrew Shillabeer
Ernie Kovacs
David Hannan

Camera Assistants
Julie Robinson
Jeff Garton
Dale Vance
Sam Morris
Gord McDonald

Sound
Chris Strollo
Stuart French
Spence Palermo

Gaffer
Edward Seaman
Stephen Myers

Production Coordinator
Rita Bunzel
Brandon Plonka
Joan Johnson

Associate Producer, Natural History
Anna Fitch

Animal Husbandry
Danny McKeever
Erik Larson
Richard "Huff" McGonigal
Paulo Serpa

Production Secretary
Monica L. Jones

Production Assistants
Gabrielle Stannus
Euell "Ego" Thomas
Krishna Devine
Mike Ready

Trained Animals provided by
Wild Things, Animal Rentals, Inc.
Charlie Sammut, Head Trainer

Post-Production Supervisor
Glen Ebesu

First Assistant Editor
Gail Huddelson

Second Assistant Editor
Stephen Ulrich

Apprentice Editor
Michael Gulla

Music Edited by
Paul Rowan

For 4:2:2 Limited
Kate Boulton, Art Director
Cathy Wilkin, Graphics Producer
Mark Fox, 3D Animator
Andy Budd, 3D Animator
Darren Oakes, 3D Animator
Dave Corfield, Visual FX Artiste
Karen Mullin
Liz Elkington
Andrew Wheeler
Andrew Power
Jeff Smart

Additional Research
Pat Iampietro

Human Resources Consultant
Dennis Long

Accountant
Diane Kelly

Bookkeeper
Linda Raley

Creative Producers
Eitan Weinreich
Brad Matsen

Office Manager
Liza Torrez

Interns
Mieke Zuniga
Angel Peace

Advisory Board
Richard C. Brusca
Cheryl Gotthelf
Bobbi L Kamil
Mimi Koehl
Jane Lubchenko
Kam Matray
Julie Packard
Rudolf Raff
Diane Siri
Dennis Willows

Fossil of anomalocaris jaws

Fossil of anomalocaris jaws

Special Thanks
The National Science Foundation
National Geographic Television
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The Panasonic Broadcast & Television Systems Company
Michael Brinkman
Anton Bauer
Pace Technologies
California Department of Fish and Game / Granite Canyon Marine Pollution Facility
ScubaPro
Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University
Leighton Taylor
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Christine Weber
Michael DeLapa
Dennis Long
Bradley Zeve
John Pearse
Steven K. Webster
David O'Dell
Mieke Zuniga
Monica L. Jones
Craig Rixford
Fort Ord Public Lands
Gabriel Hamilton
Meghan McCarthy
Tony Miller
Lee Sparks
Oregon Department of Transportation
Nora B. Terwilliger
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
Michael S. Berger
Coos County Board of Commissioners
Liza Mcquade, Oregon Film & Video Office
Kathy Joy, Coos Bay Area Chamber of Commerce
Royal Ontario Museum
Rachel Jewell
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Andrea Rank
Humber College
Kathryn Liptrott
Jean Bernard Caron
Joel Peters
D.M. Ruskin
Janet Waddington
Peter Fenton
Terry L. Chase
Chase Studio Inc.
Dale Overcast
Timothy W. Pinkston
Bret H. Rayburn
Brian Peterson
Ernest Knight
Chris Pfitzner
Kevin Ellis
James P. Coman
Allan M. Burch
Cynthia Huff
James T. Hays
Lucy A. Synk
Kan Fu
Barry Johnson
Blaine Parker
Brad Toschlog
James Hall
Dennis Stuart
Padric Brady
Kimber Rhoads
Shannon L. Escalante
Ryan Culler
Noel Tate
Douglas H. Erwin
Mark J. Wetzel
Martin Legault
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sam Sames
Kristian Fauchald

Film Processing and Telecine
Medallion PFA Film and Video
Ken Eliot,High Definition Telecine

High Definition Post Production Services
Complete Post, Inc.
Jennifer Ngou, Graphic Artist
Ron Barr, Graphic Artist
Michael Jackson, Graphic Artist
Doug Ludwig, Online Editor
Tom Nottingham, Colorist
Bruce Buehlman, Audio Mixer

Sound Design
Miles o' Fun
Erik Aadahl, Sound Supervisor
Heather Hyun, Sound Editor

Footage & Images provided by
BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.
Energy Film
Image Bank
National Geographic Film Library
Norbert Wu
Dr. Richard Lutz
William Lange, Center for Imaging & Visualization, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The DSV Alvin Group, National Deep Submergence Facility, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

For National Geographic Television:

Stock Footage Research Coordinator
Melissa Matchett

Post Production Supervisor
Chico Arnaldo-Guizar

Researcher
Victoria Campbell

Vice President, Research
Scott Wyerman

Executive Producers
Michael Rosenfeld
Keenan Smart

Chief Operating Officer
Ken Ferguson

President
Tim Kelly

For National Geographic Ventures
C. Richard Allen
President & CEO

For The National Geographic Society
John M. Fahey, Jr.
President & CEO

Produced by Sea Studios Foundation for National Geographic Television and Film in association with PBS

Presented in association with KCET/Hollywood

© 2001 Sea Studios Foundation, all rights reserved.


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