Adventure Pictures recently produced several tribute films for the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, The Washington D.C. based organization gives awards to outstanding individuals for their public service and corporate citizenship. Elizabeth Garsonnin directed films honoring former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Tom Siebel. DP’s Richard Neill and Tom Chandler shot the films and Greg Janza cut them in Adventure Pictures’ edit suite. Hedquist Productions provided voice over talent and Disher Music & Sound did the final mix. Adventure Pictures’ production team of Richard Neill and Jeff Pflueger traveled to Istanbul to film tributes honoring Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutgolu and businessman Ferit Sahenk. Susan Utell edited the films and Hedquist Productions provided voice over talent.
Global Women’s Leadership Network called on Adventure Pictures to produce five short films profiling women leaders participating in the organization’s recent international conference at Santa Clara University. Elizabeth Garsonnin and Amy Segal produced the films which were shot by DP’s Richard Neill and Owen Bissell and edited by Susan Utell. Dolby Systems underwrote production of the films.
Richard Neill and Lee Schneider produced new segments for their feature length documentary and blog Shelter which explores the quest of architects and community activists to design innovative and effective emergency and disaster relief housing worldwide. The blog has featured the work of Architecture for Humanity, Public Architecture, World Shelters and architects Jennifer Siegel and Michelle Kauffman.
Pre-production is currently underway for a new Adventure Pictures documentary “Return to Antarctica” which features San Francisco photographer Morton Beebe and New Zealand author Geoffrey Lee Martin during their return to the South Pole in December 2010, some fifty years after their first visit there. The production team includes Director Richard Neill and Photographer Jeff Pflueger.
